Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: New release of XFDOS graphical FreeDOS distribution

[Georg Potthast]

Hi Jose,

there are various ways to make a bootable flash disk that boots FreeDOS. 
Once you
have got one running, you can copy the hard disk version of XFDOS to this 
flash disk.
If the BIOS boots the flash disk as drive C: you are all set. If it boots it 
as e.g. drive B:
you will have to edit the drive letter in the DOP files in the desktop 
directory plus
the appstart.bat file and replace C with e.g. B.

If you boot from various PCs you can make a separate DESKTOPB and a
DESKTOPC directory. You can then rename these as required before running the
appstart.bat file to start the desktop.

Georg 


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Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: New release of XFDOS graphical FreeDOS distribution

[Georg Potthast]

Hi Jose,

it depends how you write the ISO file to the CD. I am not familiar with the 
tools you used but e.g. Windows explorer will usually just write the 
unpacked ISO file as-is to the CD. If you can see the file on the CD with 
Windows explorer it is not written correctly. The files on a bootable 
El-Torito CD are usually not visible from Windows explorer - at least on my 
Windows XP machine.

The XFDOS ISO file has to be written as a CD image to the CD. I usually do 
that with Nero, but other programs will work as well, e.g. UltraISO.

Then you have to check that your BIOS is set so the CD drive will be used 
before the hard disk as the boot device. This is usually the case though.

Georg 


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Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: New release of XFDOS graphical FreeDOS distribution

[José Antonio]

OK, muchas gracias, ya lo tengo descargado, voy a probar que tal funciona. :)

Thanks.

--- El vie, 29/3/13, Georg Potthast mail...@georgpotthast.de escribió:

De: Georg Potthast mail...@georgpotthast.de
Asunto: [Freedos-user] Announce: New release of XFDOS graphical FreeDOS 
distribution
Para: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Fecha: viernes, 29 de marzo, 2013 19:31


XFDOS is graphical FreeDOS distribution. It consists of a graphical desktop 
called SLWM combined with the
FLTK based applications I ported to DOS plus other DOS applications.

This provides a desktop similar to Windows for FreeDOS. You can add just 
about any application to this desktop
by editing a small configuration file for it. You can move and arrange the 
icons as you like on the desktop.

I made an update of XFDOS including the new Dillo for DOS browser version 
now. It can be downloaded here:

http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/list

XFDOS comes in two versions. One is an ISO file to be burned on a CD to 
provide a Live-CD of XFDOS. Or you
can download a hard disk version which allows you to start (and exit) the 
XFDOS desktop and its applications
from your hard disk.

XFDOS tries to provide common desktop applications used on Windows to 
FreeDOS users. These applications
cannot provide all the features of their counterparts on Windows but they 
serve the same purpose. Below is
a short comparison. (I hope the dots allow to format the table in text mode)

ApplicationWindows(R)..XFDOS/FreeDOS

Web browserInternet Explorer...Dillo
Word processingMS Word.FlWriter
SpreadsheetMS ExcelSpreadsheet
Personal info manager..Outlook.FlTDJ (no mail)
Editor.Notepad.Editor
Image editor...MS PaintAntipaint
PDF reader.Acrobat.MuPDF
File manager...ExplorerOpen file
Media player...MS Media Player.Mpxplay
Calculator.MS Calculator...FlCalc
Image viewer...Photo ViewerFlView

You are welcome to use XFDOS!

Georg


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