Re: [Freedos-user] 1.0 CD install hang

2007-08-22 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Ray, > FreeDOS 1.0 CD > Wattcp.cfg Setup Menu > It hangs at: > Configuring through DHCP... This happens because you selected a package which tries to use the internet to download further files. It is a bit silly that the installer does not warn you about that. See: http://fd-doc.sourceforge.

[Freedos-user] 4dos bug

2007-08-22 Thread ice
Hi. Seems I have found a bug in 4DOS 7,57. Function "[EMAIL PROTECTED],c,4]" will return 1980-00-00. So, if you want true date, then use "m" instead "c" in second argument. Version 4DOS 7.54 are free from this bug. @FILEDATE[filename[,[acw][,n]]]: Returns the date a file was last modified, i

[Freedos-user] A faster SYS, a Watcom problem, and a new Borland problem

2007-08-22 Thread Eric Auer
Hi all, I have been busy with bug 1840: www.freedos.org/bugzilla/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=1840 "sys a: b: requires numerous disk swaps with single floppy system" SYS 3.2 needed at least 15 disk changes to copy kernel and shell and write a boot sector if you had a system with only one diskette dr

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.0 CD install hang

2007-08-22 Thread Ray Davison
Ray Davison wrote: > FreeDOS 1.0 CD > Also, the make boot floppy item, didn't. It just took a readable disk and made it unreadable. The disk was in A:, and it complained that it couldn't read old info off B: Ray - This S

[Freedos-user] 1.0 CD install hang

2007-08-22 Thread Ray Davison
FreeDOS 1.0 CD Page says; Wattcp.cfg Setup Menu It hangs at: Configuring through DHCP... I would skip this section if I knew how. Ideas? Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log file

Re: [Freedos-user] "PRINT" command

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Ruhl
Thanks Alain! I've downloaded it and will give it a try! Alain M. wrote: > I was used to printq because it was far better then print, you should > give it a try. I found it at ibiblio (in Freedos, he he...) > > > Alain > > Chr

Re: [Freedos-user] "PRINT" command

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Ruhl
Okay, folks! I tried the ms dos "print" and it works like it should. I had to use callver and set to version 6.22. I was able to feed in the command line options as needed and printing was quick! I'll give "printq" a try and see what happens -- once I find it and download it. Bernd Blaauw