[Freedos-user] CD drive always gets the letter H: - can't change

2022-08-01 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
Hello everybody, I'm new to FreeDOS, and I really like how it combines lots of free DOS software in a single distro, making it more accessible and friendly for the user. The documentation is very complete and software such as FDIMPLES has great potential. My problem: I haven't been able to

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-04 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
I read somewhere that virtualbox under linux supported Speaker, but no good, just soundblaster I also found something that also suggested VirtualBox could emulate the PC Speaker, but I haven't been able to get it to work either. On Linux hosts you can use the hardware speaker (if you have

[Freedos-user] FDNPKG, FDIMPLES, online repositories and usage questions

2022-09-12 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
On 9/9/22 19:55, Paul Dufresne wrote: I am not sure... but I would guess fdimples... use the command line fdnpkg: http://fdnpkg.sourceforge.net/ I think when launched without parameters, it give help... or then with /? ... I don't clearly remember.The file format used by packages is described

Re: [Freedos-user] Ré : djgpp bash and autoconf for dos, new gcc

2022-09-09 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
Hello Paul, I'd like to know more about the packaging system. It seems very interesting, and useful. What paths does it use? Does it create bat files? Does it have online repositories? Something like apt, pacman, yum to install/remove packages would be very handy, combined with online repos.

Re: [Freedos-user] can't see DVD reader - try AHCICD by R Loew - Including his software in FreeDOS

2022-09-20 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
On 20/9/22 04:35, Eric Auer wrote: You could use AHCICD, which got open sourced after the author Rudolph Loew passed away, but unfortunately, he has not been able to update all documentation after his death, so the way in which AHCICD and his other software became open source was not accepted by

Re: [Freedos-user] CD drive always gets the letter H: - can't change

2022-08-02 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
Apparently on your system the letters D:-G: are already assigned to something (like maybe some USB drives or some extra partitions on the hard drive(s)?). You can try seeing if anything exists on the D:-G: drives (e.g., by doing a "DIR D:") and see if you can figure out what's going on.

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos, laptops, and the internet?

2023-06-02 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
That's great news! Where can it be found? Would you please share a link to it? Thank you Tauro On 2/6/23 21:10, Karen Lewellen wrote: Yes, actually. someone updated sshdos so that it can support more current dh keys and so forth. Using it as I write in fact. On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, tauro via

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos, laptops, and the internet?

2023-06-02 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
Since you're talking about the internet, considering one is successful setting up the NIC, Is there a fully working/updated SSH client for DOS? With support for current ciphers, MACs and kex algorithms? Tauro ___ Freedos-user mailing list

[Freedos-user] VirtualBox UMBs and FreeDOS

2024-02-04 Thread tauro via Freedos-user
On a default FreeDOS 1.3 installation, are the autodetected UMBs that JEMM386 uses safe? In my experience, some segments that JEMM386 uses by default are problematic, namely EE00-EFFF. I've had problems using that segment with JEMM386, HiRAM, UMBPCI. Sometimes the system doesn't reboot properly