Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi Eric, > On Feb 9, 2019, at 6:09 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > > sorry about the missing context: fd13flop.img comments! > > The FDAUTO file mentions all those drivers, but does > not give instructions which of them can be combined. > > Users might try to use drivers at the same

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jerome, sorry about the missing context: fd13flop.img comments! The FDAUTO file mentions all those drivers, but does not give instructions which of them can be combined. Users might try to use drivers at the same time which were meant to be used _either_ one _or_ the other. Have you tried

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi Eric, > On Feb 9, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Some quick comments on the FreeDOS 1.3 RC 1 drivers: > > You should only load either UIDE or UDVD2 and make > sure that they have different "/D:...". I guess if > UIDE does all you need, you could change UDVD2 to a > commented out

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Eric Auer
Some quick comments on the FreeDOS 1.3 RC 1 drivers: You should only load either UIDE or UDVD2 and make sure that they have different "/D:...". I guess if UIDE does all you need, you could change UDVD2 to a commented out alternative. Also, since UIDE already does caching, you can comment out

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Feb 9, 2019, at 1:02 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > > would it be possible to add a "CD1 style" mode to > the CD2? I think it is okay for people to download > larger ISOs but they like flexibility in RAM size. Yes. But, don’t you think it would be a little confusing for users

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jerome, would it be possible to add a "CD1 style" mode to the CD2? I think it is okay for people to download larger ISOs but they like flexibility in RAM size. Regards, Eric > CD1 can run with 64MB of ram and can use GBs. > It also uses very little space on the CD. > CD2 is probably more

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

2019-02-09 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hi everyone, We really do want to hear your opinions on which LiveCD we should keep. They both have very specific advantages and disadvantages. Just to pick a couple. CD1 can run with 64MB of ram and can use GBs. It also uses very little space on the CD. CD2 is probably more compatible (CD1