Re: [Freedos-user] Use of MSDOS on XP Computer
Yes, indeed, Qbasic runs nicely on Windows XP. It can also be run very well in Dosbox or Dosemu under Linux. Alex Phone number: 004-0364412643 Mobile phone number: 004-0770607699 Messenger ID: firaalexandru Skype ID: alexfiracluj -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 302, Issue 1
Just copy the qbasic.exe interpreter anywhere in your Windows XP computer, for example on the desktop. For running it just double click on qbasic.exe and off it goes. Windows XP has NTVDM (New Technology Virtual DOS Machine) that can run a lot of DOS programs, including Qbasic. There is no need to download or buy anything. It is easy and simple. When you program and you save some .bas files these are saved in the folder where Qbasic is. For example, if Qbasic sits on the desktop, the .bas files will be saved on the desktop. If you copy it to another folder, it will save the .bas files into that folder. It is good to set your OS so that when you double click on a .bas file it is opened with Qbasic, in case you have some folders with qbasic programs scattered around, so as to be easier to open them. But I used to have several copies of Qbasic in my PC. Alex Phone number: 004-0364412643 Mobile phone number: 004-0770607699 Messenger ID: firaalexandru Skype ID: alexfiracluj -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Is Windows 3.1 worth it and wordprocessing?
I managed to install and Run Abiword on Windows 2000. I installed Windows 2000 on a PC with a 200 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 2 GB hard disk (much older than the PC itself) and it ran quite well. It ran Seamonkey quite well, also. I will look for Wordperfect in order to run it under Freedos. Alex Phone number: 004-0364412643 Mobile phone number: 004-0770607699 Messenger ID: firaalexandru Skype ID: alexfiracluj -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Off-topic. Freebasic. Please send info
I installed Freebasic for Linux, some more apps and Geany and I managed to make some programs. I also installed Freebasic for Windows using Wine and I managed to compile .bas files to Windows executables. I will also use Freebasic for DOS under Linux in Dosbox and under Freedos. Please send me a good Freebasic manual or point me to a site with good documentation ! Alex Phone number: 004-0364412643 Mobile phone number: 004-0770607699 Messenger ID: firaalexandru Skype ID: alexfiracluj -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation using usb drive
If you do not have a CD drive for your PC, then it would be useful to buy a USB CD or DVD-RW drive. It is always useful, so it is not a waste of money. You can use later for a lot of interesting things. And it is not very expensive, around 100 RON in Romania, so 32 dollars. I have Freedos on a stick now together with Damn Small Linux and Puppy linux. The MBR was messed up on my stick and could not make the Fat32 partition bootable, so I edited the menu.lst file in Grub to look like this: default 0 timeout 10 title DSL root (hd0,1) kernel /linux24 ramdisk_size=10 lang=us quiet vga=791 frugal initrd /minirt24.gz title Freedos root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 boot title Puppy Linux 400 frugal rootnoverify (hd0,0) kernel /puppy400/vmlinuz pmedia=idehd psubdir=puppy400 initrd /puppy400/initrd.gz I bolded what should be added to make the Fat32 partition bootable even on a messed up memory stick. This can easily be done by booting Slax or Puppy Linux and simply writing that code for Freedos (of course, taking in account on which partition it is.) I am using Freedos for some DOS games now and I am very sad I cannot access the Internet under freedos. Yes, you are right, a new hardware may be a great surprise for Windows XP whereas under Linux things went smoothly when putting the HD into another computer. I wish a Happy New Year to everybody ! Alex Phone number: 004-0364412643 Mobile phone number: 004-0770607699 Messenger ID: firaalexandru Skype ID: alexfiracluj -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Please send info about Internet connection
Today I tried Arachne and Gemweb on a Pentium I at the office and did not connect. There is a Realtek ethernet card. Please tell me what to do. The packet drivers failed. I am writing under Damn Small Linux on the same Pentium I. Alex - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Please send me a comprehensive Freedos manual
Please send me or point me to a comprehensive Freedos manual. I tried several times these days to configure Internet connection under Freedos, by using Arachne (I have ADSL PPPoE, Fiberlink technology) and I failed. I also had some trouble with this type of connection under Linux. Alex - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using freedos to install win
You gave me a good idea but it did not turn out wel. I tried to install Freedos on a 2 GB Jetflash on which the MBR was already messed up. When installing, the system files and folders were copied OK on the Jetflash but then it failed to boot up. GRUB gave strange error messages. Finally I installed Damn Small Linux and Puppy on the stick and I also have a more than 400 MB Fat32 partition.Can I install freedos on it ? What should I do to make it boot Freedos ? With Puppy (frugal install) I had to modify the menu.lst file in Damn Small Linux's GRUB so as to be able to boot Puppy. Alex - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using freedos to install win
I am sorry for the messed up reply, in bold letters. I will try. I will inform you on the progress. --- On Wed, 10/22/08, Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Using freedos to install win To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 4:41 PM Hi! I tried to install Freedos on a 2 GB Jetflash on which the MBR was already messed up. When installing, the system files and folders were copied OK on the Jetflash but then it failed to boot up. GRUB gave strange error messages. Which? At first, error 17 if I can remember well, but that was also before installing Freedos, as I failed to install some other Linuxes. Then I tried to install TinyME again and then Freedos and deleted the non-functional GRUB (under Slax run from the live CD) and the error message was a complicated text, which contained something like only minimal bash-like commands are supported and some instructions. All the commands in the list failed except for reboot. Finally I installed Damn Small Linux and Puppy on the stick and I also have a more than 400 MB Fat32 partition.Can I install freedos on it ? What should I do to make it boot Freedos ? What did you do when you tried?? SYS? Makebootfat? Sys-freedos-linux? Yes you can make single partitions bootable with all of those... You then add a menu item. See the MANY howtos for booting Windows and DOS with GRUB... Most common problem is that you formatted with mkdosfs and forgot to set the partition start location properly. If your DOS partition is the first on the disk then a typical setting would be using the option --offset=63 with sys-freedos-linux'es sys-freedos.pl (note that you also need Perl and Nasm installed to run that one). www.ywesee.com/pmwiki.php/Site/FlashingBiosOfALinuxServer With Puppy (frugal install) I had to modify the menu.lst file in Damn Small Linux's GRUB so as to be able to boot Puppy. In what way? I added at the end, in Linux Mint, - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using freedos to install win
Linux Mint is on the hard disk, no problem with it and there is a frugal Puppy installation. Damn Small Linux and Puppy (again) are on my stick. The puppy installation was simply copied from the hard disk and the menu.lst file in GRUB modified. Please tell me what boot file to indicate in Damn Small Linux's GRUB and what to write there to boot Freedos after I install it to the DOs FAT32 partition on my stick. By the way, I will redo an experiment with deleting GRUB or deleting indications from the menu.lst file and see what happens. I will keep a GRUB folder to throw it back into place at the end of the experiment, just as I played with NTLDR and System32 under Windows but now I have much work to do and I spoiled my experimental hard disk. Mechanical problems that I cannot fix in any way. I added at the end, in Linux Mint, title PuppyLinux root (hd0,0) kernel /puppy400/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd initrd /puppy400/initrd.gz In Damn Small Linux I added title PuppyLinux root (hd0,1) kernel /puppy400/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=idehd initrd /puppy400/initrd.gz - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] DOS viruses? Please send info
Please tell me, is Freedos vulnerable to DOS viruses ? Please point me to a site where I could find DOS viruses ! I would like to play with them in Dosbox under Linux Mint Alex __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] New release of Mateusz's Saucy Editor (v0.11)
Not bad. I had to use Alt + F3 to be able to use the menus at the top. It seems that Freebasic is a powerful programming tool. I would use it. Unfortunately, I have problems with it under Linux (Ubuntu, then Linux Mint at present). Alex - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS project goals?
I think Nevasca would be very useful, anyway, more useful than Damn Small Linux but it most probably will not replace Windows and Linux. I am sure it will be useful for hardware with low RAM (not only old hardware), maybe many household and industrial machines, cell phones, highly miniaturized and portable microcomputers, ATMs, toys. This is just an opinion, however. When will it be released ? I could not find any downloads. Alex --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS project goals? To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 9:09 PM 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 consider big enhancements on the website? Or do you want just to continue all like the current state? Interesting questions to answer. I am asking this because of a upcoming project called nevasca. It's basically about to create a new operating system (distro), an alternative to windows/linux. Currently everything is in planing and discussing stage and about to talk with people likely to support the project in any way. The first homepage is http://www.nevasca.co.nr and the forum's website is http://nevascaproject.proboards85.com - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - 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 is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Python for DOS ?
I saw something like that on the Internet but could not really find and download it. Please send some info. Really, in a month I have not managed to make anything useful by using Tkinter. Not even something like the calculation programs I managed to make using Visual Basic under Windows. There it was easy to use textboxes, buttons, labels, picture boxes and so on. But I gave up using VB. No need for monopoly products. Alex - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Movie player ? Please help !
Please send me info about a good movie player for DOS. I used mpxplay for music and Gaze for viewing pics. Both are nice. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Movie player ? Please help !
I tried to unzip mplayer. Please tell me what program opens archived files with the extension .7z ? Alex Robert Riebisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexandru Fira wrote: Please send me info about a good movie player for DOS. Try MPlayer: http://mik.dyndns.org/dos-stuff/ Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Installed Freedos at home
I installed Freedos at home, amazingly, without messing up my PC. I had an NTFS partition (without Windows) that had to be converted to FAT32 (it took more than an hour, the rest went smoothly). Now Ubuntu GRUB loads all the OSes, including Freedos. It was easy to put programs onto the Freedos partition from under Ubuntu but I cannot open the directories that I put there. Please tell me with what command I can open the directories. They are just there on the partition. Running programs is easy, I just type the name of the program at the command prompt and then press enter. Please send info about a comprehensive DOS tutorial. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] I managed to install Freedos at last !
I installed it but only from the base CD. Now it realy offers me only some options at startup and then only the command prompt. What should I do to install programs and search the Web ? How can I put files into the computer under Freedos from a CD ? I also can access the Freedos partition from under Linux. I found two sites with DOS programs including utilities, but I could't download Arachne for DOS under Linux, it automatically downloads Arachne for Linux, which I cannot install and use. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Realtek ethernet drivers. Please help !
Then, please, somebody send me some if available. 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. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Realtek ethernet drivers. Please help !
Where can I download from some drivers for DOS for Realtek ethernet cards ? I looked them up on the Internet but the download mirrors have been emptied. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Realtek ethernet drivers. Please help !
I thonk I managed to download one, though, but I am not sure. Alex - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] New Freedos and Linux user. Trouble with PPPoE. Please help !
At home it is OK, no trouble with Mandriva or Ubuntu. At the office we have, among others, a PC with a hard disk with 2 GB of memory and its RAM is of 128 GB. I Decided to run ROSLIMS from the live CD, but Freedos would also be useful. Under Ubuntu I could use only DOSBOX, under Mandriva there is trouble, I cannot install a valid Dosemu. Does Dosemu have drivers for Realtek ethernet cards on the live CD ? Alex J Unless you have a specific need to boot your PC with FreeDOS, I would recommend running FreeDOS inside Linux DOSEmu. This is mostly how I use FreeDOS these days. It works great. -jh - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Trouble with PPPoE and ethernet card
excuse me, 128 mb of RAM - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to start network auto detection again?
I also tried to install it at the ofice and there was the same problem. I could not configure anything Alex Michael Reichenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I mean the following sreenshot or 1 step before http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9076/20080516143930xh4.jpg The FreeDOS setup start at the very end, after copying all files to harddisk something to auto configure the network card. How can I start this wizzard again? Installing FreeDOS again is not possible in my case. It would help me a lot if I could start it again from an already installed FreeDOS. Greetings Michael Reichenbach - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Trouble with PPPoE and ethernet card
Excuse me, I sent a wrong file. This was the correct link. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pppoesearch_type= - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
