Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS CDROM install - intolerably slow

2004-03-31 Thread Johnson Lam
On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:25:03 +0100, you wrote: Hi, >I've managed to use the Odin bootdisk to get a basic DOS system onto the hard >drive. The Oak Technology "OTICDROM" driver seems to work quite well with >FreeDOS - the 8x CDROM now "feels" like an 8x and not a 0.01x. INSTALL has >been running fo

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS CDROM install - intolerably slow

2004-03-31 Thread Philip Pemberton
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > our cdrom-driver is still in alpha-stage, sometimes generating errors and > surely no DMA-support. > copy your own cdrom-driver over the \freedos\atapicdd.sys on the bootdisk, > and things should go much faster. There is no "freedos\atapicdd.sys" on my b

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS CDROM install - intolerably slow

2004-03-31 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Philip Pemberton schreef: Personally, I find it amazing that FreeDOS's CDROM subsystem is slower than a floppy disc, but DR-DOS 7.03 is lightning fast. Apples versus oranges, though, I guess :) our cdrom-driver is still in alpha-stage, sometimes generating errors and surely no DMA-support. copy

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS CDROM install - intolerably slow

2004-03-31 Thread Philip Pemberton
Hi, I'm trying to install FreeDOS Beta 9 on a 386DX-40 based machine with 8MB of RAM and a math coprocessor. The hard drive is a 4.3GB Seagate - I've got the Seagate (well, Ontrack) Dynamic Drive Overlay loaded to sidestep the 528MB limit. Now, FreeDOS boots fine from the install disc. The cat

[Freedos-user] RE: DJGPP's MAKE fails on FreeDOS

2004-03-31 Thread fabrizio . ge
Ciao Roberto and all. >It fails with ANY internal command, or only when redirection and/or piping >is used? Any internal command. >- do not use redirection and piping within makefiles, as suggested in FAQ > 16.6 This did not solve the problem. In this case both the error message and the usage d