Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5 questions and bug-testing

2021-12-19 Thread Ralf Quint
On 12/19/2021 11:58 AM, Radek Krzyśków wrote: Hello! Here are a few questions and notes (testing new FreeDOS release on VirtualBox 6.1.30) 1) How to use `FDIMPLES` with Bonus CD? Running `FDIMPLES` with "FD13BNS.ISO" shows

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5 questions and bug-testing

2021-12-19 Thread Radek Krzyśków
Hello! Here are a few questions and notes (testing new FreeDOS release on VirtualBox 6.1.30) 1) How to use `FDIMPLES` with Bonus CD? Running `FDIMPLES` with "FD13BNS.ISO" shows "Package media not found!", so I install additional

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-10 Thread thraex
On 10.12.2021 14:55, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >> Ouch. PGM.BAT works just fine, I was looking for PGME.BAT, my bad. > > No problem.  > > When PGME is installed using it’s installer, it mentions the batch > loader PGM. But when installed via FreeDOS package, there isn’t a good > way to make

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-10 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi, > On Dec 10, 2021, at 2:02 AM, thraex wrote: > > > > On 9.12.2021 18:35, Jerome Shidel wrote: > >> >>> * When launching PGME, I couldn't find the PGME.BAT file. So I can't >>> start FDIMPLES for instance. >> >> There is no such file as PGME.BAT. > > Ouch. PGM.BAT works just fine, I

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-09 Thread thraex
On 9.12.2021 18:35, Jerome Shidel wrote: > >> * When launching PGME, I couldn't find the PGME.BAT file. So I can't >> start FDIMPLES for instance. > > There is no such file as PGME.BAT. Ouch. PGM.BAT works just fine, I was looking for PGME.BAT, my bad. >> * Speaking of FDIMPLES, it doesn't

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-09 Thread Wilhelm Spiegl
uot; To: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5 Hallo Herr thraex, am Donnerstag, 9. Dezember 2021 um 14:55 schrieben Sie: > I gave it a quick try in VirtualBox thanks for testing > * In VirtualBox the network seems

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-09 Thread tom ehlert
Hallo Herr thraex, am Donnerstag, 9. Dezember 2021 um 14:55 schrieben Sie: > I gave it a quick try in VirtualBox thanks for testing > * In VirtualBox the network seems to be automagically detected, which is > *great*. But when I try to use say FDNET, I get a packet driver error > and it can't

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-09 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi, > On Dec 9, 2021, at 8:55 AM, thraex wrote: > > > > On 9.12.2021 01:15, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> Hello FreeDOS Community, >> >> The wait for 1.3-RC5 is over. It has arrived! > > Yay! Thank you! :-) > I gave it a quick try in VirtualBox after choosing French and Turkish in > the

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-09 Thread thraex
On 9.12.2021 01:15, Jerome Shidel wrote: > Hello FreeDOS Community, > > The wait for 1.3-RC5 is over. It has arrived! Yay! Thank you! I gave it a quick try in VirtualBox after choosing French and Turkish in the installer and here are some remarks: * Blocek needs to be updated to 1.62r2,

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-12-08 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hello FreeDOS Community, The wait for 1.3-RC5 is over. It has arrived! There are so many changes, improvements and updates that it is not practical to go into it all. But, I’ll point out a couple special things to look forward to in RC5. New FreeCOM 0.85a New Kernel 2043 and an 8086 version

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-10-20 Thread E. Auer
Hi! Do we wait for a new KERNEL and FREECOM release? Jeremy was almost ready with those quite a while ago, It would be nice if RC5 had those. But, I don’t know how far off those are. Very nearby, I would say. If we don’t include updates for those in RC5, I don’t feel it would be wise

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

2021-10-17 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi Jim, (and Devel Group) The Online Get-together was fun and productive. There are two things I forgot to bring up during the call regarding the release schedule. Do we wait for a new KERNEL and FREECOM release? It would be nice if RC5 had those. But, I don’t know how far off those are.