Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
If a way could be found to replace ThinOS on various models of WYSE thin clients, they'd be ideal platforms for an embedded DOS. ThinOS usually shares space in an extra large BIOS chip. Installing it might involve a bit of hacking to make the OS installer creator utility setup a USB flash drive

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > Because I am taking coreboot+SeaBIOS in attention, these hobby OS > suddenly become very useful for me : e.g. KolibriOS floppy is likely > the only way > to connect to the internet from a web browser (although a very simple one) > that is

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Ivan Ivanov
The usefullness of these hobby OS - probably depends on your point of view, how many usecases with them you could invent for yourself ;) Because I am taking coreboot+SeaBIOS in attention, these hobby OS suddenly become very useful for me : e.g. KolibriOS floppy is likely the only way to connect to

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/7/2018 10:29 AM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: doubt that any of those have any real purpose at least some of these hobby OS could be useful in real life (for not-hobby purposes) , e.g. KolibriOS - many kinds of personal computing including web browsing, Visopsys - disk partitioning, 9front - modern

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Ivan Ivanov
> doubt that any of those have any real purpose at least some of these hobby OS could be useful in real life (for not-hobby purposes) , e.g. KolibriOS - many kinds of personal computing including web browsing, Visopsys - disk partitioning, 9front - modern Plan 9 fork with all its utilities, etc...

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/7/2018 3:33 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: OSDev wiki has FreeDOS at #1! Ok, technically, Kolibri out ranks it at #0. But, we can say it is #1. http://wiki.osdev.org/Notable_Projects Well, great. Kind of... Haven't even heard of any of the others on that list and doubt that any of those have

Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi, > On Jan 7, 2018, at 5:39 AM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > […] > I wish you good luck in your project, FreeDOS is awesome > Also it has been listed amoung Top 10 Notable projects at OSDev wiki > Would be happy to see its' story continued OSDev wiki has FreeDOS at #1! Ok, technically, Kolibri out r

[Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS floppy from a BIOS chip

2018-01-07 Thread Ivan Ivanov
I tested your OS with Virtual Box: FreeDOS is amazing ; and - most importantly - it has a live floppy! Even today the floppies are still being used, for example - as virtual floppies inside the coreboot open source BIOS. Just imagine: your wonderful OS could be a part of someone's BIOS build! (for