Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[dmccunney]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rugxulo  wrote:

> Vista and newer can resize its own NTFS partitions. Perhaps if you're
> trying to use XP then you'll need something else (GParted liveCD?).

I used Win7 Disk Management to carve out a raw slice on the boot drive
to install Ubuntu to.  I had to initialize it to get Windows to see
it, but Ubuntu booted from a USB drive saw the partition and installed
to it.

I redid my netbook with XP to dual boot Ubuntu as well, but GPartEd
refused to repartition the drive, reporting an error. ("unsupported
flag", IIRC)

A freeware Windows utility *would* repartition the drive and let me
install Ubuntu on an ext4 slice.  I used
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
>
> Try Jeremy's Partition Resizer FD Image [0][1].  You'll need an
> zip/archive program that decompress gzip.
>
> [0] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
> [1] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDPRSZR.144.gz
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>>
>> I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just
>> bought specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that there
>> was almost no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump voice
>> here) amount of disk space that would be leftover that I could keep Windows
>> and shrink the existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a couple
>> of gigabytes and then use a boot manager.

Vista and newer can resize its own NTFS partitions. Perhaps if you're
trying to use XP then you'll need something else (GParted liveCD?).

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/shrink-and-extend-ntfs-volumes-in-windows/

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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Wayne Dernoncourt]

Thanks to all.  Currently on vacation and having to struggle with 70F sunny 
weather - yes, it can be a struggle, I got the machine last week and 
couldn't fool with it yet.

This clown speaks for himself

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 11:38 AM, Don Flowers  wrote:
> 
> Smart Boot Manager or Grub4DOS
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/
> 
> http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/boot/grub4dos/
> 
> SBM installs in  MBR so no need for extra partition. 
> Grub4DOS will install boot code in MBR and GRLDR in FreeDOS partition.
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a boot manager?  The plan is to use Windows7 & FreeDOS.
>> 
>> This clown speaks for himself
>> 
>> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
>> >
>> > Try Jeremy's Partition Resizer FD Image [0][1].  You'll need an
>> > zip/archive program that decompress gzip.
>> >
>> > [0] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
>> > [1] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDPRSZR.144.gz
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  
>> >> wrote:
>> >> I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just
>> >> bought specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that there
>> >> was almost no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump voice
>> >> here) amount of disk space that would be leftover that I could keep 
>> >> Windows
>> >> and shrink the existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a 
>> >> couple
>> >> of gigabytes and then use a boot manager.
>> >>
>> >> The main use of this machine will be to test disk drives, Windows
>> >> automatically mounts and opens the drives so it would be difficult to do 
>> >> the
>> >> "raw" I/O needed.
>> >>
>> >> This clown speaks for himself
>> >>
>> >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Corbin Davenport 
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> A little while back, I talked on here about my new FreeDOS distribution,
>> >> Cobalt. Cobalt is designed to make using DOS easier, by including
>> >> commonly-used drivers and software.
>> >>
>> >> I just released Cobalt 1.1 on GitHub (changelog and download here). It 
>> >> has a
>> >> few improvements that were suggested on this mailing list. Most notably, 
>> >> it
>> >> now includes most FreeDOS packages built-in so there's no lack of
>> >> functionality.
>> >>
>> >> The other new feature is in the installer. Cobalt's installer now
>> >> automatically detects if you have a DOS-compatible OS installed already, 
>> >> and
>> >> will allow you to 'upgrade' to Cobalt without deleting any files. I have
>> >> tested this with installations of MS-DOS 6 and 7.1, but it should work in
>> >> FreeDOS just fine.
>> >>
>> >> If anyone has any suggestions for Cobalt, let me know. All the info about
>> >> Cobalt can be found here.
>> >>
>> >> Corbin
>> >>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Don Flowers]

Smart Boot Manager or Grub4DOS
https://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/

http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/boot/grub4dos/

SBM installs in  MBR so no need for extra partition.
Grub4DOS will install boot code in MBR and GRLDR in FreeDOS partition.


On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt 
wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a boot manager?  The plan is to use Windows7 &
> FreeDOS.
>
> This clown speaks for himself
>
> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
> >
> > Try Jeremy's Partition Resizer FD Image [0][1].  You'll need an
> > zip/archive program that decompress gzip.
> >
> > [0] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
> > [1] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDPRSZR.144.gz
> >
> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt 
> wrote:
> >> I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just
> >> bought specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that
> there
> >> was almost no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump
> voice
> >> here) amount of disk space that would be leftover that I could keep
> Windows
> >> and shrink the existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a
> couple
> >> of gigabytes and then use a boot manager.
> >>
> >> The main use of this machine will be to test disk drives, Windows
> >> automatically mounts and opens the drives so it would be difficult to
> do the
> >> "raw" I/O needed.
> >>
> >> This clown speaks for himself
> >>
> >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Corbin Davenport <
> davenportcor...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> A little while back, I talked on here about my new FreeDOS distribution,
> >> Cobalt. Cobalt is designed to make using DOS easier, by including
> >> commonly-used drivers and software.
> >>
> >> I just released Cobalt 1.1 on GitHub (changelog and download here). It
> has a
> >> few improvements that were suggested on this mailing list. Most
> notably, it
> >> now includes most FreeDOS packages built-in so there's no lack of
> >> functionality.
> >>
> >> The other new feature is in the installer. Cobalt's installer now
> >> automatically detects if you have a DOS-compatible OS installed
> already, and
> >> will allow you to 'upgrade' to Cobalt without deleting any files. I have
> >> tested this with installations of MS-DOS 6 and 7.1, but it should work
> in
> >> FreeDOS just fine.
> >>
> >> If anyone has any suggestions for Cobalt, let me know. All the info
> about
> >> Cobalt can be found here.
> >>
> >> Corbin
> >>
> >>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Louis Santillan]

There are several listed here [0].  grub4dos and bootmgr seem to be
most popular.



[0] http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=boot

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a boot manager?  The plan is to use Windows7 & FreeDOS.
>
> This clown speaks for himself
>
>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
>>
>> Try Jeremy's Partition Resizer FD Image [0][1].  You'll need an
>> zip/archive program that decompress gzip.
>>
>> [0] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
>> [1] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDPRSZR.144.gz
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>>> I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just
>>> bought specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that there
>>> was almost no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump voice
>>> here) amount of disk space that would be leftover that I could keep Windows
>>> and shrink the existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a couple
>>> of gigabytes and then use a boot manager.
>>>
>>> The main use of this machine will be to test disk drives, Windows
>>> automatically mounts and opens the drives so it would be difficult to do the
>>> "raw" I/O needed.
>>>
>>> This clown speaks for himself
>>>
>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Corbin Davenport 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> A little while back, I talked on here about my new FreeDOS distribution,
>>> Cobalt. Cobalt is designed to make using DOS easier, by including
>>> commonly-used drivers and software.
>>>
>>> I just released Cobalt 1.1 on GitHub (changelog and download here). It has a
>>> few improvements that were suggested on this mailing list. Most notably, it
>>> now includes most FreeDOS packages built-in so there's no lack of
>>> functionality.
>>>
>>> The other new feature is in the installer. Cobalt's installer now
>>> automatically detects if you have a DOS-compatible OS installed already, and
>>> will allow you to 'upgrade' to Cobalt without deleting any files. I have
>>> tested this with installations of MS-DOS 6 and 7.1, but it should work in
>>> FreeDOS just fine.
>>>
>>> If anyone has any suggestions for Cobalt, let me know. All the info about
>>> Cobalt can be found here.
>>>
>>> Corbin
>>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Wayne Dernoncourt]

Can anyone recommend a boot manager?  The plan is to use Windows7 & FreeDOS.

This clown speaks for himself

> On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Louis Santillan  wrote:
> 
> Try Jeremy's Partition Resizer FD Image [0][1].  You'll need an
> zip/archive program that decompress gzip.
> 
> [0] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
> [1] http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDPRSZR.144.gz
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt  wrote:
>> I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just
>> bought specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that there
>> was almost no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump voice
>> here) amount of disk space that would be leftover that I could keep Windows
>> and shrink the existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a couple
>> of gigabytes and then use a boot manager.
>> 
>> The main use of this machine will be to test disk drives, Windows
>> automatically mounts and opens the drives so it would be difficult to do the
>> "raw" I/O needed.
>> 
>> This clown speaks for himself
>> 
>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Corbin Davenport 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> A little while back, I talked on here about my new FreeDOS distribution,
>> Cobalt. Cobalt is designed to make using DOS easier, by including
>> commonly-used drivers and software.
>> 
>> I just released Cobalt 1.1 on GitHub (changelog and download here). It has a
>> few improvements that were suggested on this mailing list. Most notably, it
>> now includes most FreeDOS packages built-in so there's no lack of
>> functionality.
>> 
>> The other new feature is in the installer. Cobalt's installer now
>> automatically detects if you have a DOS-compatible OS installed already, and
>> will allow you to 'upgrade' to Cobalt without deleting any files. I have
>> tested this with installations of MS-DOS 6 and 7.1, but it should work in
>> FreeDOS just fine.
>> 
>> If anyone has any suggestions for Cobalt, let me know. All the info about
>> Cobalt can be found here.
>> 
>> Corbin
>> 
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Re: [Freedos-user] Cobalt OS 1.1

[Wayne Dernoncourt]

I'm planning on installing FreeDOS on a new/old Windows machine I just bought 
specifically to install FreeDOS.  But it occurred to me that there was almost 
no way I was going to be able the _hooj_ (insert D Trump voice here) amount of 
disk space that would be leftover that I could keep Windows and shrink the 
existing partition and create a FreeDOS partition of a couple of gigabytes and 
then use a boot manager.

The main use of this machine will be to test disk drives, Windows automatically 
mounts and opens the drives so it would be difficult to do the "raw" I/O needed.

This clown speaks for himself

> On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Corbin Davenport  
> wrote:
> 
> A little while back, I talked on here about my new FreeDOS distribution, 
> Cobalt. Cobalt is designed to make using DOS easier, by including 
> commonly-used drivers and software.
> 
> I just released Cobalt 1.1 on GitHub (changelog and download here). It has a 
> few improvements that were suggested on this mailing list. Most notably, it 
> now includes most FreeDOS packages built-in so there's no lack of 
> functionality.
> 
> The other new feature is in the installer. Cobalt's installer now 
> automatically detects if you have a DOS-compatible OS installed already, and 
> will allow you to 'upgrade' to Cobalt without deleting any files. I have 
> tested this with installations of MS-DOS 6 and 7.1, but it should work in 
> FreeDOS just fine.
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions for Cobalt, let me know. All the info about 
> Cobalt can be found here.
> 
> Corbin
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