Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

2019-11-25 Thread OMGdaDPS
pm, OMGdaDPS wrote: > > Oh, and I forgot to mention: a few extra clicks saved also, when it comes to > zipped or compressed img files (or whichever). Etcher handles that also, no > need to extract it yourself :) > dps > On Nov 25 2019, at 5:31 pm, OMGdaDPS > wrote: >

Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

2019-11-25 Thread OMGdaDPS
Oh, and I forgot to mention: a few extra clicks saved also, when it comes to zipped or compressed img files (or whichever). Etcher handles that also, no need to extract it yourself :) dps On Nov 25 2019, at 5:31 pm, OMGdaDPS wrote: > I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it hand

Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

2019-11-25 Thread OMGdaDPS
I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files in two clicks. no need to go to the terminal and work some dd magic or anything. nothing against rufus, because I use it when I run Windows, its just that Etcher handles a plethora of different file types, in the matter

Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

2019-11-23 Thread OMGdaDPS
the EASIEST way in my experience, to create a bootable USB drive with a .img file, is to use the program called etcher. this is not a plug for them, but i haven had a bad experience using it yet dps On Nov 24 2019, at 12:23 am, Bruce Sommerset wrote: > Use a program called 'Rufus', make sure

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-26 Thread OMGdaDPS
Ok so, I just decided to go ahead and format my drive that it is the hp pavilion and reinstall freeDOS. After installing, I selected option (1) at boot, to use JEMMEX. Well, long story short... PROGS is there now! I wonder why it wasnt there before? On Sep 26 2019, at 2:55 pm, OMGdaDPS wrote

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-26 Thread OMGdaDPS
Thank you for your help, both of you. all the best, Chris On Sep 26 2019, at 1:26 pm, andrew fabbro wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 9:17 AM dps

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-25 Thread OMGdaDPS
My drive doesnt even contain the directory C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS. It does have down to \DOC, but there isnt a \PROGS in that directory. I also noticed that my drive isnt labeled as yours is... maybe I did something wrong during the installation, or maybe there is stuff after the install that I am

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-24 Thread OMGdaDPS
, OMGdaDPS wrote: > Oh man, that sounds great! I have a shirt history with the open sourced world > ( I really didn't know that it even EXISTED), but I have a VERY strong love > (maybe infatuation?) for it now. Something about the way everything is, and > how unique the

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-24 Thread OMGdaDPS
Oh man, that sounds great! I have a shirt history with the open sourced world ( I really didn't know that it even EXISTED), but I have a VERY strong love (maybe infatuation?) for it now. Something about the way everything is, and how unique the software can be, and of course the community is

Re: [Freedos-user] can FreeDOS do anything to make up for Virtualbox and VMWare's lack of decent support for DOS sound?

2019-09-22 Thread OMGdaDPS
Just pick yourself up an old free computer locally. I can confirm that I have been able to get freeDOS up and running PERFECTLY on a Pentium 3. I am about to permanently install it on a either a Pentium D or just a Pentium 4. :) On Sep 22 2019, at 7:13 am, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote: