[Freedos-user] Partitioning Software

2006-06-07 Thread Lester Vedrox
Mark I have found Partition Magic unreliable on WindowsXP Service Pack 2 (and later) versions of NTFS. JL, Mark I would recommend trying: http://gparted.sourceforge.net JL Easy to use, the GUI really help understanding how the partition layout. Too bad it's too small for CD and too big

Re: [Freedos-user] Partitioning Software

2006-06-07 Thread kd4d
-- Original message -- From: Lester Vedrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark I have found Partition Magic unreliable on WindowsXP Service Pack 2 (and later) versions of NTFS. JL, Mark I would recommend trying: http://gparted.sourceforge.net JL Easy to use,

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK bug (sorry I don't know how to use bugzilla)

2006-06-07 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Johnson, I've always found FreeDOS FDISK works exactly as I'd expect both on new and used hard drives including the option to install and remove the MBR. Are you sure you read the readme that comes with it? All the machines on our network started life with FreeDOS FDISK. As I understand

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK bug (sorry I don't know how to use bugzilla)

2006-06-07 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Johnson Lam wrote: Hi, Actually it's not a BUG, FDISK always FORGET to write the Master Boot Record to the hard disk, just test 2 hard disk this afternoon. That's why the original hard disk still boot up showing LILO. Hope someone can patch the FDISK, it should be easy to fix this minor

Re: [Freedos-user] why make partitions hidden?

2006-06-07 Thread Ray Davison
Lester Vedrox wrote: AB Repartition disk (by FDISK or somethink like Partition Magic). EA Use a GOOD partition editor (not MS FDISK... preferrably something with a reasonable user interface and something which you are good at using. James, you should probably consider investing in

Re: [Freedos-user] Partitioning Software

2006-06-07 Thread Johnson Lam
On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:28:13 +, you wrote: Hi, The fact that it is running Linux isn't a problem...it doesn't install Linux on the hard drive and GParted is a GUI program very similar to Partition Magic. It is about 40 Mebabytes and fits on a CD just fine. Linux runs from the CD and memory.

[Freedos-user] freedos and tcp/ip stack

2006-06-07 Thread Denis dos Santos Silva
Hi All! i'm new in freedos world! =) i was see, ''web browser'', ''gui'' and others! freedos have tcp/ip stack ? links ? hints/tips?! thanks! regards, Denis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and tcp/ip stack

2006-06-07 Thread Blair Campbell
Watt-32 is a good tcp/ip stack, but to add one to the DOS kernel would be overkill. Simply link it into your executable that uses networking (which will in turn use installed packet drivers to access the network card). Watt-32 has decent BSD sockets emulation interface, so if you are familiar