[Freedos-user] DN /2, File Wizard 1.35 etc.

2022-01-13 Thread Björn Morell
(New try without attached BMP) Hi I am a new here. I am testing what can be done on a IBM Value Point M# 6482 100DX4 whith 3c509 and SB16-  Have among other OSs Freedos 1.3 RC5 and am testing file managers, allways used Norton Commander but now my favorit is FW (File Wizard) DN2 would

Re: [Freedos-user] Difference Freedos 1.3 RC5 / RC4 ? clarification

2022-02-15 Thread Björn Morell
It worked fine in dougmenu with Fdos 1,3 RC4 Den 2022-02-14 kl. 21:47, skrev Björn Morell: Hi The only thing I noticed is that Ansiplus scrollback does not work if Dougmenu 1.77 or Domenu (1.72) is running or has been running but fine before I run dougmenu

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot winth Windows 98

2022-02-11 Thread Björn Morell
If you want to access one from the other you cannot as it will be hidden, for that to work you need separat drives or the coplcated method, if not xfdisk on a bootable floppy or usb will be handy while installing. Den 2022-02-11 kl. 22:14, skrev [GlassNerves] via Freedos-user: Thanks for the

Re: [Freedos-user] Fdnet

2022-03-08 Thread Björn Morell
Den 2022-03-08 kl. 12:55, skrev Jerome Shidel: On Mar 8, 2022, at 4:44 AM, Björn Morell wrote: I run MTCP and have for a while and it works great, ftp server etc. I have fresh installatio of 1.3 on an old fujitsi-siemens 1000 mhz, with an intel 815 chipset so the e1000pkt works fine

[Freedos-user] Chaning config in freedos (DrDos like) ?

2022-03-15 Thread Björn Morell
Can one chain to a different config in fdconfig.sys ? Like one can do in DrDos 7.03. Bear ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Fdnet

2022-03-08 Thread Björn Morell
I run MTCP and have for a while and it works great, ftp server etc. I have fresh installatio of 1.3 on an old fujitsi-siemens 1000 mhz, with an intel 815 chipset so the e1000pkt works fine with DHCP and it updates the .cfg. I ran the wattcp.bat and have a wattcp.cfg in freedos\bin. Paths to

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos & Arachne

2022-03-08 Thread Björn Morell
I second that, Links 2.25 is nice especially on slower machines ( i run real ones , one 100 mhz and one 1000 mhz). Den 2022-03-08 kl. 07:05, skrev Louis Santillan: You might try Links2 Browser in graphics mode. 2.25 is the latest version.

Re: [Freedos-user] 286 Installation on CF Card

2022-03-12 Thread Björn Morell
If you have any machine with a CF reader/writer (I use an packard bell wih an i7 and linux mint) and a CF to IDE card there should be no problems (if the 286 have a hard drive). to install from CF hard drive to the 286 hard drive or copy fils to the hard drive and then install to the CF. Den

[Freedos-user] Difference Fdos 1.3 RC5 / RC4 ?

2022-02-14 Thread Björn Morell
Hi The only thing I noticed is that Ansiplus scrollback does not work if Dougmenu 1.77 or Domenu (1.72) is running or has been running but fine before I run dougmenu. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

[Freedos-user] How to upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3

2022-02-21 Thread Björn Morell
How do  I upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3 on a 486 ( I can use bootcd ) ? ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Question, HX dos extender.

2022-02-17 Thread Björn Morell
Hi :) HX is tested in Freedos 1.0 I believe,  does it work in ver. 1.3 RC5 ? Has anybody here tested ? https://sourceforge.net/projects/hx-dos/files/2.17/ Bear ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot winth Windows 98

2022-02-12 Thread Björn Morell
, Björn Morell wrote: If you want to access one from the other you cannot as it will be hidden, for that to work you need separat drives or the coplcated method, if not xfdisk on a bootable floppy or usb will be handy while installing. Den 2022-02-11 kl. 22:14, skrev [GlassNerves] via Freedos

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot winth Windows 98

2022-02-12 Thread Björn Morell
Yes, when booting to Freedos (or DrDos) it wll be C: and my W95 will be D: and a logical partiton E: booting to W95 it will be C: and freedos/drdos will be D: and te logical E: booting to linux it will be on hd1 (swap on hda2 and backup on hda3) and freedos on hb1 and drdos on hb2 and w95 on

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

2022-03-30 Thread Björn Morell
My fav is the internal editor in File Wizard :) Den 2022-03-30 kl. 18:35, skrev Louis Santillan: FreeDOS Edit, SETEdit, vi, pico.  All great basic DoS text editors. On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 4:59 AM John Vella wrote: I'll be honest and say I'm starting to second guess myself here...

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

2022-03-31 Thread Björn Morell
Hi John Fun with someone using a real machine, I am using an IBM 100DX4 running, Freedos, DrDos and DSL (Damn Small Linux) all on three compact flash drives. I would try File Wizard and its internal editor,

Re: [Freedos-user] Lilo, GRUB etc.

2022-01-29 Thread Björn Morell
I haven't tried bootmanager but a few others they all had trouble with DrDos lilo was the only one (can be used without linux as well as GRUB) tha could, I have linux because I want to se what can be done with ths old 486 :) Den 2022-01-29 kl. 02:21, skrev Björn Morell: Den 2022-01-28 kl

Re: [Freedos-user] Lilo, GRUB etc.

2022-01-29 Thread Björn Morell
Yes that works with fdisk and xfdisk but not fun to do everytime you want to change OS and the CF memories  have are not big 1 Gb 2 x 2GB and one 4gb in three slot on back of puter so easy to change :) About LiLo, this line activate on partitio and hides the other: change automatic

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2173, Issue 1

2022-01-28 Thread Björn Morell
Looks right to me and yes GRUB is not that easy, I have a similar machine an IBM 4DX 100 MHz with 3 Compact flash drives (CF to IDE) and one CDRW via a soudblaster IDE interface, works really well with UDVD2 even burning CDs from DOS. DSL on hda1  Freedos on hdb1 , Dr-Dos on hdb2  and

Re: [Freedos-user] which mpxplay?

2022-02-09 Thread Björn Morell
will need to adjust that if possible. Thanks for providing your additions for me, Karen On Mon, 7 Feb 2022, Björn Morell wrote:  I run ver. 166d on my freedos 1.3 RC5 installation on an IBM 486 100 mhz It may take some tweaking in the ini file I can run it with graphics as well (and scroll, pick

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot winth Windows 98

2022-02-11 Thread Björn Morell
H ! How about making 2 partitions on the drive  and use xfdisk to make the partitions whitch have a boot  manager that hide and shows desired partition  ? Install Freedos and xfdisk on the first and then hide it and instal windows on the second. Den 2022-02-11 kl. 09:40, skrev Eric Auer:

Re: [Freedos-user] which mpxplay?

2022-02-06 Thread Björn Morell
 I run ver. 166d on my freedos 1.3 RC5 installation on an IBM 486 100 mhz It may take some tweaking in the ini file I can run it with graphics as well (and scroll, pick and start works with cutemouse /O but starting with the -f0 switch "mpxplay -f0 song.mp3" no gui gives the best sound on this

[Freedos-user] Lilo, GRUB etc.

2022-01-28 Thread Björn Morell
Den 2022-01-28 kl. 21:08, skrev Björn Morell: Looks right to me and yes GRUB is not that easy, I have a similar machine an IBM 4DX 100 MHz with 3 Compact flash drives (CF to IDE) and one CDRW via a soudblaster IDE interface, works really well with UDVD2 even burning CDs from DOS. DSL

[Freedos-user] Cutemouse /O

2022-01-21 Thread Björn Morell
Hi, The progs I found which can use scroll wheel 4Dos; Help,Select and History Syschk MPXplay I have tried wheelk butit does not make any difference in any program I tried, I really would love for it to work in File Wizard. Have any of you found other programs or ways there scroll mouse

Re: [Freedos-user] Cutemouse /O

2022-01-21 Thread Björn Morell
Perhaps there's a command line parameter to activate the scroll wheel on your particular driver. I've never used the cute mouse driver, so can't say if it does have such a parameter or not. On 1/21/2022 7:25 AM, Björn Morell wrote: Hi, The progs I found

Re: [Freedos-user] FD13 floppy installation attempts

2022-06-28 Thread Björn Morell
Den 2022-06-28 kl. 03:30, skrev Jerome Shidel: Hi, On Jun 27, 2022, at 6:47 PM, Pierre LaMontagne wrote: First of all, I think FreeDOS is an outstanding replacement for the discontinued MS-DOS!!! I've been a happy camper & been a big fan of FreeDOS since v1.1. I use it mainly on my

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS music creation software?

2022-08-30 Thread Björn Morell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAt1rWF-kqE Den 2022-08-30 kl. 12:02, skrev Karen Lewellen: with all of the vintage gaming hinted at here, was wondering if anyone knows of a simple pure DOS program that in theory allows one to treat their computer keyboard like a music one? Need not tap dance

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSshell replacement

2022-08-01 Thread Björn Morell
Den 2022-07-31 kl. 23:22, skrev Liam Proven: On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 23:03, Joao Silva wrote: Yes it's a manager, but you can run commands from the command line in mc But if I just wanted to run commands, I could do that anyway, without it, surely? I am not looking for a file manager, but

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-10 Thread Björn Morell
Den 2022-12-09 kl. 22:17, skrev Walter Vermeir: Hi, I am trying install FreeDOS on my computer (not virtual) now for a while and failing long enough to acknowledge that I need to ask for help. Last time I installed DOS I was using a 486 with a diskette drive. My daily driver is Linux since

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-10 Thread Björn Morell
2022-12-10 kl. 10:17, skrev Björn Morell: Den 2022-12-09 kl. 22:17, skrev Walter Vermeir: Hi, I am trying install FreeDOS on my computer (not virtual) now for a while and failing long enough to acknowledge that I need to ask for help. Last time I installed DOS I was using a 486

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-13 Thread Björn Morell
I do not know how freedos talk to services but I load FreeDos with GRUB on one machine and with LILO on another one. Den 2022-12-13 kl. 22:02, skrev Roderick Klein: On 13-12-22 21:41, Björn Morell wrote: I think GRUB boot loader could help as it is an UEFI application. SD with one nix

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-13 Thread Björn Morell
forgot the link https://linuxhint.com/boot-usb-using-grub/ Den 2022-12-13 kl. 20:37, skrev Walter Vermeir: Op 13/12/2022 om 18:05 schreef Jerome Shidel: Did you try to boot the LegacyCD or the LiveCD? I tried both. And also tried KolibriOS http://kolibrios.org/en/ My new old laptop has

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-15 Thread Björn Morell
Plop sounds good :) I use a floppy on my old 486 to allow me to boot from CD (boots both the legacy and the live freedos cd) Den 2022-12-15 kl. 12:12, skrev Liam Proven: On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 at 20:39, Walter Vermeir wrote: My new old laptop has 32mb RAM. KolibriOS needs 8mb RAM. Looks

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

2022-12-13 Thread Björn Morell
I think GRUB boot loader could help as it is an UEFI application. SD with one nix partition and one FAT partition for FreeDos 2 Gb or less. Den 2022-12-13 kl. 20:37, skrev Walter Vermeir: Op 13/12/2022 om 18:05 schreef Jerome Shidel: Did you try to boot the LegacyCD or the LiveCD? I tried