Re: [Freedos-devel] Comments & suggestions

2010-02-23 Thread dos386
See mail archive few lines below or sf.net/projects/freedos -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- Download IntelĀ® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applicati

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.0 post-install experience, pt 2: dumped at a prompt

2010-02-23 Thread dos386
> No version message, no free-memory display, no "Welcome, thanks for > trying FreeDOS!" message, nothing. Blank screen, C prompt. That is > about as friendly as a kick in the nuts. Agree, there is space for improvements. > When I ran GEM, there were no links to any of this 150MB of programs. Ba

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.0 setup program

2010-02-23 Thread dos386
> (Odd, in my day, DOS apps generally didn't have dependencies!) Examples ??? AFAIK the only one is CWSDPMI (blame DGJPP, not FreeDOS ...) > [1] I suggest removing the different memory configs as they will confuse > novices Agree, tuning EMS/UBM and legacy crap depending on such should be depre

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.0 setup program

2010-02-23 Thread Liam Proven
I found it very interesting to install DOS onto a PC from CD-ROM - this is something I've not done since Caldera gave me the sources for DR-DOS 7.02 on CD-ROM! I found the setup process a bit fraught, though. It seemed to me to be far more complex than it needed to be. For one thing, it seems to

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.0 post-install experience, pt 1: mystery commands

2010-02-23 Thread Liam Proven
Next I went looking through the config files. Here I found the first problem. There is a tool called "blackout" called repeatedly. I tried HELP BLACKOUT - not known. I tried BLACKOUT - hung the PC. Ctrl-C didn't work, not Esc, not Ctrl-Break. Nothing quit it. Reboot. Try: BLACKOUT /? H

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.0 post-install experience, pt 2: dumped at a prompt

2010-02-23 Thread Liam Proven
After installing 150MB of software - a /vast/ amount for DOS! - I got a bare C:\> prompt at the end. No version message, no free-memory display, no "Welcome, thanks for trying FreeDOS!" message, nothing. Blank screen, C prompt. That is about as friendly as a kick in the nuts. Given that OpenGEM w

Re: [Freedos-devel] Comments & suggestions

2010-02-23 Thread Alain Mouette
dos386 escreveu: > > some partially: [...] FDISK (patch pending), If there is a patch, there should be a build?? Does anyone have information on this? Thanks, Alain -- Download IntelĀ® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new

Re: [Freedos-devel] Comments & suggestions

2010-02-23 Thread Pat Villani
Yes, for the moment it is all there is. We're working on some reported bugs. Pat On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:31 AM, BuraphaLinux Server < buraphalinuxser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a 1.1? I am under the impression that although 1.0 may be > obsolete, it's all there is. > > JGH > > On 2/23/

Re: [Freedos-devel] Comments & suggestions

2010-02-23 Thread BuraphaLinux Server
Is there a 1.1? I am under the impression that although 1.0 may be obsolete, it's all there is. JGH On 2/23/10, dos386 wrote: >> Just wanted to ask if this was the right place to report or discuss > > Welcome :-) > >> comments, suggestions, bug reports &c in FreeDOS 1.0? I've just > > The 1.0 d