Re: [Freedos-user] Realtek RTL8211 PCIe Gigabit LAN card

[Don Flowers]

Hey Louis,
The  primary link is the Realtek site
I downloaded all these and by trial and error found the right combination
of LSL, NET.CFG RTGEODI ODIPKT11 and IPXODI.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1=5=5=5=4=3=false#RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168%3Cbr%3ERTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D%28L%29%3Cbr%3ERTL8168C/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E%3Cbr%3ERTL8168E/RTL8111F/RTL8411%3Cbr%3ERTL8111G/RTL8111GUS/RTL8411B%28N%29%3Cbr%3ERTL8118AS

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Louis Santillan  wrote:

> If the driver link appears to be legitimate, could you post it please?
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:
>
>> So I have this Acer E5-571 with a Realtek RTL8211 NIC cardi and have
>> never been able to configure. Over the past week I have been on a download
>> binge trying to find information on how to configure this card and also how
>> to network FreeDOS in my home.
>> For Networking I have chosen Novell Personal NETWare and have it running
>> on 2 PCs (one upstairs and one downstairs).
>>
>> After numerous downloads I "stumbled" upon the right driver combination
>> for my Acer and as it happens this also works on the PCIe addon NIC card
>> for my HP Elite Desktop.
>> The setup goes as folllows.
>> LSL
>> RTGEODI
>> IPXODI
>> ODIPKT11 0 96
>> and 'voila! I have a proper connection for FDNPKG, and also am able to
>> map drives on my workgroup via Netware.
>>
>> Have a happy Easter!
>>
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

[Hans-Christian Koch]

Hey guys!

>> Nevermind my answer. This may work directly from prompt but not from 
>> within my program. I guess I need to do it in command.com. So can you 
> >recommend any good documentation on how to compile freecom and maybe
which source?
>
> Is this program something you wrote or somebody else? Is it closed source?
Because this is really sounding like some extreme (i.e. not
> recommended) workarounds for a flawed design.
>
> You can recompile FreeCOM, but I wouldn't recommend it. I'd suggest you
fix your program (if at all possible). Of course, that may not be feasible.
> 

Well there is really no way I can get the scource of this program. It was
written before my time without proper version management and I only have got
the newest scource and there is unfortunately no possibility to get the one
I need... That's why I was looking for some kind of workaround but of course
recompiling freecom was not the answer I was hoping for :). Anyway thanks
for the helpful resources, I'll take a look!

> I would seriously recommend against doing so. One typo, like an accidental
space after the directory slash(es) and you wipe out far more than you
intend, without any safeguard against it. It's pretty much like taking a
shotgun with buckshot to shoot yourself in the foot. "Ab is' ab..."

Thanks for your concern but it's only dispensable data and the automatic
call through the program should not cause errors but you'll never know.
Actually I found an additional protection in deltree which spoils unintended
deletion of data from root directory. However as "alias" is only working in
prompt it won't matter I guess (or maybe it will if I am going for the
freecom compile...)


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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDos booting from a USB stick

[Jerome E. Shidel Jr.]

Hello,

> On Mar 29, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Thomsen Thomsen  wrote:
> 
> Hello. I managed to create a bootable USB key running FreeDos using Rufus 
> (http://www.howtogeek.com/136987/how-to-create-a-bootable-dos-usb-drive/). It 
> works well and boots fine. I even managed to move files to the USB key. I 
> wanted to install some of the programs from http://www.freedos.org/software/. 
> In general I couldn't get this to work. Is there a way to get the "full 
> install" on a bootable USB key? I don't have a bunch of experience.

FYI, I just updated FDI to Preview 15. http://up.lod.bz/FDI
It includes may more packages on the USB version. 

Switching into advanced mode during the installation provides an 
easy way to include these packages on a per/install basis.
You can switch into advanced mode by pressing CTRL+C at the
"Welcome To FreeDOS” screen or at any other time FDI is waiting
for you to pick an option.

The best method to add programs to a custom install stick is to
create a FDI build environment and update the package lists.

However, there is an easy way to add stuff to your own “ALL” install.

1) Place the new packages in the appropriate directory:

FDSETUP\PACKAGES\BASE
FDSETUP\PACKAGES\UTIL
….

2) Add the package to the proper list on the install media:

FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLBASE.LST
FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLALL.LST

3) your done. But, you may want its information to show
up in FDIMPLES. So you will need to place a copy of
the package LSM file in the FDSETUP\PKGINFO directory
as a TXT file. You could use 

FDIMPLES /LISTS to create the package lists. However, 
you will need to copy and rename them. FDIMPLES’ list
editing is designed to work with the raw source and FDI
build environments and will require a little extra work 
to use on a pre-built usb image.

Sometime in the hopefully near future, I want to create a couple
YouTube videos on using FDI to build custom releases and
FreeDOS based operating systems.

So, if you have a package for a utility called MYTHING.ZIP

add it to:

FDSETUP\PACKAGES\UTIL

Add util\mything to both or either:

FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLBASE.LST
FDSETUP\SETUP\FDPLALL.LST

If you wish to create a custom package from scratch,
study one of the simple packages that ship with FDI.
You will need to mimic the directory structor in the 
zip archive. Also, you will need to create a custom
LSM (package information file) in the APPINFO\
directory. 

Hope this helps a little.

Thanks, Jerome.



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Re: [Freedos-user] Realtek RTL8211 PCIe Gigabit LAN card

[Louis Santillan]

If the driver link appears to be legitimate, could you post it please?

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Don Flowers  wrote:

> So I have this Acer E5-571 with a Realtek RTL8211 NIC cardi and have never
> been able to configure. Over the past week I have been on a download binge
> trying to find information on how to configure this card and also how to
> network FreeDOS in my home.
> For Networking I have chosen Novell Personal NETWare and have it running
> on 2 PCs (one upstairs and one downstairs).
>
> After numerous downloads I "stumbled" upon the right driver combination
> for my Acer and as it happens this also works on the PCIe addon NIC card
> for my HP Elite Desktop.
> The setup goes as folllows.
> LSL
> RTGEODI
> IPXODI
> ODIPKT11 0 96
> and 'voila! I have a proper connection for FDNPKG, and also am able to map
> drives on my workgroup via Netware.
>
> Have a happy Easter!
>
>
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[Freedos-user] Preview 15, The Final Preview.

[Jerome E. Shidel Jr.]

Hello All,

Well I finally had a little bit of spare time and incorporated the enhancements 
I mentioned.

I foresee no further changes or enhancements. Technically, preview 15 should be 
called
Beta or RC 1. However, I just finished the modifications and hammered on the 
latest
version. So, I am just calling it Preview 15.

Basically, what has changed from 14 to 15.

Updated V8Power Tools.
Updated FDIMPLES.
Many additions to ALL package list.
Many additions to EXTRA software.
DOSBox installation support.

http://up.lod.bz/FDI 

Thanks, Jerome

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Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Hans-Christian Koch
 wrote:
>
> Nevermind my answer. This may work directly from prompt but not from within
> my program. I guess I need to do it in command.com. So can you recommend any
> good documentation on how to compile freecom and maybe which source?

Is this program something you wrote or somebody else? Is it closed
source? Because this is really sounding like some extreme (i.e. not
recommended) workarounds for a flawed design.

You can recompile FreeCOM, but I wouldn't recommend it. I'd suggest
you fix your program (if at all possible). Of course, that may not be
feasible.

The sources on SourceForge for FreeCOM are for old stable 0.82pl3,
which (AFAIK) needs TurboC (or maybe TC++), but I don't know if that
includes Suppl or not. (I haven't tried lately, plus there is no
active maintainer.)

* 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/files/FreeCOM/082pl3%20%28use%20xmsswap%20for%20386%2B%20PC%29/com082pl3.zip/download
* 
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/libs/suppl/suppl26a.zip

* http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20841  (Turbo C 2.01)
* http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/21751  (Turbo C++ 1.01)

I don't see any 0.84pre2 sources on iBiblio in the obvious place
(pointed to by read-only Software List, in "BASE"), but I think I can
find it elsewhere.

* http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/command/
* 
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/pkgs/commands.zip

This one (I assume) already has Suppl inside, but here it is anyways
(just in case):

* 
https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/pkgs/suppls.zip

Jeremy once said that the SVN version of FreeCOM compiles with
OpenWatcom and works fine, but I haven't tested it myself.
Nevertheless, here it is, if you really want to recompile:

* 
https://sourceforge.net/code-snapshots/svn/f/fr/freedos/svn/freedos-svn-1736-freecom-trunk.zip

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Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

[Ralf Quint]

On 3/29/2016 9:41 AM, Hans-Christian Koch wrote:


Hey Louis!

Thanks for your quick answer which helped me alot! Actually I just 
copied deltree.com to my C: directory and put in my autoexec.bat


alias rd=C:\deltree.com /y

Now when I do “rd C:\directory\directory2” it deletes the specified 
directory. I know it’s a pretty dirty solution (especially dangerous 
with /y switch) but I guess this works out for me J. Open for any 
suggestions!



I would seriously recommend against doing so. One typo, like an 
accidental space after the directory slash(es) and you wipe out far more 
than you intend, without any safeguard against it. It's pretty much like 
taking a shotgun with buckshot to shoot yourself in the foot. "Ab is' ab..."


Ralf


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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDos booting from a USB stick

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Thomsen Thomsen
 wrote:
>
> Hello. I managed to create a bootable USB key running FreeDos using Rufus
> It works well and boots fine. I even managed to move files to the USB key.

Good to know that it works for you (too).

> I wanted to install some of the programs from
> http://www.freedos.org/software/.

Which ones in particular? Most are mirrored on iBiblio:

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/

> In general I couldn't get this to work.

Why not? What was the problem (or error)? What exactly did you try that failed?

> Is there a way to get the "full install" on a bootable USB key? I don't have a
> bunch of experience.

"Full install" doesn't really mean much. Sure, you can get "BASE" and
"UTIL" and who knows what else ("EDIT", "NET"), but usually you don't
need all that stuff. If you just want a bunch of stuff to play around
with, then fine. I'm just saying, it's not really necessary to have
ten text editors (for instance).

Anyways, it's been a while since I've tried, but I'm pretty sure that
RUFUS can use an .iso file. In fact, it still lists FreeDOS on its
website under "Non exhaustive list of ISOs Rufus is known to work
with". So try using RUFUS again but specifying the fd11src.iso file.

Or you could use something like 7-Zip (GUI file manager or even
cmdline "7z") to manually extract files from the .iso itself. But most
of this stuff is already available separately on iBiblio in .ZIP form.

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[Freedos-user] FreeDos booting from a USB stick

[Thomsen Thomsen]

Hello. I managed to create a bootable USB key running FreeDos using Rufus (http://www.howtogeek.com/136987/how-to-create-a-bootable-dos-usb-drive/). It works well and boots fine. I even managed to move files to the USB key. I wanted to install some of the programs from http://www.freedos.org/software/. In general I couldn't get this to work. Is there a way to get the "full install" on a bootable USB key? I don't have a bunch of experience.

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Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

[Hans-Christian Koch]

Nevermind my answer. This may work directly from prompt but not from within my 
program. I guess I need to do it in command.com. So can you recommend any good 
documentation on how to compile freecom and maybe which source?

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Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

[Hans-Christian Koch]

Hey Louis!

 

Thanks for your quick answer which helped me alot! Actually I just copied 
deltree.com to my C: directory and put in my autoexec.bat

 

alias rd=C:\deltree.com /y

 

Now when I do “rd C:\directory\directory2” it deletes the specified directory. 
I know it’s a pretty dirty solution (especially dangerous with /y switch) but I 
guess this works out for me :). Open for any suggestions! 

 

Regards

Hans

 

Von: Louis Santillan [mailto:lpsan...@gmail.com] 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. März 2016 17:40
An: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. 

Cc: Christian Koch 
Betreff: Re: [Freedos-user] Catch "rd" order before command.com processing

 

del C:\directory\*.*

rd C:\directory

 

Even that will fail, I think, if there are some hidden files/folders.  Start 
with that and you can build it into an alias command in freecom.

 

alias myrd="del %1%\*.* ; rd %1%"

 

I believe that's the right syntax.

 

-L

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Hans-Christian Koch  > wrote:

Hey all!

 

Once again I am trying to run some old programs under Linux emulation DOSEMU 
which is making use of FREEDOS. In one of them you have the option to delete 
directories, it does it like this:

del C:\directory\*.rec

del C:\directory\*.dat

del C:\directory\eti.bin

rd C:\directory

 

As “rd” only removes directories if they are empty the folder to be removed 
must only contain files of types .rec, .dat and a file eti.bin else it won’t be 
removed. My problem is that today there are some other files in this folder too 
so I can’t remove it from within my program.

The appropriate way to delete directories would be ‘deltree’ I guess but that’s 
a standalone .com program while rd and del are part of command.com 
 . I tried to create a file rd.bat which should catch the 
call but if I do “rd.bat” freedos wants to remove the directory “.bat”. Is 
there any way to get a workaround to this or how can I compile my own version 
of command.com  ?

 

Thanks

Hans-Christian

 

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