Re: [Freedos-user] old machines
Hi, On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Andrew Robins arob...@fastmail.fm wrote: I was the gent Dennis McC mentions having Puppy Linux running in an old machine in the thread Install basic Puppy on a computer with 16 Mb RAM. Sad that nobody cares for old machines anymore. There are way more of them than new ones. But I guess new is cheap enough and (sometimes) works where old doesn't. Now very recently I *finally* acquired a 44-pin IDE adapter for a 16GB SD-card, to replace the original 1358MB PATA. This was done for greater performance, cooler running etc. Avoided the CF-card route, thanks also to earlier discussions in this forum. Now all my searches suggested that the latest BIOS for that Toshiba would handle the FreeDOS 1.1 installation from CD, and even despite scaling back to a 2GB SD card, and trying a similar install on a 196MB RAM Portege 3480CT - I still ran into problems (Very difficult getting around the PCMCIA CD-drive issue in the latter case). So your BIOS won't boot from CD? You could maybe (?) try Smart Boot Manager (via floppy), which claims to subvert that need. Even formatting the hard drive via the early instal steps on the CD failed to There were some unusual, but mostly cosmetic error messages returned that didn't appear with the installation of FreeDOS 1.0. I made notes - misplaced during the Christmas buzz - but can dig them out again if anyone wants. DOS is not difficult to install. But multi-boot can (over)complicate everything. If it worked in FD 1.0, it should also work in FD 1.1. If not, that's probably an accidental regression (which is sadly too easy with so few testers). After some trial-and-error I realized that I was missing a bootloader all along. I installed GRUB4DOS and away I go now - but for the install of a single OS, Grub etc shouldn't be normally required? No, it's not needed. Is there a bootloader stage in the latest install process that has been omitted somehow? Doubtful. SYS.COM is used to copy the boot sector (and usually kernel and shell files: KERNEL.SYS, COMMAND.COM). My main machine was using BOOTMGR (from BTTR) fine (with three OSes) installed to the MBR (with appropriate partition tables), but the fan and hard drive just died a few days ago (yuck), so now :-P I wasn't able to install FreeDOS 1.1 from the CD, but I cloned the original PATA drive to the 2GB SD with no further issue. So I have just a few requests for the installation process as a FreeDOS user: 1) clearer instructions on how to do the copy CD onto HD route for installation. There's info buried in the ISO, but I only found it once, It's something like just normal file copying, concatenating back into one piece, and then using SHSUCDHD (possibly with SHCDX33F or whatever loaded). Sorry, never tried personally. Some suggested grabbing via network (if existing packet driver works) might be easier for upgrades if booting from CD is inconvenient or if copying lots of stuff via floppies is too tedious. 2) some installation workarounds for the if you have a PCMCIA cd-rom..., and Yuck, heh. Dunno, most of us have never messed with PCMCIA. Or at least I never did. 3) improved format /system HD / bootloader process. a). fdisk (create FAT, active, bootable) b). reboot c). (quick?) format FAT d). sys a: c: (copies kernel, shell, and boot sector) e). manually install other stuff (unzip, xcopy, etc.) That's about all the feedback I have for the time being. Apologies if some of the above issues have been addressed elsewhere and I've skimmed over it, Hope this helps (or someone chimes in better). Sorry if it's not good enough. Sometimes good ol' InnerTubez tech support just doesn't cut it. Try searching some FD-related FAQs or wikis. (I don't know which is up, up-to-date, or available, so I can't say for sure. It's too many little pieces to keep up with honestly, sorry.) Just don't give up. There's bound to be (some) answers out there. Thanks, and Happy New Year You too.o|:-P -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? Thanks iw2evk Roberto P.s have a good 2013!! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34846636.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB mobile,Broad Band device
No usb device like usb wifi pens or usb UMTS exist for a lack of drivers in dos .only exist older pcmcia 11 mb/sec wifi card (orinoco) For browser (graphics) you can try http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/detail?name=DILLODOS_beta2.zipcan=2q= or UNDER HX EXTENDER owb browser (read carefully this) http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7636 Roberto iw2evk Garry Ricketson wrote: Hello, everyone, Dose anyone know if a USB mobile broad band device can be used with FreeDos,? Also if any other browsers are available? I have been trying with ARACHNE, but no luck, If anyone can help on this, it would be greatly appreciated. I am using a older computer, also with a alternate version, of xubuntu,(linux), and the broad band device dose work, however it would be nice to get it working with FreeDos,on my dos partition if that is possible,.. Thank you and have a Good Day!From Garry -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-USB--mobile%2CBroad-Band-device-tp34489230p34846650.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] WordStar documents
Probably not including it in the FreeDOS distro or the software list, since that is for software that is generally useful to lots of people and converting Wordstar docs is more of a one-time need. But I'll happily add this as a news item on the website and possibly mirror a copy of the GPL software to our archive at ibiblio. That seems a good idea. JH On Dec 30, 2012 11:51 PM, Marco Achury marcoach...@gmail.com wrote: From the same site: This program includes GPL license, may be you can consider to include it on FreeDOS distro or in the software list http://www.wordstar.org/index.php/downloads/downloads-fileconverters?download=1:wsconen El 31/12/2012 01:11 a.m., Marco Achury escribió: Following this theme from another thread: Word Star internal format is relativelly simple, in DOS era many programs import WS data, and other programs as NortonCommander file manager included WS viewer in order to quick see the text inside WS document. Check at: http://www.wordstar.org/index.php/downloads/downloads-fileconverters http://www.wordstar.org/index.php/downloads This program look OK, includes C source, convert WS to RTF. http://www.wordstar.org/index.php/downloads/downloads-fileconverters?download=5:wsrtf -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Re (2): old machines
From: Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:05:05 -0600 Sad that nobody cares for old machines anymore. There are way more of them than new ones. But I guess new is cheap enough and (sometimes) works where old doesn't. My most used workstation is a Pentium S 133 MHz with an Ethernet connection to a Linux router. So your BIOS won't boot from CD? You could maybe (?) try Smart Boot Manager (via floppy), which claims to subvert that need. What about temporarily connecting the target drive to another machine where the installer works? After installing the OS and replacing the drive, adjust boot parameters for the target machine. Regards,... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB mobile,Broad Band device
Hi, On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: No usb device like usb wifi pens or usb UMTS exist for a lack of drivers in dos .only exist older pcmcia 11 mb/sec wifi card (orinoco) As mentioned earlier, you can go a bit more wired: Even simple broadband routers like Edimax 3G-6200N (30 Euro?) today allow you to plug in UMTS / 3G / HSDPA / CDMA USB modem sticks, so they connect to the outside world through either the stick or DSL and connect to your computer through normal network cable (LAN / RJ45) or WLAN / WiFi (IEEE 802.11 with various variants). Of course this means you may need cable between the router and your DOS computer, but at least it allows you to get DOS online via UMTS, even if neither UMTS nor WLAN drivers are available. If you are lucky and have WLAN drivers but no UMTS drivers for DOS, you do not even need the cable :-) Don't forget emulation. Sadly, I never got FDNPKG to work under VirtualBox (oddly), though Mateusz swears it works for him (and DOSEMU with appropriate [arcane] settings). At least with emulation you can use your laptop wirelessly, if needed (or desired or if running a cable from router is too long). I know emulation isn't a perfect solution by any means, not to mention slowness and bugs, but sometimes it works okay. For browser (graphics) you can try http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/detail?name=DILLODOS_beta2.zipcan=2q= In other words, a DOS port of the small but modern browser Dillo :-) Yes, Dillo is excellent. Though I do wonder whether Georg's build or whats-his-face's [EDIT: Benjamin Johnson's] DPlus build (June 2012) is ultimately preferred. (But I get the impression that DPlus will see fewer updates, if any, for the foreseeable future. And similarly Georg is always busy with new projects, heh. Still, awesome progress so far, so I'm definitely not complaining. Having a port of Dillo at all is no small miracle.) http://dplus-browser.sourceforge.net/ or UNDER HX EXTENDER owb browser (read carefully this) http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=7636 Both are probably much better than classic Arachne, although the latter might be nice on 486ish PC if you install it on ramdisk to make speed acceptable. I wouldn't bother with OWB. What advantages does it have (if any)? Seems much less convenient than Dillo or Arachne. BTW, Ray Andrews had a fork of Arachne with some cleanups, but I'm not sure how polished and stable it is. I know he could use some help (assuming he's still working on it), but it was yet another thing to do (that I wasn't really qualified for anyways, as always). But it sounded interesting at least (and is mirrored on Glenn's main site, IIRC). BTW, Mik's old Elinks port worked pretty well in FreeDOS too. And, to a lesser extent, Lynx will (mostly) work if you compile from sources (or use an older build). The real biggest problems nowadays are all the new web technologies: Flash, HTML5/CSS, Javascript, Unicode, etc. (It used to be all we had to worry about was image formats, tables, frames, etc. Ah, the older / simpler / crappier days.) -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Op 31-12-2012 13:32, iw2evk schreef: Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? There's no full-proof method yet as that also means specifying which program you use to create the master ISO. mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ is what Eric Auer once wrote, but specific to Linux. If all you want to do is write a downloaded ISO to (re)writeable optical disc, then use some CD recording program (CDRECORD or WODIM, or on Windows programs like IMGBURN) and point them to your CD-image file (FD11SRC.ISO or FDBOOTCD.ISO file). CD-writing under DOS is very rare as most Unix-ported ISO9660-tools depend on a SCSI subsystem, thus requiring a SCSI or ASPI driver for your SCSI/IDE controller to which the CD-drive is connected. With no publicly redistributable ASPI driver, people generally are out of luck. P.s have a good 2013!! Same :) Bernd -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Printer Drivers needed for old DOS programs
Hi, On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: well not exactly. At present wordperfect will only let you print using the parallel port, which is why i suggested this, you mentioned you could use this. Would DOSEMU also work? I just assume copy blah.txt PRN works there (haven't tried!). ;-) Additionally, the wordprefect printer drivers for dos page update in November 2012, does not recommend the c4680. It does not mean that you cannot print using wp for dos however. Edwin provides instructions for printing with wp for dos using any windows printer. You mean this site? http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ BTW, I swear my aunt found an old book (paperback) copy of Wordperfect 5.1 for DOS recently. I have no idea why she buys some of the things she does, but obviously it was (vaguely) interesting to me, even if I only use DOS but not Wordperfect!. (In other words, if anybody would find this book to be a useful second-hand purchase, please contact me. I assume my aunt would offer a reasonable price, but I'll have to nag her, if needed.) I might add for those who hinted that no one writes printer drivers for dos, he most certainly does even for printing in 64 bit environments. There is information for using wp in Linux there is even one for Linux if you have this instead. Ah yes, now I see, it does recommend DOSEMU [+ cups-bsd ?] under Linux. (Kinda confusing having ten bazillion pages, one for each OS, heh.) BTW, I take minor issue with the suggestion to buy only WinXP and not update the KB that broke EMS. Windows Update will probably just nag until you do it, or they might eventually make it mandatory (ugh). I'd suggest EMSMagic (TSR) as workaround. Heck, even Nidud (of Doszip) made his own temporary EMS server as a quick hack for this. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Hi and good 2013! I've burning fdsrc1.1. from freedos site, but it'a a Install only disk. I'm intersted to boot freedos from cd (for use in pc with loaded another o.s.. I due change autorun.inf and setup.bat for starting boot of freedos from CD? (live cd mode like linux distro) Thanks Roberto iw2evk Bernd Blaauw wrote: Op 31-12-2012 13:32, iw2evk schreef: Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? There's no full-proof method yet as that also means specifying which program you use to create the master ISO. mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ is what Eric Auer once wrote, but specific to Linux. If all you want to do is write a downloaded ISO to (re)writeable optical disc, then use some CD recording program (CDRECORD or WODIM, or on Windows programs like IMGBURN) and point them to your CD-image file (FD11SRC.ISO or FDBOOTCD.ISO file). CD-writing under DOS is very rare as most Unix-ported ISO9660-tools depend on a SCSI subsystem, thus requiring a SCSI or ASPI driver for your SCSI/IDE controller to which the CD-drive is connected. With no publicly redistributable ASPI driver, people generally are out of luck. P.s have a good 2013!! Same :) Bernd -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34847448.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Op 31-12-2012 19:11, iw2evk schreef: Hi and good 2013! Thanks, same to you. Couple of more hours to go here, in the Netherlands. I've burning fdsrc1.1. from freedos site, but it'a a Install only disk. I'm intersted to boot freedos from cd (for use in pc with loaded another o.s.. It's a bootable CD just like any Linux distro. The autorun.inf is for additional Windows features, and trying to run SETUP.BAT should also warn you that you can't run all of SETUP.BAT in Windows. What the CD does, is getting started by BIOS. Then it loads Isolinux as the bootloader, reads isolinux.cfg, shows a menu, loads a diskette image into memory as drive A:, boots that, loads CD drivers, accesses the CD, finds and executes SETUP.BAT on the CD. Once SETUP.BAT is running it will show you an installation menu. Just burn the FreeDOS ISO just like any random Linux ISO file. (burn image in ImageBurn program), not as some datafile (and also don't extract the contents and put that on CD) Bernd I due change autorun.inf and setup.bat for starting boot of freedos from CD? (live cd mode like linux distro) There's no need to change anything. Modifying CD content and recreating an ISO is a tricky business. Bernd -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
I can readily make you one. I'm not going to do it tonight, though. It is new year's eve, after all. Give me 24 hours and I'll provide a link to an ISO that you can download. If you can give me some idea of what you plan to do with it I can better accommodate you. Be advised that FreeDOS will not be able to find any non-FAT partition on your computer. Bruce On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:32 AM, iw2evk marinellucc...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? Thanks iw2evk Roberto P.s have a good 2013!! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34846636.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Sent from my meager, humble desktop computer. -- Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Just booting a CD and getting to a FreeDOS prompt is something I can provide without difficulty. If you want to build a custom CD of some sort using FreeDOS as the OS you can use the instructions at http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf Depending on what drivers etc you want to load you will have to build your own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD). Bruce On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:32 AM, iw2evk marinellucc...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? Thanks iw2evk Roberto P.s have a good 2013!! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34846636.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Sent from my meager, humble desktop computer. -- Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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Re: [Freedos-user] How create a booting freddos cd live
Hi and happy 2013. My simple request it : A cd with latest freedos 1.1. full (no source)and utily files like doslfn etc. I boot the freedos from cd , then i can load usb utility from Breth and manage programs located in USB key. Only request it's XMS and EMS . I use this configuration for programming via rs232 many kinds of transceivers (Motorola, icom etc). Thath's all.. Roberto bruce.bowman wrote: Just booting a CD and getting to a FreeDOS prompt is something I can provide without difficulty. If you want to build a custom CD of some sort using FreeDOS as the OS you can use the instructions at http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf Depending on what drivers etc you want to load you will have to build your own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD). Bruce On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:32 AM, iw2evk marinellucc...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi at all, whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting live cd? Thanks iw2evk Roberto P.s have a good 2013!! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34846636.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Sent from my meager, humble desktop computer. -- Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-create-a-booting-freddos-cd-live-tp34846636p34848383.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
