I released FDISK 1.4.2 [1] with the boot loader changes. I also made a few
changes to prevent FDISK from accessing extended partitions with MORE than 23
logicals created by other partitioners, as it cannot handle these.
If you have some time, it would be great if you could test that version, pla
> The UnRAR source is in a tar.gz file. That contains a license.txt file
> which says: (omitting some extra text at top and bottom of the file)
>> 2. UnRAR source code may be used in any software to handle
>> RAR archives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be
>> used to d
Greetings,
The FreeDOS 1.3 MEM command reports Total Upper memory of 100K.
The FreeDOS 1.4 RC1 MEM command reports Total Upper memory of 0K.
I get the same results from the live CD and an installed system
running as a qemu guest. Any idea where my upper memory blocks went?
Thanks!
will be corrected asap, the dollar came from the original author.so it starts printing automatically when the printer is switched on? no more printq needed?willi--Gesendet mit der mail.com Mail AppAm 18.01.25, 19:47 schrieb Jim Hall via Freedos-devel :
Hi Willi
Like the MS-DOS program it replaces,
I don't think it is correct to say that PRINT requires a dot matrix printer.
Any printer connected to a parallel port that understands ASCII will work
with PRINT. That includes many older laser printers. And if you have a
virtual machine emulating a printer port, that opens it up to USB or
netwo
> I should add: if Darik's Retro7zip could *not* support RAR files (i.e.
> not link with the UnRAR code) then this problem goes away anyway. Are
> RAR files really that popular out there?
Yes, second only to ZIP.
Roshal contributed great value to industry and community, is still
responsive to bug
Hi Willi
Like the MS-DOS program it replaces, this is a command that was added
in the era of dot matrix printers. I think we first included it in one
of the FreeDOS Alpha distributions, long ago.
It only works with a dot matrix printer, though. By running..
> print C:\fdconfig.sys /1
..you have
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM Darik Horn via Freedos-devel
> wrote:
> >
> > The 7za.exe binary is encumbered by UnRAR, which has a reverse
> > engineering restriction. All others are at the DFSG level.
> >
> > A copyright and licensing manifest for the 7zip-24.09 release is available
> > her
Hi,
I am still working on the german FD help. One problem that I have is how to handle
the "print" command that is delivered with FDT24xx and newer.
There is no /? to give more information. The only thing I found, was:
This PRINT here only takes /1 /2 /3 as "/D:lpt1" etc equivalent
options or
> Am 18.01.2025 um 17:58 schrieb Paul Dufresne :
>
> Thank you Bernd for looking through this so actively!
Thanks!
I now tested the new IPL under VMware. It works as intended: does not find an
active partition, waits three seconds, and then the CD boot record takes over.
As I did not know ho
It helps to write out "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (DFSG) so
others don't have to look it up. ;-)
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianFreeSoftwareGuidelines
On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM Darik Horn via Freedos-devel
wrote:
>
> The 7za.exe binary is encumbered by UnRAR, which has a reverse
> e
Le sam., 18 janv. 2025 07:44:16 -0500 Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel a
écrit
> > Am 18.01.2025 um 12:37 schrieb Bernd Böckmann bernd-free...@boeckmann.io>:
> >
> > I will perform more tests on this since when this fallback method is
> > reliably supported by different BIOS vend
Hi Paul,
here is my second secret:
Read:
https://www.bootablecd.de/FreeDOS-Internet-version/help110/en/hhstndrd/util/vmsmount.htm
section examples:
The trick is
bios.bootdelay = "5000" in the vmx file.
. You will find it there - and - if you run a few searches in internet.
As each vmwa
The 7za.exe binary is encumbered by UnRAR, which has a reverse
engineering restriction. All others are at the DFSG level.
A copyright and licensing manifest for the 7zip-24.09 release is available here:
* https://sources.debian.org/src/7zip/24.09%2Bdfsg-3/debian/copyright/
> Am 18.01.2025 um 12:37 schrieb Bernd Böckmann :
>
> I will perform more tests on this since when this fallback method is reliably
> supported by different BIOS vendors...
AWARD v4.51 (1999): SUCCESS!
AMIBIOS 1.19 (1998): SUCCESS!
AWARD 1011 (1998): "Press key to reboot" message
PHOENIX (1995
> Am 18.01.2025 um 13:17 schrieb Eric Auer via Freedos-devel
> :
>
> If I understand you correctly, it is not sufficient to
> have no boot flag set in the MBR for any of them?
Correct.
What works, probably because the VMware BIOS contains some heuristics, is when
the IPL area is filled with
> Am 18.01.2025 um 12:54 schrieb Eric Auer via Freedos-devel
> :
> To test this, you first had to boot from something else than C.
> So either C initially contained no partitions, or you first used
> the boot menu of the BIOS to boot from CDROM. In the first case,
> the installer could have co
Hi Bernd,
the problem is that it is not easy to configure for exampled
VMware to boot from CD without editing some configuration
That leads to the question whether it would not be easier to
provide pre-installed images for VM in the first place.
Avoids the whole install process :-)
Alternat
Hi Bernd!
I tested it with an AWARD BIOS... BIOS boot order: C, CDROM, A.
To test this, you first had to boot from something else than C.
So either C initially contained no partitions, or you first used
the boot menu of the BIOS to boot from CDROM. In the first case,
the installer could have
> The secret is:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/imdisk-toolkit/
>
> With this tool you can mount almost all virtual images as a drive letter in
> Windows and unmount it again. Works very simple, you simply have to click on
> the image with right mouse button to mount it - and on
> But as this is from 1996, and we can not expect the INT 18 to work in all
> cases, we should add a few safety nets:
>
> - Check if the INT 18 vector contains a sane value
> - Display a message and wait a few seconds before issuing the INT 18
> - Expect that the INT 18 might return
> - ...
>
Hi Bernd,
thanks for explaining why 55AA should not be removed.
How about having all 1-4 primary partitions marked
as non-bootable partitions instead?
... we can not expect the INT 18 to work in all cases, we should add a few
safety nets:
- Check if the INT 18 vector contains a sane value
Hi Eric,
> Am 18.01.2025 um 03:01 schrieb Eric Auer via Freedos-devel
> :
>
> RBIL answers that:
>
>>> INT 18 - DISKLESS BOOT HOOK (START CASSETTE BASIC)
>>> Desc: called when there is no bootable disk available to the system
>>> Notes: very few PCs other than those produced by IBM contain
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