Re: [Freedos-devel] Realtek cards and DOS

2010-04-26 Thread Geraldo Netto
Hi! actually, good question! Alain/Eric probably has some tips on it i never played with networks in dos, never needed... and once my main operating system is kubuntu all i do is run freedos through qemu or dosemu... btw, off topic, which city from brazil do you live? :) Geraldo Non dvcor, dvco =

[Freedos-devel] Realtek cards and DOS

2010-04-26 Thread jasse...@itelefonica.com.br
Geraldo Netto said: > btw, realtek net cards are cheap here in brazil and > has drivers for (free)dos afaik... and Alain Mouette commented: >I already use them when possible: if the user has one, >if there is a free PCI slot, if it is not a fake Realtek... Did any of you install their DOS ndis2

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Alain Mouette
Em 26-04-2010 13:28, Geraldo Netto escreveu: > maybe it is easier to boot through pendrive? no, anyway the problem is CDROM :) > actually ahci is only sata related technology... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface Thanks > btw, realtek net cards are cheap here in

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Geraldo Netto
Hi, maybe it is easier to boot through pendrive? actually ahci is only sata related technology... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface btw, realtek net cards are cheap here in brazil and has drivers for (free)dos afaik... See Ya, Geraldo Non dvcor, dvco => Sapere Aud

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Alain Mouette
Thanks, The link bellow did not work, the driver is in a package "SP39596" and I found it at It is a 2Mb driver that I nedded to instal in a Win98, and then search fo

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Alain Mouette, am 26. April 2010 um 16:03 schrieben Sie: > Em 25-04-2010 14:53, Eric Auer escreveu: >> Alain, you started the thread, do you think such a big >> UDF CDEX driver would be useful? Or do you think that >> it would indeed be too big and too complex for most? > I will not

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Alain Mouette
IS AHCI only for USB? or is it for SATA? For me SATA is important, the more compatible the better. USB is not so important for me... Alain Em 25-04-2010 07:10, Ladislav Lacina escreveu: >> Any advantage using AHCI? >> > No, but some notebooks lack in BIOS the option "Handle CD-ROM devices in >

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Alain Mouette
Em 25-04-2010 14:53, Eric Auer escreveu: > Alain, you started the thread, do you think such a big > UDF CDEX driver would be useful? Or do you think that > it would indeed be too big and too complex for most? I will not need the UDF driver for what I have in mind... I believe that uses of UDF wo

Re: [Freedos-devel] IDE CDrom/Dvd

2010-04-26 Thread Johnson Lam
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:41:26 -0500, you wrote: Hi, >I don't know about others, but I for one would find a udf driver >*extremely* helpful. Sometimes, when you have a cd/dvdR disk, it's >tough to tell if it has anything on it, and being able to boot from >such a disk would be worlds better