[Freedos-user] Arachne + network, problem with conventional memory

2008-05-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
+ arachne so I see how to solve this conventional memory problem? best regards Michael Reichenbach - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time

[Freedos-user] driver for onboard sound chip?

2008-05-09 Thread Michael Reichenbach
I have onboard sound. In Windows I am using a driver called C-Media AC97 Audio device. In DOS it`s called SiS 7012 Sound Codec. MidiPort 330, Compatibility n/a, Roland MPU-401, everything else (dma, irq...) n/a. The old sb16 drivers, the one from via and one from SiS with another number (SiS

Re: [Freedos-user] USB hard drive support (non-booting) under FreeDOS?

2008-05-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
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Re: [Freedos-user] USB hard drive support (non-booting) under FreeDOS?

2008-05-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Small remark, if you still like to fiddle with USB for DOS I advise this driver disk. Worked very well for me and I was able to extract the driver I need myself. http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/index.html Also the DR-DOS wiki has very good informations.

[Freedos-user] loading other config.sys?

2008-05-12 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Is it possible to include from one config.sys a file config2.sys and execute the content of config2.sys right after config.sys? - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's

Re: [Freedos-user] loading other config.sys?

2008-05-12 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer wrote: Hi! Is it possible to include from one config.sys a file config2.sys and execute the content of config2.sys right after config.sys? No. FreeDOS tries to open fdconfig.sys and if that one is not found it tries config.sys and if that is not found then defaults are used.

Re: [Freedos-user] driver for onboard sound chip?

2008-05-13 Thread Michael Reichenbach
code of DOSEMU or Bochs combined with the AC97 driver of the MPXPLAY player or another OS, e.g. Alsa-project drivers. Well, I searched the forums for ac97 but did not found anything about SB16 to AC97 founding. Greetings Michael Reichenbach

Re: [Freedos-user] USB hard drive support (non-booting) under FreeDOS?

2008-05-15 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer wrote: He also writes that when you load a DOS USB device driver then it will interfere with BIOS USB drivers and you lose access to those. That is quite possible, but what are the experiences on this list? Did any of you lose access to your USB keyboard/mouse when you started a DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] USB hard drive support (non-booting) under FreeDOS?

2008-05-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer wrote: Hi again :-) Hi! An USB flash drive was made bootable for FreeDOS with the tool 'HP Drive Key'. Booting from that device works well if the BIOS supports USB booting. After loading the USB driver under FreeDOS device C:\ could be no longer read. FreeDOS asked for a

Re: [Freedos-user] New Freedos and Linux user. Trouble with PPPoE. Please help !

2008-05-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
hardware and driver support) In the long run emulation will be the way to keep DOS alive. Greetings Michael Reichenbach - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS on modern hardware

2008-05-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
: cs.ozerki.net/zap/pub/vsb/ (found by Spiro, thanks :-)) Also interesting one. Not sb2.0 but might be still useful for someone. To bad this only works if you have already *any* recognized soundcard. In my case, this isn`t the case. Greetings Michael Reichenbach

Re: [Freedos-user] Good soundcard?

2008-05-17 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Florian Xaver schrieb: Yes, I think it is a good idea to ask here and then to buy an old card (via ebay or others...). Yeah. :) Because informations about this topic are not obvious. I am using SBLive here, if you only want to use Mpxplay or QV it works very good. If you want to use the

Re: [Freedos-user] Good soundcard?

2008-05-17 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Florian Xaver schrieb: I am using SBLive here, if you only want to use Mpxplay or QV it works very good. If you want to use the driver for emulating SB16, I think that I heard, that an old mainboard has to be used. One more question. Does SBLive work in Windows XP or Vista or Linux? Or

Re: [Freedos-user] Good soundcard?

2008-05-17 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Alain M. schrieb: What is audio quality as good as something from this year? 7.1 + hda maybe? No idea. Can you really tell the difference betwen anything better than a sound blaster? Not sure about this. But the wiki says something about sampling CD with 44 khz to 48 and to 44 back and

Re: [Freedos-user] Realtek ethernet drivers. Please help !

2008-05-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Alexandru Fira schrieb: But I do not know how to get rid of the attachments from my email on this group, those with Visual Studio. These do not belong to me. These ads come from sf.net, the FreeDOS hoster. Not your fault or w/e. So relax. :) -mr

[Freedos-user] grub4dos [advertisement]

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric asked me to post some advertisements for grub4dos. If you are interested in multi booting I bet you know gnu grub 1.x, also known as grub legacy. Grub legacy will be no longer developed by the gnu grub project. Them are now working on grub2 and they have their reasons. grub4dos is a

[Freedos-user] freedos package manager / release cycles

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Reichenbach
FreeDOS has good, not perfect kernel and a suite of important tools. It`s better then I thought and it can be almost a full ms-dos replacement. FreeDOS 1.1 was announced long ago. Now the development seams a bit dozed. (I dind`t check live source but from release cycles.) Like already

Re: [Freedos-user] Good soundcard?

2008-05-19 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Florian Xaver schrieb: You have an old mainboard with isa and it`s working good for you? No, I have a SB Live! 5.1 PCI soundcard...I had tried the driver for SB16 emulation, but it wasn't compatible with some drivers so I never used it. With old mainboards I mean more or less 2, 3 years.

Re: [Freedos-user] grub4dos [advertisement]

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Michael Reichenbach schrieb: Eric asked me to post some advertisements for grub4dos. If you are interested in multi booting I bet you know gnu grub 1.x, also known as grub legacy. Grub legacy will be no longer developed by the gnu grub project. Them are now working on grub2 and they have

Re: [Freedos-user] grub4dos [advertisement]

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hey Jim! Jim Hall schrieb: Hi. I just grabbed the latest version of Grub4dos to look at it. You need to distribute source code for this, at the same time you release the binary. You acknowledge that Grub4dos is a fork of Grub, so must follow the GNU GPL. But you do not abide by it here.

Re: [Freedos-user] Good soundcard?

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Reichenbach
I have now a SB Live! It sounds great in Windows. After a short test also in DOS it works well. The only downside is that it can`t run without emm386 in DOS. It was worth to purchase this soundcard anway. Very(!) cheap and still good hardware. -mr

[Freedos-user] DSL without DSL router? (DSL Modem)

2008-05-22 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Robert Riebisch schrieb: Michael Reichenbach wrote: There is also a full package from sis.com. Get sl119.zip from SiS. How can I install it? Read sl119\pktdrv\readme.TXT or just try loading sl119\pktdrv\SIS900.EXE. More info at http://lazybrowndog.net/freedos/ Worked. Thanks

[Freedos-user] some questions

2008-05-23 Thread Michael Reichenbach
1) What is the best/most stable/most compatible multitasking software working with FreeDOS? 2) When I call from within autoexec.bat to test.bat file then after test.bat is done it won`t jump back to autoexec.bat, also if exit is the last command. 3) How to change the screen resolution? 4) I

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos.org unavailable?

2008-05-25 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Geraldo Netto schrieb: Hi guys, At least here, freedos.org is unavailable :( while freedos.sf.net is up See Ya, Geraldo http://www.freedos.org/ works for me, freedos.org also. :) -mr - This SF.net email is

Re: [Freedos-user] Movie player ? Please help !

2008-05-25 Thread Michael Reichenbach
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Mediaplayers -mr Alexandru Fira schrieb: Please send me info about a good movie player for DOS. I used mpxplay for music and Gaze for viewing pics. Both are nice.

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot FreeDOS from secondary HDD

2008-05-27 Thread Michael Reichenbach
: instead. Thanks, MegaBrutal 2008/5/17 Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MegaBrutal schrieb: 2008/5/15 Jim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You need a boot loader to do this. I run Linux on my PC, so my boot loader is GNU GRUB. You can try that. How can I configure GRUB to load freedos.bss

Re: [Freedos-user] How can I resume an unfinished FreeDOS installation?

2008-05-29 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Good you are asking this. I wanted to ask this to but I have forgotten. The problem is that the selection dialog does not wait long enough and I find a standard wait time is a bad thing so or so. The setup should wait until the user answers. Or even better... Ask all questions at start and

[Freedos-user] computer restarting without error message

2008-06-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! I made a little 'experiment'. (1) created a virtual machine (2) formated the virtual harddisk with fat32 with Windows XP setup (3) installed Windows XP (4) copied all files (gldr and such) from the directory grub4dos-0.4.3-2008-05-02 to C:\ (5) added in C:\boot.ini C:\grldr=Start GRUB4DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

2008-06-02 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: Hello, I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory support being incompatible. Are there any known workarounds ? Thanks

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

2008-06-02 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: Michael Reichenbach wrote: Godefroid Chapelle schrieb: Hello, I am trying to setup Win 95 from FreeDOS. I boot from freedos standard. Then load the cdrom driver. Ok :-) If I try to run install.exe for win95, it complains about high memory support being

Re: [Freedos-user] Install Win95 from freedos

2008-06-02 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Robert Riebisch schrieb: Godefroid Chapelle wrote: But the win95 cdrom I own is not bootable... Just get the appropriate boot disk from http://nerdlabs.org/bootdisks/ or http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm. Easy to find via Google... Robert Riebisch He said he has no floppy anymore.

Re: [Freedos-user] put drivers in XMS

2008-06-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
iw2evk schrieb: It's possible under freedos 1.0 put the drivers in XMS insted UMB? Can be used cloaking.exe , and in wich modality? many thanks in advance. Roberto iw2evk Hey! I had some time ago a similar suggestion. Loading into EMS/XMS would be a bad idea because more outdated

Re: [Freedos-user] grub4dos [advertisement]

2008-06-15 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Great, looks like them planed for further releases to post the source code along with the binary builds. :) See http://grub4dos.jot.com/WikiHome quite below. grub4dos-0.4.3-2008-06-12-src.zip grub4dos-0.4.3-2008-06-12-geometry-tune-test-only.zip I think/hope now it's fine enough from legal view

Re: [Freedos-user] poll dos drivers for touchpad or new mouse

2008-06-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Sounds like a great idea. Just as exercise you could first convert the latest cutemouse into a JLM so we can betatest it and say whenever it's working bugfree or not. This would be the base for further development, wouldn't it? I have a logitech mx518 optical mouse with the main features two

Re: [Freedos-user] poll dos drivers for touchpad or new mouse

2008-06-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Just as exercise you could first convert he latest cutemouse into a JLM You misunderstood me. I want a JLM which talks to the real BIOS and/or hardware on one end and pretends to be a PS2 BIOS mouse on the other. Ok, I got it. Thought you 'only' planed to improve your

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: ... I said some weeks ago that devload can not load into umb every time (Thread [Freedos-user] loading other config.sys?) but if I remember right you didn't believe me that devicehigh and devload /h are not completely the same or better said that devload can not be a full

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: However, devload will still not be perfect: Some drivers only have full performance if you load them before you load any command.com for the first time, which means you must load them before any bat file or prompt which would let you run devload... ;-). Could you reach

Re: [Freedos-user] NEW IBM DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS DOS

2008-07-15 Thread Michael Reichenbach
iw2evk schrieb: HI, IBM have release the new versionof pc doctor for dos http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-39306.html This package creates a self-starting, DOS based diagnostic utility you can use to detect failing hardware components. Sounds interesting. I

Re: [Freedos-user] NEW IBM DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS DOS

2008-07-15 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Jim Hall schrieb: The pd1692-1.exe pd1692-2.exe programs are DOS programs, and seem to run under FreeDOS just fine. It wants to write a disk image to the floppy, and I don't have a floppy connected right now, so cannot test it completely. Ran under DOSEmu 1.4.0 and FreeDOS 1.0 Base. I also

Re: [Freedos-user] NEW IBM DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS DOS

2008-07-15 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Hi! Also strange... If I unpack the iso on XP then I see just a single txt file, no other files. The ISO probably contains most of the data as part of a bootable diskette image - you could try to get that out of the ISO, or maybe just download the diskette installer

[Freedos-user] app starter

2008-07-18 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! For my lots of my applications (both, console and graphical) I need some tiny menu with sub menus so I don't need to input the name in shell myself. It must be a 100 % compatible app starter. (No memory hog while running some application, start application and terminate the app starter

Re: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Reichenbach
david lowe schrieb: I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn the FreeDOS OS on a cd, instead of preparing to install it to my hard drive. I want to use it to use it primarily as a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I don't plan on installing just yet, because I

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS project goals?

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Reichenbach
I like especially to see Jim's opinion here. The question is what are the goals of the FreeDOS project and what not... Is the goal to become only a 100 % MS-DOS replacement or also higher goals? Like to become an alternative for desktop end users, a competitor to windows/linux? Do you

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS project goals?

2008-07-23 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Alexandru Fira schrieb: When will it be released ? Maybe 2010 / 2011? Honestly no idea. It seams currently everything in discussing/planing state. Maybe there will be some process, maybe not. We will see. For now I am not a member of the project. I am just discussing at their board and

Re: [Freedos-user] usb modems dos drivers

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Reichenbach
iw2evk schrieb: Hi, someone know were download dos drivers for modem usb 56 kbps or dsl? Thanks Roberto iw2evk usb legacy modem - no chance. Maybe you have some BIOS settings for supporting legacy modem, but I highly doubt you can get this to work. DSL PPPoE connected by netword card

Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay won't be developed in the future...

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
someone schrieb: Open source software is not as author dependent as traditional commercial software, but a lot of people fail to understand this and they give up on an OSS project when it's author quits. It's very hard to learn programming for hobbyists and professionals can rather earn

Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay won't be developed in the future...

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Robert Riebisch schrieb: Michael Reichenbach wrote: ... 95/98 on top. Why? Windows 9x always comes with underlying MS-DOS 7.x. There's just no need for FreeDOS here. - It's cool. - You can start and exit Windows and back to FreeDOS and back to other Windows version, pretty practical

Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay... -- vsb

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
pcdos2k schrieb: Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:06:44 +0200 (MEST) From: Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay won't be developed Note: The drivers are inside MPXPLAY, but as it is open source, you can use the MPXPLAY sources to make VSB (virtual sound blaster) able

Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay won't be developed in the future...

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Hi! ... 95/98 on top. Why? Windows 9x always comes with underlying MS-DOS 7.x. There's just no need for FreeDOS here. Note that this is how MS pushed DR DOS and PC DOS (etc) out of the market - they made it alternatives obsolete by bundling their own stuff. Now if

Re: [Freedos-user] Mpxplay won't be developed in the future...

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Thanks for detailed answer. So... If I understand right. Most things are in but some cool addons are still missing. Any non Windows applications, better said any pure DOS legacy application should work on FreeDOS the same way it would work on MS-DOS? (this test on same hardware of course)

[Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
This two questions are completely separate. 1) If FreeDOS can boot from some 'unusual' device such as USB harddisk or SATA hardisk then FreeDOS will access the disk with BIOS calls anyway. No extra drivers needed. For any application there is NO difference compared to boot from internal IDE?

Re: [Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-07-31 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Learned again. :) Eric, is it ok for you if I grab your answers and try do write some documentation about compatibility in the dos wiki? -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge

Re: [Freedos-user] harddisk compatibility question

2008-08-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Hi! Eric, is it ok for you if I grab your answers and try do write some documentation about compatibility in the dos wiki? Sure, why not :-) You can also ask Jim to publish it as a tech note (assuming those are easier to google as they are on freedos.org). My

[Freedos-user] What about importing from DOSBox?

2008-08-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
In reference to MS-DOS, Win3.11, Win95/98/ME compatibility... DOSBox has a relatively good compatibility, even Win3.11, Win95 and Win98 are marked to work in DOSBox. Could you copy paste some of the missing functions in FreeDOS out of DOSBox source code? -mr

Re: [Freedos-user] What about importing from DOSBox?

2008-08-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Hi! In reference to MS-DOS, Win3.11, Win95/98/ME compatibility... DOSBox has a relatively good compatibility, even Win3.11, Win95 and Win98 are marked to work in DOSBox. Could you copy paste some of the missing functions in FreeDOS out of DOSBox source code? One

Re: [Freedos-user] What about importing from DOSBox?

2008-08-04 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: Hi Michael, In reference to MS-DOS, Win3.11, Win95/98/ME compatibility... DOSBox has a relatively good compatibility, even Win3.11... Could you copy paste some of the missing functions in FreeDOS out of DOSBox source code? One of the main issues with running WfW 3.11

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Tipi Nedmark schrieb: Eric, First, I don't see what you mean by the BIOS supports flash drive, etc.. To my knowledge (limited), I still can't access these things from FreeDOS. But more grim is the fact that my newer machine, a Dell 521, made in 2007, with AThlon 64, uses really modern

Re: [Freedos-user] ideas about dos usb stick performance and speed

2008-08-08 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Ok, great. I did set up a development project. http://nevasca.fbdevzone.com/wiki/index.php?title=ToDo#USB_speed_testing_.28description_not_done_yet.29 The only missing thing is a good benchmark tool with no destruction of data. Anything to be recommend? At best a command line one where we can

Re: [Freedos-user] Play gta1 with save state

2008-08-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Rodrigo Zanatta Silva schrieb: (maybe bad English, but i will try :P ) I know that FreeDOS donĀ“t have a save state (right?) Because this we have another idea. We install the VirtualBox (a virtual machine) , install the FreeDOS and play Grand Theft Auto 1. This work and i have the save

[Freedos-user] How to get sound on...

2008-08-14 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! How to get sound on: a) desktop computers and motherboards without PCI (and for sure also no ISA) B) new notebooks without sb16 onboard ? Currently impossible? -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your

Re: [Freedos-user] How to get sound on...

2008-08-14 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: (ahum) Neither me nor google know what this word is for. How to get sound on: Well you can often get MPXPLAY sound but I assume you mean sound in games that try to use some SB16 and have no replaceable drivers. Assumed right. a) desktop computers and motherboards

Re: [Freedos-user] Display size

2008-08-19 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Can I switch in DOS somehow from standard/default resolution (320*200 ?) to 1024*768? - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK

Re: [Freedos-user] Display size

2008-08-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Switch resolution is in my association like in windows display settings where you can change it and not about lines. Whatever I do with mode, it switches the lines and fonts but it never switches the resolution directly. -

Re: [Freedos-user] Display size

2008-08-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Wolfram Sang schrieb: Whatever I do with mode, it switches the lines and fonts but it never switches the resolution directly. Then try SVGATextMode :) It lets you calculate custom resolutions (although the calculation can be a bit tricky). Ok, thanks I have downloaded it. I have only a

Re: [Freedos-user] Display size

2008-08-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Michael Reichenbach schrieb: Wolfram Sang schrieb: ... Small remark. If needed to know, my graphic card is also a standard/usual one. A pretty new one (much time after DOS) but with latest Vesa 3.0, no exotic one like S3 or so. -mr

[Freedos-user] maximum xms?

2008-08-20 Thread Michael Reichenbach
How can I set the maximum of xms (in mb) to create? -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize

Re: [Freedos-user] COCO 3 and freedos..

2008-08-26 Thread Michael Reichenbach
If I remember right there was a floppy replacement. You put in on normal FDD port and it emulates an legacy FDD in hardware. But the medium you are writing the data to is in reality flash. Sorry, I don't know any names and links anymore but I remember it. -mr

Re: [Freedos-user] usb mouse.

2008-08-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.KeyboardAndMouse D.A. schrieb: Hello. Does ctmouse support mouse USB 1.0 ? -- D.A. id 0xC4D22CDD fp 8F52 8619 6918 DAE3 5E61 3146 C89F BDB8 C4D2 2CDD

[Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR / map ftp server as drive letter TSR

2008-08-31 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! My method to exchanging data with a virtual machine (guest os DOS, host os WinXP) without guest additions (VMware) is a bit inflexible with only mapping harddisk while VM is shutdown. I like to have a shared folder. Access to internet is from inside VM fully working (tested with arachne) so

Re: [Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR / map ftp server as drive letter TSR

2008-09-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
But it's not really what I asked... -mr Larry schrieb: arachne has an ftp capability. I've used that to share files to my local host. --- On Sun, 8/31/08, Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR

Re: [Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR / map ftp server as drive letter TSR

2008-09-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
pcdos2k schrieb: Maybe you find something there. I used EZ-NOS2 as DOS ftp-server for some time. But it won't run as DOS TSR. eznos2 can shell to dos. Shell to dos is nearly the same as TSR? Nice, but unfortunately it isn't working under VMware. Perhaps I should switch to Bochs for DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR / map ftp server as drive letter TSR

2008-09-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Alain M. schrieb: Michael Reichenbach escreveu: pcdos2k schrieb: Maybe you find something there. I used EZ-NOS2 as DOS ftp-server for some time. But it won't run as DOS TSR. eznos2 can shell to dos. Shell to dos is nearly the same as TSR? Yes, only will probably have very little free

Re: [Freedos-user] ftp server as TSR / map ftp server as drive letter TSR

2008-09-01 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Very nice and big thanks! I am connected with Windows on virtual FreeDOS. :) If you allow/like I will copy your instructions to the DOS wiki on drdos.org because I think this deserves to be shared. ;) Ulrich Hansen schrieb: First you have to register - this is the downside, as the program is

Re: [Freedos-user] Sound Blaster PCI 128 - Is There a Compatible Driver? Also EMM386+EMS Crash

2008-09-04 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Elrich2k3 schrieb: Hello, new FreeDOS user here. Is there any way that I can get a Sound Blaster PCI 128 to work with FreeDOS? I've tried every method I could find on any forum anywhere. PCI soundcards for SB legacy stuff are always more worse then ISA ones. See here

Re: [Freedos-user] Sound Blaster PCI 128 - Is There a Compatible Driver? Also EMM386+EMS Crash

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Reichenbach
not even loading cd drivers (ShsuCD and xcdrom) because games run from hd. If it's still not working post back again. I can give you my config or even upload a whole working image. Regards, -mr Elrich2k3 schrieb: Michael Reichenbach wrote: You can download the drivers here http

Re: [Freedos-user] Sound Blaster PCI 128 - Is There a Compatible Driver? Also EMM386+EMS Crash

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Reichenbach
install programs with the sound drivers working. Michael Reichenbach wrote: This did differ a bit from your set blaster variable before. Yes, I noticed and fixed that when I woke up earlier. I suppose this setup is fine... until I manage to find an old Motherboard with an ISA slot

[Freedos-user] licence questions

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! I want to create a distro (inherited the term from linux distro) based on FreeDOS. The first release may be an Free emulator (Bochs) fully preinstalled, preconfigured and portable for windows (maybe later follow other Free emulators in the same package like qemu). Both is Free Software. (no

Re: [Freedos-user] licence questions

2008-09-05 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Jim Hall schrieb: I hope that helps! Yep, alright. Thanks! :) - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand

Re: [Freedos-user] ANNOUNCE: FreeDOS EDIT 0.9a (FD-Dflat+ based)

2008-09-06 Thread Michael Reichenbach
I am interested in dflat+ and know dflat was made for gcc 3.x and doesn't compile with gcc 4.x anymore. Did you fix it? Which version of watcom is dflat+ now designed for? -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin

Re: [Freedos-user] Games report...

2008-09-06 Thread Michael Reichenbach
robinson-west user schrieb: ... games not working ... Interesting report. You want to say these games are working with MS-DOS but not with FreeDOS? You may post the configuration (config/autoexec) for MS-DOS and also for FreeDOS. Maybe it can be improved. I wish the ReactOS project hadn't

Re: [Freedos-user] Games report...

2008-09-07 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Mateusz Viste schrieb: Frankly, I'd like to see Microsoft forced to open source it's abandoned operating systems. If Microsoft can do something totally different like Vista, there's no excuse for keeping something ancient like MS-DOS 7.0 closed. Well... I'm not sure we would really need

Re: [Freedos-user] Games report...

2008-09-07 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Travis Siegel schrieb: I agree that abandon programs such as win 3.x and msdos should be opensourced, but I'd settle for uninforcable copyrights. I'm personally of the opinion that if the company no longer sells, supports, or in the case of most companies, actively discourages the

[Freedos-user] article about sound programming in DOS

2008-09-10 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi, I've created based on the original contents in drdos.org wiki, the discussions here on the mailing list and some of my own researches an article about sound programming DOS. It's purpose is a summary of all available informations floating around.

Re: [Freedos-user] greetings

2008-09-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Welcome. :) Regards, -mr Braden Mailloux schrieb: Hello, Everyone; My name is Braden and I'm a new user to FreeDOS. I've successfully installed FreeDOS to my old Dell laptop (the cd-rom drive held out!). I'm pretty new to computers, even though they've been in my life for some time now.

[Freedos-user] dmake download?

2008-09-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! Can anyone sponsor please a download for dmake for DOS? I can't find it anywhere on the net. Regards, -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based

[Freedos-user] dmake usage

2008-09-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! I am reading and following http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Building_wxMGL_Port Currently I am stuck at the first mentioned dmake. I've downloaded http://www2.inf.fh-rhein-sieg.de/~skaise2a/ska/sources/suppl26a.zip from http://www2.inf.fh-rhein-sieg.de/~skaise2a/ska/sources.html and copyed

Re: [Freedos-user] dmake usage

2008-09-16 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Robert Riebisch schrieb: Michael Reichenbach wrote: I am reading and following http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Building_wxMGL_Port A very complicated way for a library only. ;-) Yeah. :| But the demos are very impressive. wxWidgets on pure DOS sounds very well. Currently I am stuck

Re: [Freedos-user] porting for DOS of aircrack

2008-10-31 Thread Michael Reichenbach
How often do you need to recover you wlan key? :) -mr iw2evk schrieb: Hi, i've found this intersting command line program for wavelan users. it's possible make a porting for dos? http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php open source drivers for wavelan can be found via this page:

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDos and 98 dual boot.

2008-11-09 Thread Michael Reichenbach
The dual booting thing shouldn't be hard. Perhaps you do it a lot more complicated then you need. Two things you need to confirm: 1) Does FreeDOS work as single as like you want? 2) Does Win98 work as single as like you want? If you can answer both questions with yes then you are ready for multi

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Compatable Soundcards in PCI?

2008-11-28 Thread Michael Reichenbach
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.SoundCardChip Spiro Gulgas schrieb: Now that i got a new PC, i'll be using my older one (2001 - not that old, today's standards make it seem like an IBM PC). Just Wondering is there any dos compatable soundcards with PCI

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Antivirus for DOS is good like Antivirus for *any barely used OS*, because the barely used OS isn't target for viruses. Therefore you can use it as second operating system and/or other boot medium (USB, CD or w/e) and do a robust scan. -mr Jonathan W. schrieb: I'm not sure there'd be much to

[Freedos-user] prepackaged USB driver bootdisk

2008-12-06 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! There was a prepackaged USB driver bootdisk with all available DOS USB drivers, trying to connect a device and if failed automatically unloading this driver and trying the next driver from another producer. I found it in past somewhere on google. Unfortunately I've deleted it by mistake and

[Freedos-user] image (.img) mount / manipulation software?

2008-12-06 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Under XP I am using Virtual Floppy to to mount and edit virtual floppy images (.img). Is there a similar software for FreeDOS? -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of

Re: [Freedos-user] image (.img) mount / manipulation software?

2008-12-06 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Seams like you can temporary mount the disk and start an application. But it can't permanently mount it with a drive letter? Mateusz Viste schrieb: On Saturday 06 December 2008 18:34, Michael Reichenbach wrote: Under XP I am using Virtual Floppy to to mount and edit virtual floppy images (.img

[Freedos-user] W-LAN under DOS / DOS Hardware Database

2008-12-10 Thread Michael Reichenbach
I've just read the article about W-LAN under DOS. Very interesting. It's unclear to me which W-LAN hardware has drivers for DOS. Perhaps my Realtek USB key doesn't have DOS drivers, if I would have know this before I might have selected another product. (I am still thinking about.) The supported

Re: [Freedos-user] command line sector read and write tool?

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric schrieb: Alternatively, you could search for a dos port of dd dd for DOS sounds interesting. Was there ever a DOS port? There is dd for Windows, does someone got it to run under HX DOS Extender? -- SF.Net email is

[Freedos-user] kernel.sys; command.com - debug versions?

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Having kernel.sys and command.com are the most minimal way to start FreeDOS I know. I've successfully managed to find a configurations of parameters where FreeDOS is crashing before I can use the command prompt. The reason for the freeze couldn't be detected just by describing the parameters

Re: [Freedos-user] W-LAN under DOS / DOS Hardware Database

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
, but only the PCMCIA and some PCI models. Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Alain M. ala...@pobox.com wrote: Michael Reichenbach escreveu: Wouldn't

Re: [Freedos-user] W-LAN under DOS / DOS Hardware Database

2008-12-11 Thread Michael Reichenbach
- ) See ya On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Alain M. ala...@pobox.com wrote: Michael Reichenbach escreveu: Wouldn't it be a good idea to create a DOS Hardware Database? Similar to http://www.drdos.org/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.SoundCardChip We could just use that one :) DrDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Sector read-writes.

2008-12-12 Thread Michael Reichenbach
If you like testing and don't want to kill your running system I recommend using an emulator and testing in a virtual system. regards, -mr kurt godel schrieb: Was following this thread. Dowloaded findpart; according to the readme, type findpart followed by the name of the utility,say, getsect

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