[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
Hello.As of right now,I am trying to install FreeDOS on my 'lil Hp laptop.It does not have a CD drive,only two USB ports.So,I booted FreeDOS via USB,and ran the format /s command.It gave me an error stating 'WARNING: No SYS in PATH - Could not install system files!.What do I need to do to make

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
I made the harddrive bootable with SYS.COM,but when my laptop boots into the harddrive,it just restarts.Meaning,when it boots into the harddrive (Which is now bootable with FreeDOS on it),it just blanks out for 1 second,then BIOS opens up again.Kernel bug? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:36 PM, JAYDEN

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

2015-06-02 Thread Ralf Quint
On 6/2/2015 5:09 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: Everyone take a look at this ZIP http://mercurycoding.com/FreeDOS/FreeDOS-1.2.zip and let me know your feedback. Anything which shouldn't be included? Anything which should but wasn't? There's a few non-open source programs I didn't catch for

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread Mercury Thirteen
I experienced similar issues on my laptop which also lacks a CD-ROM drive. The current FreeDOS installer seems hard coded to install from a CD-ROM, as the only way I was able to get it to work was using an external drive via USB. Hope this helps. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:16 PM, JAYDEN

[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

2015-06-02 Thread Mercury Thirteen
Everyone take a look at this ZIP http://mercurycoding.com/FreeDOS/FreeDOS-1.2.zip and let me know your feedback. Anything which shouldn't be included? Anything which should but wasn't? There's a few non-open source programs I didn't catch for removal. Let me know your input.

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

2015-06-02 Thread Louis Santillan
* I don't know if the permissions were set by you or the original zip files, but they're messed up in several place, at least with respect to *nix. Some are set to 555. Not sure why execute bit is even set anywhere at all. * It's large (1.1GB decompressed). * Lots of files/folders are not in 8.3

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

2015-06-02 Thread Louis Santillan
I'm not of this effort, but, Ralf, what are you using to scan for viruses? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/2/2015 5:09 PM, Mercury Thirteen wrote: Everyone take a look at this ZIP http://mercurycoding.com/FreeDOS/FreeDOS-1.2.zip and let me know

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
Didn't help. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com wrote: I experienced similar issues on my laptop which also lacks a CD-ROM drive. The current FreeDOS installer seems hard coded to install from a CD-ROM, as the only way I was able to get it to work was

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
It apparently does need a cd rom.Any other ways around this? On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:32 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org wrote: Didn't help. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Mercury Thirteen mercury0x0...@gmail.com wrote: I experienced similar issues on my laptop which also

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS install

2015-06-02 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Jun 2, 2015 3:36 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org wrote: Hello.As of right now,I am trying to install FreeDOS on my 'lil Hp laptop.It does not have a CD drive,only two USB ports.So,I booted FreeDOS via USB,and ran the format /s command.It gave me an error stating

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 package compilation

2015-06-02 Thread Antony Gordon
What I think would be useful would be an Xcode/Visual Studio type of environment that includes all of the recommended build tools setup with a batch file to set paths to have the tools work from any location on the hard drive. This can be used to rebuild the OS or to develop new applications