Re: [Freedos-user] QEMU - Max size of Linux access folder

[Jim Hall via Freedos-user]

I wrote the article, but I haven't used this QEMU feature for a long
time. I found that the "live" access to the folder could be
problematic (sometimes no problem .. typically slow .. crashed QEMU a
few times) but that was several years ago and the QEMU folks may have
fixed that issue by now.

Now, I use a virtual disk image for QEMU. After I shut down the
FreeDOS guest, I can "mount" the virtual disk as a non-privileged
Linux user with guestfstools, and manage files like I normally would.
If the image file is "$img" and the mount point is "$mnt" (such as
/tmp/freedos) then run this:

guestmount -a $img -m /dev/sda1 $mnt

And when you're done, you can unmount it with this:

guestunmount $mnt


Also: You don't have to run QEMU as root (with sudo). I never do.

Jim


On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 12:53 PM hms--- via Freedos-user
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>
> Hi there
> I need some help please. Does any one know how to get around the size
> limitation of the access Linux folder when running FreeDos under QEMU?
> The access folder is named "dosfiles" as in Jim Hall's article on
> Opensource.
> Running the command:-
> sudo qemu-system-i386 -m 32 -rtc base=localtime -drive
> file=dos.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -drive
> file=fat:rw:dosfiles/,format=raw -boot order=c -display  sdl -enable-kvm
>
> Gives status message of:-
> vvfat dosfiles/ chs 1024,16,63
>
> And an error message is issued:-
> qemu-system-i386: -drive file=fat:rw:dosfiles/,format=raw: Directory
> does not fit in FAT16 (capacity 516.06 MB)
>
> Removing files from the "dosfiles" directory allows FreeDos to run.


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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS webpage - where can I see more News?

[Jim Hall via Freedos-user]

I will need to add a link or button to show more news. Right now, it
just shows the latest six news items.

The FreeDOS news items are actually stored in the SourceForge News
system, and the website pulls from the RSS feed to generate the news
items for the front page. Here's the link to our news items on SF:
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/



On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM Ladislav Lacina via Freedos-user
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>
> After last changes of the FreeDOS webpage I don't know how to display more 
> "What's new" on the webpage.
> In the previous designs there was a link like "Older news" but now I do not 
> see it more.
> I was looking the announcement for the Dosfetch utility but because of this 
> issue I was not able to find it.
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[Freedos-user] FreeDOS webpage - where can I see more News?

[Ladislav Lacina via Freedos-user]

After last changes of the FreeDOS webpage I don't know how to display more
"What's new" on the webpage.

In the previous designs there was a link like "Older news" but now I do not
see it more.

I was looking the announcement for the Dosfetch utility but because of this
issue I was not able to find it.

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[Freedos-user] Costa GUI

[Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user]

I'd like to see the Costa GUI added to the FreeDOS repository, if it's not 
there already. Its homepage is at https://github.com/jacobpalm/costa. I'd also 
like to see it added to FDIMPLES' database alongside OpenGEM, oZone, and SEAL, 
in the Graphical Desktops category.
[https://repository-images.githubusercontent.com/103553265/9881574e-fd5a-4a88-9e41-7a5d488db78e]
GitHub - jacobpalm/costa: The Costa Graphical User Interface for MS-DOS and 
compatible systems
The Costa Graphical User Interface for MS-DOS and compatible systems - 
jacobpalm/costa
github.com
Brandon Taylor
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[Freedos-user] QEMU - Max size of Linux access folder

[hms--- via Freedos-user]

Hi there
I need some help please. Does any one know how to get around the size 
limitation of the access Linux folder when running FreeDos under QEMU?
The access folder is named "dosfiles" as in Jim Hall's article on 
Opensource.

Running the command:-
sudo qemu-system-i386 -m 32 -rtc base=localtime -drive 
file=dos.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -drive 
file=fat:rw:dosfiles/,format=raw -boot order=c -display  sdl -enable-kvm


Gives status message of:-
vvfat dosfiles/ chs 1024,16,63

And an error message is issued:-
qemu-system-i386: -drive file=fat:rw:dosfiles/,format=raw: Directory 
does not fit in FAT16 (capacity 516.06 MB)


Removing files from the "dosfiles" directory allows FreeDos to run.
Regards
John



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