Hi,
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 3:54 PM Eric Auer wrote:
>
> > Hi Eric I have partition magic for dos this can create partition for
> > freedos?
>
> I guess it can, given that it is a partition editor :-)
>
> I do not know whether the DOS version can create LBA
> partitions or FAT32 partitions, so
I think I have managed to get both MSDos and Freedos though currently I
cannot boot into freedos
Trying to find a version of Linux that I like, I will probably pick Manjaro
XFCE, that seems to run the best on that laptop and have access to the
stuff I need/want
which is mostly Virtual Box, and
Hi Gabriele,
Hi Eric I have partition magic for dos this can create partition for
freedos?
I guess it can, given that it is a partition editor :-)
I do not know whether the DOS version can create LBA
partitions or FAT32 partitions, so if this is an old
DOS software, it may be better to use
Hi Eric I have partition magic for dos this can create partition for
freedos?
Il gio 9 mar 2023, 23:08 Eric Auer ha scritto:
>
> Hi!
>
> You could try metakern: FreeDOS SYS has command line options to write
> the boot sector to a file instead of to the boot sector. You can use
> either DEBUG or
I was looking at that.
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 1:55 PM Louis Santillan wrote:
> Might I suggest you try Microwindows/Nano-X on DOS and Linux?
>
> http://www.microwindows.org/
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:41 AM usul wrote:
>
>> I probably am that guy. I couldn't post in groups on FB for a
Might I suggest you try Microwindows/Nano-X on DOS and Linux?
http://www.microwindows.org/
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:41 AM usul wrote:
> I probably am that guy. I couldn't post in groups on FB for a couple of
> days. and I am itching to do something. LOL.
>
> Thanks for the links...
> As
I probably am that guy. I couldn't post in groups on FB for a couple of
days. and I am itching to do something. LOL.
Thanks for the links...
As soon as I find a linux distro that I like that works on the laptop I
will start looking at them in more detail.
I think it would be fun to write
On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 at 15:18, usul wrote:
>
> Why? cause I always get asked...
Ah, you are the same person who asked on the Facebook FreeDOS group?
> Because I want to code some stuff for windows 3.11 last time I did I was
> working in VB 3 lol,
> run XAppeal and DESQview/X 2.1 and cause if
Hi!
Let me get a bit more verbose in my installation thoughts.
If you want to hide FreeDOS and MS DOS from each other,
at least a bit, you could use filesystem choice for that:
Install Linux on a Linux filesystem.
Install XP on some NTFS filesystem.
Install FreeDOS on a FAT32 filesystem.
I am no longer an experienced DOS user. I am relearning. And only
understood half of what you said. Guess I have gotten old and lazy.
and even back in the day I just went right to windows, to work in VB 3. I
think 95 came out a year after I really got my start.
Plus I really want them to be
Hi!
You could try metakern: FreeDOS SYS has command line options to write
the boot sector to a file instead of to the boot sector. You can use
either DEBUG or Linux or simple or fancy DOS tools of your choice to
harvest the boot sectors of MS DOS and XP. If FreeDOS finds the file
fdconfig.sys,
Thanks for the reply. It turns out the software is trying to write to
the com port on exit, which I'm assuming expects to find a modem there.
There was a modem connected, but wasn't turned on. With the modem on, I
don't get the error. Also if there is nothing connected to the port, the
data is
Hi,
On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:11 PM Eric Stein wrote:
>
> So I get this message when I exit from a certain program: Error reading
> from device AUX: write fault.
>
> Aside from the strangeness of getting a write fault by reading
> something, does DOS even still have an AUX device? I think this
i have and did work.
Managed to get sound on dos games, but the game was too slow to play
On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:20 PM Björn Morell wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> HX is tested in Freedos 1.0 I believe, does it work in ver. 1.3 RC5 ?
> Has anybody here tested ?
>
>
> MBR and GPT are partitioning systems. MBR can be used on any disk up
> to 2TB but not more.
>
> GPT can be used on any size of drive but must be used on drives bigger > than
> 2TB.
Close, but not quite accurate. MBR can be used on any disk which contains up
to 2^32 (4G) *sectors*, not
Hey richardkolacz101:
I think that I understand the reason of the "inflated Windows Pro price
from HP" (when comparing if you purchased Windows 10 from an independent
vendor).
I got my computers refurbished from a church charity.
https://www.canberracitycare.org/tech-shed.html
And I got
On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 01:08, Michał Dec wrote:
> dd is a great alternative since it's free. As in freedom.
I accidentally hit "send" while switching tabs, and it was too late
when I came back.
`dd` is not a replacement for tools such as Acronis because:
1. It requires considerable Unix
On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 01:08, Michał Dec wrote:
>
> dd is a great alternative since it's free. As in freedom.
Yes and no. Mostly no.
> >GPT can be used on any size of drive but must be used on drives bigger than
> >2TB.
[Annoying graphical attachment removed]
This is a mailing list. Please
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 18:12, Travis Siegel wrote:
Paragon software has a program that will allow you to clone a disk from
a smaller to a larger disk with no problem, even the other way too, as
long as the blank space on the disk allows the material to fit onto the
disk itself.
Yup. Heard of
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 18:12, Travis Siegel wrote:
>
> Paragon software has a program that will allow you to clone a disk from
> a smaller to a larger disk with no problem, even the other way too, as
> long as the blank space on the disk allows the material to fit onto the
> disk itself.
Yup.
Paragon software has a program that will allow you to clone a disk from
a smaller to a larger disk with no problem, even the other way too, as
long as the blank space on the disk allows the material to fit onto the
disk itself.
Also, the difference between 2fTB drives and larger ones is
Just for clarity, I thought I'd try to highlight some of the errors
and misconceptions in your lengthy email.
On Sun, 5 Dec 2021 at 03:16, richardkolacz...@hotmail.com
wrote:
> the option of FreeDOS 3.0 is not always available
There is no such thing as FreeDOS 3.0 and never has been. Maybe
Hi! Not sure whether I understand you correctly, but...
Why are 256 GB SSD, 32 GB RAM and 3k display too little?
Certainly not for DOS :-)
And why would it not be possible to install Windows on
a disk larger than 256 GB? That sounds more like some
license issue (Windows may think you install
Ie SSD, RAM memory upgrade that is truely
compatible (speed, voltage) etc).
As a side note, apparently the main market for HP computers with FreeDOS
installed is CHINA.
I hope to hear soon from Jim Hall regarding "what's up" with the HP FreeDOS 3.0.
______________
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 2:56 AM Ivan Ivanov wrote:
>
> Laptops with FreeDOS / Linux instead of Windows - are really valuable!
To whom?
Dell offered systems through Walmart a while back that did not have
Windows per-installed. They dropped the offer. The systems without
Windows did not *sell*.
Laptops with FreeDOS / Linux instead of Windows - are really valuable!
At least because the price of the Win license is included in the
laptop price, and nobody in their right mind wants to pay an extra $30
for this glitchy "air". I'd spend these $30 on a RAM upgrade, or
donate these $30 to some
When a laptop manufacturer says the computer supports FreeDOS, it's
their way of stating 2 facts:
1. Their UEFI has CSM support.
2. They offer selling this laptop without a Windows license.
W dniu 01.12.2021 o 16:31, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user pisze:
On Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
Hmmm, I should get one. It would save me a lot of work.
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On Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 at 11:34 PM, dmccunney
dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
>
> And this is not a machine you want to try to set up FreeDOS to run from the
> bare metal on. Too much of the hardware is simply not supported by any form
> of DOS. DOS stopped being sold and
Yeah. If you absolutely want to develop software for bare-metal FreeDOS,
you probably want to do it on compatible hardware. That concerns network
cards, VESA and ISA sound cards mostly. As soon as you set foot on a PCI
sound card or newer, you're in Windows land. Going back to DOS from this
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 8:01 PM richardkolacz...@hotmail.com
wrote:
>
> I am new to trying to setup FreeDOS as bare-metal configuration to use
> instead of Windows 10 for programs I am writing.
Why on Earth do you want to do *that*?
> I notice that HP computer company has FreeDOS 3.0 as an
Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:38 PM
To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS.
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Question about FreeDOS 3.0
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM
richardkolacz...@hotmail.com<mailto:richardkolacz...@hotmail.com>
mailto:richardkolacz...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
I
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 7:00 PM richardkolacz...@hotmail.com <
richardkolacz...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am new to trying to setup FreeDOS as bare-metal configuration to use
> instead of Windows 10 for programs I am writing.
>
> I notice that HP computer company has FreeDOS 3.0 as an option for
>
What. FreeDOS ain't even got 1.3 past release candidate numbers.
Regards,
Michał
W dniu 01.12.2021 o 01:59, richardkolacz...@hotmail.com pisze:
I am new to trying to setup FreeDOS as bare-metal configuration to use
instead of Windows 10 for programs I am writing.
I notice that HP computer
I am new to trying to setup FreeDOS as bare-metal configuration to use instead
of Windows 10 for programs I am writing.
I notice that HP computer company has FreeDOS 3.0 as an option for Available
Operating Systems. Is this anything to do with this forum? Any advantages for
me to use this
Thanks Eric! I had noticed that FDAPM POWEROFF did both a flush and
spindown, but after a couple of seconds it says "Warming up...Back...Back
on..." so I wasn't quite sure what it had done. In any case, it sounds like
I should be ok holding down the power button at that point. This particular
Hi Marv!
FDAPM FLUSH (no slash needed) does not rely on the BIOS,
it is just meant to give caches hints to write back all
pending writes. Note that none of the caches shipping
with FreeDOS will pool or delay writes, so you actually
do not need to flush with those :-)
As soon as the last app
I'm back! And I got some great news!
After obtaining an OEM copy of Windows XP Professional SP3 from eBay for
the low-low price of $99.95 ( *awkward smile* ), I got around to installing
XP today. I decided to try Boot US, and man, that is the simplest boot
manager installer I have ever seen (then
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 6:21 PM, Kyle Nied wrote:
>
> BOOTMGR looks like a good candidate, Rugxulo. Boot US seems good too... I'll
> have to think about it more.
>
> I'm putting this project on a very temporary hold, though. I'll work on it
> some more after a few days.
BOOTMGR looks like a good candidate, Rugxulo. Boot US seems good too...
I'll have to think about it more.
I'm putting this project on a *very* temporary hold, though. I'll work on
it some more after a few days.
Thankfully, Jan, real DOS would not be a problem, given I have all three
MSDOS 6.22
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:33:16 -0600 Rugxulo wrote:
>
>Just to plug BOOTMGR again:
>
>http://www.bttr-software.de/products/bootmgr/
Indeed that looks to implement all you need, and only uses
the MBR-sector itself which is quite an achievement ...
You do need a real DOS to configure it though
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 3:13 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote:
>
> Right, but finding a proper BootManager might be a bit of a challenge.
>
> Many bootmanager need to be installed in a FAT partition (FAT32 might be OK)
> so that would be the W98 one. Some install into the MBR
Hi Kyle,
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 01:40:56 -0500 Kyle Nied wrote:
>
>I set the second primary partition as active, and the
>XP setup disk manager said that second primary partition would be the C
>drive! So now I am installing Win98 (after changing the "active" status
>back to the 80GB primary
Good news, everyone! FreeDOS's Free FDISK does support multiple primary
partitions!
I finally did a little test of what that VOGONS member laid out (using Free
FDISK that ships with FreeDOS), and man it is magical compared to the
original FDISK provided by Microsoft. It correctly detects the size
Eric Auer composed on 2018-01-22 03:14 (UTC+0100):
>>> dual-boot system, and Win98 *has* to be on the first partition.
>>That was never the case for me. e.g.
> I agree that most operating systems happily boot from ANY primary
> partition (not necessarily the active one), I seem to remember
Hi Felix,
>> dual-boot system, and Win98 *has* to be on the first partition.
>That was never the case for me. e.g.
I agree that most operating systems happily boot from ANY primary
partition (not necessarily the active one), I seem to remember that
DOS and Windows are less happy to boot
Jan:
> More universal or newer disk tools may allow you to create multiple
> primary partitions.
>
Got it! And, by "more universal or newer disk tools", I'm sure I can
include FreeDOS's fdisk in that list, and if that is the case. great! If
not, just let me know :). Thanks Jan!
(for example my
Hi Kyle,
On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:31:38 -0500 Kyle Nied wrote:
>
>What, out of all of these fdisk versions (minus
>vanilla fdisk, of course), can you create multiple primary partitions?
More universal or newer disk tools may allow you to create multiple primary
partitions.
(for example my own
On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:31:38 -0500, Kyle Nied wrote:
What, out of all of these fdisk versions (minus
vanilla fdisk, of course), can you create multiple primary partitions?
I'm pretty sure WinXP itself can create multiple primary partitions. Why
not create the first
Sorry for responding late.
Interesting stuff. I will have a look at METAKERN, Eric.
However (not to be mean or anything), but my original question was, well,
only kind of answered. Looking at the link to a *huge list* of different
fdisk versions that you provided Rugxulo, and looking at the link
Hi,
On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> There are a few FDISK variants for FreeDOS and some do
> have some oddities in how to use them. For example you
> may have to edit a config file to activate LBA support
> for big disks or FAT32 support, in case you are
Hi Kyle :-)
First, Win98 and DOS ignore NTFS drives. Second, FDISK
should easily allow up to 4 primary partitions, but in
most cases at most 3, because you need 1 extended to
put all the additional drives as a chain there.
However, only one partition can be the one which boots
by default. So
Hi im usin imgburn ans ultraiso to modify m'y ISO.
Le 19 oct. 2015 7:06 PM, Don Flowers a écrit :
>
> When you are making the iso what kind of bootable image are you using? For a
> blank CD, I use FDOEM.144 from here:
>
> http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
>
> Then I add the
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Leborgne Christian
wrote:
>
> i try to flash my bios on my Medion PC motherboard MS 7358
> for the answer : i ll try tonight or in the week to burn a cd with only my
> ddata in data mode and copy on my FREEDOS partition.
>
> if
When you are making the iso what kind of bootable image are you using? For
a blank CD, I use FDOEM.144 from here:
http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/
Then I add the drivers for the PC I want to be able to boot since so many
new PCs require different various drivers to boot into a DOS environment.
Op 7-11-2009 0:44, Joe Emenaker schreef:
Sure, it wouldn't work every time. And it would fail for anything
which was run through and exe-compressor. But it would sure beat
strings myprog.exe | more, which is what I have to do right now.
how we love UPX (and use it extensively) :)
some
There is a simple int21h AH=33h AL=FFh call you can make (no program I
know of off hand that does it but from debug you should be able to get
it easy) to get a pointer to the version string displayed at boot.
Something like (completely untested, possibly simpler ways) this in
debug:
a
This is what I use in my machine:
title FreeDOS
root(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
In fact I don't know what the savedefault is for, but the rest I use
for a long time.
Alain
Alan Zheng escreveu:
Hello everyone:
I try to load freedos by grub. so I
On 2009/09/01 10:51 (GMT-0300) Alain Mouette composed:
This is what I use in my machine:
title FreeDOS
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
In fact I don't know what the savedefault is for, but the rest I use
for a long time.
Grub has a decent manual:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Alan Zhengmachinecat1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone:
I try to load freedos by grub. so I refered from its isolinux.cfg to write
grub's menu.lst as below:
title FreeDOS
root (hd0,2)
kernel /isolinux/data/memdisk
initrd /isolinux/data/fdboot.img
it
Eric,
Something needs to be done with the FreeDOS FAQ. It was originally set
up to collect frequently-asked questions about FreeDOS. These days,
general questions do get asked there, but it's more often used to
submit bugs and to ask for I got a weird error help.
#2912 is not a FAQ - it's
does 2004's extensions work on virtual PC 2007?
sounds interesting.altough writing a driver would be quite fun, i
have some other DOS-related projects i'm involved in and it is really
painfull to work on these without shared folders...
WOW, i've found that i have a installer for the 2004
does 2004's extensions work on virtual PC 2007?
Yes, it does.
Keep in mind, that you load these shared folder drivers included in VPC
2004 before any emm386 in config.sys.
Otherwise you will get an exception error.
-
This
One should keep in mind, that Microsoft indeed has changed the VirtualPC
from their first version (2004) on - we used the pre-Microsoft version
of that tool for a DOS based software and Novell Netware connector.
Starting with VirtualPC (from Microsoft) the network speed reduces
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your comments!!!
Regards!!!
Giorgos. :-)
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Hi!!! :-)
hi
Is someone here, familiar with it?
what do you take for familiar? i have used it sometimes and it worked
fine to me...Win95 for basic stuffi'm also in the quest of writing
a driver for FreeDOS in order to allow one to use the
I never used Virtual Box, but I can say this:
VMware is very good, *except* for DOS graphics programs. graphics screen
is very slow. With Win98 and a special drivers it is good. Network
is ok, I could only share folders as network disks.
Qemu is faster for graphics in DOS. It has some
Hi Giorgos,
Virtual Box is working well.
It is fast - nearly as fast as virtual pc 2007.
In emulating FreeDOS there is no problem at all.
There seem to be some issues with acpi but that is irrelevant for using
freedos in most cases.
The binary you can get from virtualbox.org is only free for
Hi Daniel,
i'm also in the quest of writing
a driver for FreeDOS in order to allow one to use the shared folders
(it seems that no VM has shared folders for FreeDOS at all...at least
in my experience: VirtualBOX, VirtualPC and VMWare don't have
it)
VirtualPC used to have it in the past.
Go
One should keep in mind, that Microsoft indeed has changed the VirtualPC
from their first version (2004) on - we used the pre-Microsoft version
of that tool for a DOS based software and Novell Netware connector.
Starting with VirtualPC (from Microsoft) the network speed reduces
dramatically
Yes. I've had this problem using DOS/9x tools on
fat32 thumb drives. I have to use w2k or XP.
Otherwise I end up with an undersized volume.
Charlie
I have encountered these problems on USB sticks
before, and the issue
was resolved with a reformat.
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So - What can I do with Freedos that I cannot currently do with my laptop?
Well, you will be able to get support from FreeDOS users community :)
But If seriously - what laptop do you have? which OS do you run on it
currently?
Kristaps Kaupe,
http://kristaps.netparks.lv
What do you have installed on the laptop? (which os?)
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5--2005 13:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johnson Lam) wrote to
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JL We can't stay in ISA world anymore,
Yes, this is so. :(
JL even PCI will be replaced by PCI-Express.
Not in near 2-3 years. :) And, fortunately, PCI-E (in theory) is
software compatible
CMI chips suck balls. That said, C-Media has a decent dos driver with the
new software versions they had, so... that might fix it, it might not. It
requires a bit of info about your board...
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Hi!
12--2004 23:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
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EA Hi, I got a report that FDAPM SUSPEND mode stops the timer tick clock
EA (so far so good) and fails to update it to current time when waking up.
EA Does that happen for you, too, or does it only happen for a few
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