Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-08-01 Thread Johnson Lam
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:40:56 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry, GUI (the current version should be UI) Sorry, UI Never mind. Yes, I'm not against the UI, I'm just saying I've never needed it and (in my opinion) it's actually less confusing to use commands only. Because you're not novice :-) 2)

Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-31 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi, 2) Vote here, keep Free DISK or switch to XFDISK Well so far I really like FDISK, it's small and fast and appears to do everything it's supposed to. I've never needed to use the GUI. I have not been hit by the MBR bug, despite testing on a wide range of systems with both SCSI and IDE

Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-31 Thread Johnson Lam
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:47:48 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry, Well so far I really like FDISK, it's small and fast and appears to do everything it's supposed to. I like FDISK also, almost identical interface as MS and have enhanced functionality. I've never needed to use the GUI. GUI (the current

Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-31 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Johnson, GUI (the current version should be UI) Sorry, UI is for the beginners and operators, I don't mind using UI or GUI since FDISK is not a TSR, size is not a problem. And easier navigation only made the program more user friendly, you can keep using command line. Yes, I'm not

Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-30 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Hi, Johnson Lam escribió: On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:17:48 +0200 (MEST), you wrote: Hi, XFDISK? I mean, XFDISK is open source. It only does not LOOK like the old MS DOS user interface, but hey, that was crap anyway... The correct procedure should be: 1) Contact Brian and ask him if he still

Re: [Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-30 Thread Johnson Lam
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:57:13 +0200, you wrote: Hi Aitor, The correct procedure should be: 1) Contact Brian and ask him if he still works on Free FDISK or not (or someone else if Brian can't) 2) Vote here, keep Free DISK or switch to XFDISK 3) Someone have to examine XFDISK's source to

[Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-23 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, I think you will be safe as you apply FDISK to NEW harddisks: The problem is only that if you get a read error while reading the existing partition scheme, our FDISK has the stupid strategy to write a new empty partition table as automatic solution. Your new PCs should not show read errors

[Freedos-user] re: More FreeDOS FDISK tests - failure is repeatable

2005-07-22 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, while it would be easy to remove the write new empty partition table if reading the partition table failed nonsense from FDISK, would it be against the FreeDOS SPECS to just replace it by, say, XFDISK? I mean, XFDISK is open source. It only does not LOOK like the old MS DOS user interface,