Re: [Freedos-user] Missing CDROM drive

Hi,On Apr 7, 2024, at 6:46 PM, dnashmcp--- via Freedos-user wrote:I have a Thinkpad X301 (I think a perfect fit for FreeDOS). I was able to install to C: from the FD-13LIVE CD and it loads a driver for the CDROM as ELTORITO, but when I boot after installation it fails on the first attempt to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

lso, the directories in the zip archive are meta-directories. Many paths are remapped during the package installation. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] How to try FDT2404 (Latest test version) on QEMU

paths. If it does not find one, it searches existing drives C: through Z: for a repository. You can also tell it to check a specific drive (and/or alternate path) for a repo at startup. For example, C:\>fdimples e: C:\>fdimples d:\repo-1 etc. :-) Jerome > On Apr 4, 2024, at

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

from the hard disk drive. Or, just create a 2GB hard drive for QEMU and put the OS, sources and any needed software on that drive. Then compile it in the VM. I don’t understand why those are not viable options. I must be missing something. Jerome

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

a single keypress or release. Nothing insurmountable. :-) Jerome > > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user __

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

same goes for the entire thing. It definitely needs a rewrite. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

> On Jan 30, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > > Perfect! Thanks for the pointer to that VSTR utility! > > wOOdy Your welcome :-) > > Von: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <mailto:freedos-user@lists.source

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

p TODAY= if “%TODAY%” == “01-30-2024” goto BadDate (see above) Or, even just check the year… date /d | vstr /b /f - 3 | set /p YEAR= if “%YEAR%” == “2024” goto BadDate (see above) Or, even better… date /d | vstr /b /f - 3 | set /p YEAR= if NOT “%YEAR%” == “1980” goto GoodD

Re: [Freedos-user] Is networking unsupported on QEMU? Pilot error suspected.

tion-4175638386/> FDNET works well enough for it’s intended purpose. At least for the foreseeable future, I cannot devote the time needed for supporting other platforms. It would be great for someone knowledgeable in DOS networking to adopt FDNET and give it the love and attention require

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

During the DOS years, I used XTree a lot for moving things and general file management. During the early DOS years, I used Professional Write. Eventually, I moved on to the Lotus Suite. But as with the platforms that came before, I spent most of my time in DOS writing code. Mainly that

Re: [Freedos-user] HIMEMX zip file dates

18 files > > > (You sent your message on 9/23, so that explains the dates.) > > Are you folding the source code into the "exe" zip file to create a package? > > > At least for the mirrored files on Ibiblio, I prefer to keep the files

Re: [Freedos-user] Announcement: lDebug release 6

ll be in the next FreeDOS interim Build. Then, I uploaded copies to the repos (1.3 and Unstable) on ibiblio. I think all looks good now. If you notice any other issues, please let me know. Thanks, Jerome > [1]: > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1

[Freedos-user] Online Get-together

I think the monthly online get-together is today. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

done with real VGA hardware. Stuff like smooth scrolling in text mode. All part of the VGA specs. Few of which are supported by Virtual Machines like VirtualBox. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

> On Aug 6, 2023, at 5:25 PM, EdzUp via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I was testing in virtualbox. Like PC speaker emulation…. I don’t think provides any support for higher resolution text modes. ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

/repos/current/pkg-html/v8power.html <https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/v8power.html> :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] the freedos 1.3 floppy install edition.

could have everything for the 8086 stored uncompressed. Or better still, implement a very “high-speed and light-weight” compression for those files. It would decrease the compression level and probably require a diskette or three more. But, that could really speed up installation o

Re: [Freedos-user] the freedos 1.3 floppy install edition.

l require a command line option to make the attempt on real hardware. If I recall correctly, running ‘fdnet.bat try’ will make try on real hardware. > Thanks, > Karen Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https

Re: [Freedos-user] gitlab change notifications lack commit messages

d copy of LICENSE to project root’ Anything would be better than the current “created by release-ci” message. It’s just something I will eventually need to find the time to improve. > > Thank you! Regards, Eric :-) Jerome > > PS: Below is an example of an update notification, cu

Re: [Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS Be Installed By Means Of UNIX Commands?

FDNPKG.CFG file and configure a few environment variables, you could then use them to install all the other packages. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC3 News!

Hi Aitor, > On Jun 6, 2023, at 6:19 PM, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > Hello Jerome, > > On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 13:26, Jerome Shidel <mailto:jer...@shidel.net>> wrote: > > Why keyb need a 286, it’s a keyboard mapper? > > It does not: KEYB /9 shou

[Freedos-user] Logger

Hi, Logger is out of BETA. Version 1.00 is now available. https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/logger.html :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Final Logger BETA

Hi everyone, I just released Logger v0.4-BETA. https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/logger.html There is also an update demo boot disk image which can be used with the FreeDOS 1.3 LiveCD. https://fd.lod.bz/redist/system/

Re: [Freedos-user] Add custom directory to LiveCD iso

e the “Bring games\sayswho package online. OK” message, you will most likely need to use an alternative method. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Logger, new output format

Hi All, As I mentioned previously, LOGGER can log both in monochrome and color. Along with the built in viewer, the log could be printed to include ANSI escape sequences for color. But, that is of very limited use. So along with the PRINT and ANSI commands that output the log to StdOut, there

Re: [Freedos-user] Wait! What did that say?

ats fine. All the functionality that is referred to in the documentation and help screens has been implemented. And, what has been tested appears to be working properly. However, testing has been very limited. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing li

[Freedos-user] Wait! What did that say?

are interested in giving it a whirl, you can find it at: https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/logger.html <https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/logger.html> :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Update wiki info on installing ftp on a virualbox guest?

format with future versions. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Announcement: lDebug release 5

sion release, the packages are pulled from the projects on GitLab. If you desire the ability to push commits directly to the version on Gitlab[4], no problem granting access. :-) Jerome [1] - https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/ldebug.html <https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-html/ld

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

Hi, > On Dec 13, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Roderick Klein wrote: > > On 13-12-22 17:26, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not >> UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS >> s

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

> On Dec 13, 2022, at 11:46 AM, Walter Vermeir wrote: > > p 13/12/2022 om 17:26 schreef Jerome Shidel: >> Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not >> UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS >> s

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

Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS settings? Most modern Linux installers can boot both ways. Unfortunately, UEFI is not an option for FreeDOS at present.

Re: [Freedos-user] UDVD2: Invoking STOP AUDIO twice should first pause, then stop audio, as some games expect

city. I could have a look at it over the weekend. Are MRs > accepted for this? As the original author of UDVD2 not longer provides updates to us for the program, merge requests that improve the driver can be accepted. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mail

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Interim Builds

Hi everybody, I’m not sure if everyone is aware or not. So, I figured I mention this here… We’ve been releasing FreeDOS Interim Builds for about 6 months now. I build them on the 1st of the month and push them up to the server for testing. These builds include the latest versions of our

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.3

example, http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/ to download one of the releases or interim test builds. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] can't see DVD reader

ose are present the CD initialization will try those first. To see a list of what drivers are supported and the order they are attempted, run “CDROM.BAT help” :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourcef

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

el, Gui, etc). The RBE already knows how to make multiple BonusCDs. So whatever gets decided, it will be easy to do. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Ré : Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

> On Sep 15, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Ralf Quint wrote: > > On 9/15/2022 2:44 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >> >>> It seems I have broken packages - got networking now but having a lot >>> of problems otherwise. Any easy way to square it all up again? >> >> 42 >> > +1 > > Ralf > > (and now, that

Re: [Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

> On Sep 8, 2022, at 4:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2022 at 15:57, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >> Just letting you know, I spent a little time this morning and did a minor >> update to PGME. >> >> Mostly, it improves compatibilit

Re: [Freedos-user] FD-NLS, was Announce: VMSMOUNT 0.6 preview release

s home from GitHub to GitLab. But, we don’t want to uproot the translators to get them to switch over. So at least for the foreseeable future, the FD-NLS project will stay over on GitHub and be mirrored by GitLab. At present, any NLS contributions sh

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

in the FDNET directory. Then running FDNET should bring up your networking. This prevents the need for customizing the FDCONFIG and/or FDAUTO every time you reinstall, upgrade the OS or update packages. Hope that helps at least a little. :-) Jerome > > -- > Phil Reynolds > mail: ph

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: VMSMOUNT 0.6 preview release

Hello, > On Sep 5, 2022, at 5:23 PM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > > Hi, > > I've made a preview release of the upcoming VMSMOUNT 0.6 version, so that > anyone who wants to can try it and report any feedback. I'm not adding more > features to this release, I'll just fix any bugs that come out and

Re: [Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

r, change, etc. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

Hi all, Just letting you know, I spent a little time this morning and did a minor update to PGME. Mostly, it improves compatibility with mouse drivers other than CTMouse. For example, the old MS-DOS 6.x mouse driver should be detected and usable now.

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

rtitions to n. /AUTO32 - Create FAT32 partition(s). Maybe even an, /AUTOSIZE n - to specify a maximum size of automatically created partition(s). > > Eric > Just a thought. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

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

rtition. Or, possible ask if the user wanted to use the whole drive or partition it manually. Until someone decides to improve FDISK to support such operations, the current installer is limited in what can be done regarding partitions. Jerome ___ Free

Re: [Freedos-user] PGME [was: DOSshell replacement]

so, now I have tried this. I have encountered quite a few issues > with it, unfortunately, and I don't think it will be an answer for me > either. > > I know Jerome is a regular poster here, but I do not want to cause any > offence or hurt. So, here are a

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

Hi, > On Jul 14, 2022, at 12:28 AM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 10:20 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >>> On Jul 13, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Rugxulo wrote: >>> >>>> FDAUTO.BAT >>>> —— >>>> set DOSDRV

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

Hi, > On Jul 13, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:09 AM Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >> FDCONFIG.SYS >> >> !LASTDRIVE=Z > > You probably don't actually need that many drives, I'd suggest &quo

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

configurations, I would just add the specifics to the end of the normal FDAUTO.BAT file. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FD13 floppy installation attempts

a hard drive or other device. If you write it to the wrong device, you will destroy the filesystem on that device. Depending on the speed of your floppy drive, it will probably take 5-7+ minutes to write the image. But once finished writing, your done. You will have a Floppy Boot Diskett

Re: [Freedos-user] Need help with networking

Also, if your connection is just to a Linux box. EtherDFS works great. You do need to run it’s server on the linux Box. > On Jun 18, 2022, at 2:26 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > >  > Hi, > >> I would very much like to get the networking setup so that I can create >> shares to be able to

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Fonts

. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] SBPmixer

Hi All, Today, I released the NASM port of my ancient (Turbo Pascal) Sound Blaster Pro (and compatible) Mixer driver. It is a program-loadable device driver for adjusting mixer settings like volume levels. The driver can also be compiled into executables. The release also includes a 2.5K

Re: [Freedos-user] SoundBlaster volume control for the distro

t; Eric Stas was following the GitHub discussion. I let him know through that channel. However, no reason to not post the information here. There may be some changes I want to make first. So, I haven’t official released it yet. In the meantime, it’s available if someone wants compi

Re: [Freedos-user] SoundBlaster volume control for the distro

Hi, > On May 11, 2022, at 4:09 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! > > It seems our distro has no volume control or mixer tool yet, > so it would be nice to add one. We can start with the command > line tool SBMIX, although something with Text-graphical user > interface would of course be even

Re: [Freedos-user] FDCONFIG.SYS

anually include any needed changes. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Rufus

Hi All, A first time user reported having issues booting the 1.3 LiveCD after creating a USB stick with Rufus. Other than a few minor things, I don’t use windows. So if one of you are familiar with the tools they are using, they could probably use some help or at least some pointers on getting

Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.

Hi Tom, > On Apr 4, 2022, at 12:56 PM, tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > >>> On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >>> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. >>> >&

Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.

things to the LSM? Or, does it mean you plan on incorporating his changes and the metadata is fine as it is now? Thanks Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] [freedos:news] FreeDOS 1.3 discussion

> On Mar 13, 2022, at 5:49 PM, Ruben Figueroa > wrote: > > The above notes :"the return of networking" I installed FreeDOS as the OS > which has a ethernet port. After installing what I thing I need and reboot I > get this message "Physical hardware networking is not supported at this >

Re: [Freedos-user] [freedos:news] FreeDOS 1.3 discussion

> On Mar 13, 2022, at 5:49 PM, Ruben Figueroa > wrote: > > The above notes :"the return of networking" I installed FreeDOS as the OS > which has a ethernet port. After installing what I thing I need and reboot I > get this message "Physical hardware networking is not supported at this >

Re: [Freedos-user] Fdnet

> 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 with DHCP and it > > updates the .cfg.

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

> On Mar 5, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! > >>> - it sounds like a very bad idea to create a zillion FAT16 partitions >>> and format only one of them, while using FreeDOS FDISK etc. by hand >>> made it easy for the reviewer to just create ONE FAT32 drive :-p > >> When the

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

> On Mar 4, 2022, at 3:57 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > - it sounds like a very bad idea to create a zillion FAT16 partitions > and format only one of them, while using FreeDOS FDISK etc. by hand > made it easy for the reviewer to just create ONE FAT32 drive :-p When the installer verifies

[Freedos-user] Too difficult

I'm wondering if BlockDrop still gets to difficult too fast. Getting past level 10 is really hard. And level 11, will probably eat all remaining lives. At level 11, there are still a bunch of other color and special blocks that haven't even appeared yet. Have you tried it? What do you think?

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS on Vinyl

Hi all, I don’t know if you’ve seen this or not. Booting FreeDOS from a vinyl record. It was mentioned on Hack a Day episode 95, starting just before the 13 minute mark

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

time using MS-DOS 1 & 2 or any other < 3.3. So, I can live with it too. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

en have better compatibility results. However, you may be better off writing a HUSHECHO program that does all of this. It could test the DOS Version and perform any additional stuff required. As you find exceptions, just add a little more to it. Probably

Re: [Freedos-user] Looking for easy to follow instructions on how to connect to Samba share

file names. If I store something in that DIR that uses a non-DOS 8.3 filename, the file appears over EtherDFS but is not accessible from DOS. Otherwise, I’ve seen no issues. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

if it would work in DOS 2.00 (exit code + PSP structure). :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

Oh, one more thing... It could also possibly be a one-liner, like so: echo off | vgotoxy up | vecho /n /e But, it will display all of that before erasure. Also, I have no idea if there would be compatibility issues under some DOS platforms or their different versions. But, it works fine in

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

first. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

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

> On Feb 23, 2022, at 3:57 PM, Frank Pioch wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am trying to install Freedos 1.2 or 1.3 on a 286 with a CF card. > Unfortunately, I don't have a floppy disk drive on my Win10 PC, so I make > the detour via this trick: > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Re (2): Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

> On Feb 21, 2022, at 1:25 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Jerome, > >> While it should get FreeDOS booting, I don=E2=80=99t think it will = >> provide enough flexibility for what you want. > > Afraid of that! =8~/ > >> ... it is free >> ju

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

> On Feb 21, 2022, at 3:31 PM, Björn Morell wrote: > > How do I upgrade 1.3 RC5 to 1.3 on a 486 ( I can use bootcd ) ? There is a CD Boot Floppy image included in the LiveCD and LegacyCD zip files alongside the appropriate ISO. You can run the normal Installer. However, you may wish to run

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

>> If that does not work or if you prefer, you can use FDISK and SYS to >> update the boot code. > > Are instructions available? Only as far as the individual programs help. > > The advanced installation process of FreeDOS might also provide a > resolution. While it should get FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS 1.3.

> On Feb 20, 2022, at 6:09 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Just installed the plain FreeDOS 1.3 running the .iso installer image > against Qemu in Linux Debian bullseye. > > Installation was to a drive brought from another machine and > temporarily connected to the Linux system. The drive

Re: [Freedos-user] Total newby question

> On Feb 18, 2022, at 2:16 AM, John Vella wrote: > > Equally newb reply... It's there any advantage over installing virtualbox and > running freedos there? > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022, 23:29 Joseph Kelchner, > wrote: > Hello, > > I’m wondering if Freedos could be used

Re: [Freedos-user] DEV0 LegacyCD: AHCI.SYS CD driver problems with both Installers

>> FATAL ERROR: error code #21, unsepcified error with >> "D:\FDOS_X86\SLICED\FREEDOS.SAF" >> Failed. Error #21 is a DOS error code, Disk Drive Not Ready. Does not sound good. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Watcom compiler on FreeDOS 1.3 RC5

compiler so that i can use it? > > Many greetings, > Fabian > Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Linux-freedos boot

eDOS release. But, you can grab a mirrored copy from my website at https://fd.lod.bz/redist/disk/MBRtool/ <https://fd.lod.bz/redist/disk/MBRtool/> v1.x is much smaller than v2.x. But, both work really well. It is a great tool to have laying around for emergencies. :-) Jerome >

Re: [Freedos-user] Quake2 for FreeDOS

p and use a local software repo with FDIMPLES, it would probably be easier to just zip up all your work and keep it around somewhere for later usage. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.

Re: [Freedos-user] UDVD2 vs SHSUCDX

> On Jan 18, 2022, at 10:47 AM, Michał Dec wrote: > > I used this version of OAK > https://www.hiren.info/download/dos-files/oakcdrom.sys > > and the problem persists. I even tried 3 different sound cards with the CDROM > in UDMA and

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

Hi Robert, > On Jan 14, 2022, at 4:40 PM, Robert Riebisch wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > >>> Any suggestions ? thankfull for advice. >>> >>> >>> *Bear* >> >> As for installing, assuming you have the LiveCD inserted. You can run

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

kfull for advice. > > > Bear As for installing, assuming you have the LiveCD inserted. You can run FDIMPLES and select to install it. If for some reason that doesn’t work you can try installing the package using FDNPKG or FDINST from the command line. Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSHEXED - memory bug

Hi, > On Jan 12, 2022, at 8:58 AM, Michał Dec wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to edit different files with DOSHEXED from FreeDOS 1.3RC5 CD and > it's just disappointing. This editor will complain it's out of memory if > we're trying to open a file that won't entirely fit into the

Re: [Freedos-user] DJGPP (was Re: FYI: Social media URLs updated)

DJGPP has not been updated in a while for a couple reasons. I have nothing against it. But, I don’t use it. There are numerous pieces. Which aren’t needed? What relies on other things? Which are the most popular? Which should be included? I look at that large collection of components and

Re: [Freedos-user] Free? Games

://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/pkg-html/ <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/pkg-html/> , they would need to be open source. Open source is also required to be considere

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 error when installing

> On Dec 27, 2021, at 9:19 PM, Pyros wrote: > > http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/img/uploaded/image24.jpg > > > while installing freedos 1.3 rc5 i get the error that you see in the image. > Now this is not your modern pc it's

[Freedos-user] FDIMPLES support for BonusCD

ive at: https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/apps/fdimples <https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/apps/fdimples> Or, if you have networkings support in you installation of FreeDOS, you should be able to just run: fdnpkg update fdimples :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user ma

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

ever find the time, I’d make a new one with LFN support. Someday. Hopefully. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy Installer repack of FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

software. > Nevertheless, this is a fun > optimization job, and I'm getting slightly better results using > standard tools. Have fun squeezing bits. :-) You could always create a spin yourself. Maybe include extra stuff, like network programs o

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy Installer repack of FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

> On Dec 18, 2021, at 11:43 AM, Darik Horn wrote: > > Jerome, > >> Did your repack include ALL packages included in the FloppyEdition not just >> i386. > > Yes, the repack contains 1,177 files. > > >> For example, VirtualBox and VMWare include FD

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy Installer repack of FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

hat compressed the most. Just saying. :-) Overall, I think using GZip for the pass-through compression works well enough, supports 8086 and uses little space. Jerome > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.

Re: [Freedos-user] slicer-0.17 error code #2

much to add them. I just don’t really have the time to do it. There are tons of improvements it could use. :-) Jerome > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.s

Re: [Freedos-user] slicer-0.17 error code #2

> On Dec 15, 2021, at 7:05 PM, Darik Horn wrote: > >> Please post a bug report at https://gitlab.com/DOSx86/slicer > > NB: https://gitlab.com/DOSx86/slicer/-/issues/1 > > >>> On DOSBox-X, slicer will fail on random files in a way that looks like a >>> race condition. >> >> Under the same

Re: [Freedos-user] slicer-0.17 error code #2

6/slicer <https://gitlab.com/DOSx86/slicer> or on the FreeDOS GitLab Archive at https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/archiver/slicer <https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/archiver/slicer> . That way I don’t forget to take care of the issue. > On

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

rc5/ <https://fd.lod.bz/releases/1.3/previews/1.3-rc5/> . :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

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