[fd-dev] some parts of PC and FreeDOS

2002-12-09 Thread Krzysztof Suchecki
hardware: = 486sx laptop, 2.5 hdd, no pcmcia, no cd-rom, no-floppy, no network card, RS232 available. question: = Is there any way to install FreeDOS except physical taking out 2.5HDD and putting installing system on another PC? Chris

Re: [fd-dev] GPL

2002-12-09 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:51:46AM +0600, Day Brown wrote: If you don't want to write free software, nobody forces you. We just don't want to be forced to use unfree software! Besides all that, let's define 'we' as meaning only real people rather than the virtual variety known as

Re: [fd-dev] some parts of PC and FreeDOS

2002-12-09 Thread Colin Alston
If there is no OS to start with, then I would hazard a guess to say: No... I dont think that is posible with just a serial port. - Original Message - From: Krzysztof Suchecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeDOS-DEV [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:41 PM Subject: [fd-dev]

Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-09 Thread Michal H. Tyc
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 20:54:46 +0100, Matthias Paul wrote: Actually, these (COLOR: and MONO:) are the names used in Axel's DUALMON.SYS driver... ;-) I have to admit I didn't try DUALMON.SYS yet. Unfortunately, the VGA monitor in my only dual-monitor system is currently broken. I have had some

Re: [fd-dev] GPL

2002-12-09 Thread tom ehlert
for instance, what good is encryption/decryption software with released source code that hackers can look through?). I STRONGLY disagree. encryption/decryption software withOUT released source code that ANYBODY can go through is probably trying to replace obscurity by security and should be

Re: [fd-dev] some parts of PC and FreeDOS

2002-12-09 Thread Alain M.
This is a difficult one, but... if you get LAPLINK, it can send itself via rs232 to another machine (it you have DOS, of course). Then you should be able to send the files that you need. The problem is that the moment when you change the boot sector and the kernel, you may either get a FreeDos

Re: [fd-dev] GPL

2002-12-09 Thread Paul Case
tom ehlert wrote: for instance, what good is encryption/decryption software with released source code that hackers can look through?). I STRONGLY disagree. encryption/decryption software withOUT released source code that ANYBODY can go through is probably trying to replace obscurity by