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

I have a old Dell laptop that was originally XP that now is tri-boot. I have FreeDos 1.3 RC5, XP, and even Linux. In order to do this you cannot simply install everything normally, at least as far as I know. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong here. Here is the steps that I found that works:

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

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

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 from the win 98/me days as it does have isa slots and has an SB16 with attached wave blaster. It is a pentium machine if

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2022 calendar

On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 6:37 PM John Price wrote: > Are you doing this to make money for FreeDOS? If not, why not make > the digital images available for free? I can see some taking this > and adding their own country's holidays, etc. I personally don't > need a calendar that only has one date

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2022 calendar

Thanks, Jim: But I thought others might like it too, so I made it available for sale via the print-on-demand site Lulu. Being a pensioner, I prefer "free" to "sale". -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2022 calendar

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[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2022 calendar

Hi everyone! I created a 2022 FreeDOS calendar, where each month shows a different screenshot from FreeDOS. And to make it look really nice, I applied a "blur" effect behind the screenshot, and a "video" effect to the screenshot itself, with a drop shadow. The months are: 01 Jan - Install 02

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

Hi, On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 7:32 PM Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > > > FreeDOS command has support for LFN dir since ~15 years. > > > > use > > > > DIR /LFN > > > > for this, or > > > >set DIRCMD=/LFN > > > > I had no idea about this. Doesn’t seem to be in the help, but, it does > > work. > >

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

e time to narrow down the cause either resolve the issue > and/or notify the appropriate developers. > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

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] FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 error when installing

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 from the win 98/me days as it does have isa slots and has an SB16 with attached wave blaster. It is a pentium machine if that

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2142, Issue 5

tch it) was awkwardly made. This person makes the statement that >> some open source projects should just shut down rather than keep going >> (I'm paraphrasing broadly here). And gives the example of "If MS-DOS >> were open source" he opines that it shouldn't go on. >> >>

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2142, Issue 5

aside the fact that Microsoft did eventually release (early > versions of) MS-DOS under an open source license, this guy is just > wrong. Lots of people use DOS and FreeDOS to do useful things, like > running classic DOS games or applications, and supporting some > embedded systems or cont

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

Thanks, Joseph: FreeDOS command has support for LFN dir since ~15 years. use    DIR /LFN for this, or   set DIRCMD=/LFN I had no idea about this.  Doesn’t seem to be in the help, but, it does work. Please would someone document this feature. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

Hi:  FreeDOS command has support for LFN dir since ~15 years. use   DIR /LFN for this, or  set DIRCMD=/LFN I had no idea about this.  Doesn’t seem to be in the help, but, it does work.  Of course, one can probably use 4DOS, since there is a free version. Thanks!

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

> LFN are for Unix programs (DJGPP). DOS programs, like dir, do not know > about them. FreeDOS command has support for LFN dir since ~15 years. use DIR /LFN for this, or set DIRCMD=/LFN the most recent command has LFN support almost everywhere, like in COPY, DEL, redirection and more

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:24:07 +0100 Tomas By wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:18:44 +0100, Joseph Norton wrote: > LFN are for Unix programs (DJGPP). DOS programs, like dir, do not know > about them. Not really. Some DOS programs such as the doszip file manager have support for the LFN API as well

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:18:44 +0100, Joseph Norton wrote: > What are the considerations in using FreeDOS with LFN support? `Don't bother unless you need it' ? It is not something that requires deep thought and mature judgement. There are no downsides that have to be carefully weighed against the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

Hi Joseph, > I do notice that the dir command doesn’t seem to display them, and I saw > nothing in the help for dir about lfn’s. I keep thinking about doing a new directory lister. I’ve never been fond of the DOS one. It’s been decades since the last version of my D.EXE program. If I ever

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and LFN

Hi listers: I realize this is probably old hat, but, I’m curious about the issue of LFN support on FreeDOS. FreeDOS is touted to support long file names. However, the support for them is commented out, but, of course, easily enabled in fdauto.bat. I do notice that the dir command doesn’t seem to

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3-RC5

Hello FreeDOS Community, The wait for 1.3-RC5 is over. It has arrived! There are so many changes, improvements and updates that it is not practical to go into it all. But, I’ll point out a couple special things to look forward to in RC5. New FreeCOM 0.85a New Kernel 2043 and an 8086 version

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

Jim: And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . I run FreeDOS 1.2 on a dedicated Dell OptiPlex GX270. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

Thanks to everyone for joining the FreeDOS virtual get-together today! Folks dropped in and off as they had time. I think our max was 11 or 12 people at one point, and probably had 15+ folks overall. I shared a "group photo" on Twitter. :-) This was social time, so conversation ranged across a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:24 PM Ralf Quint wrote: > >> Any possibility to post that link a few minute before the planned start >> of the meeting? For some reason, it always takes me 5-10 minutes to >> actually connect... :( >> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 5:46 PM Jim Hall wrote: > Will do!

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

Hi John: If this month's virtual get-together is social time, would everybody be OK with me installing FreeDOS on an old Toshiba laptop, and giving a running commentary, (occasional updates, not literally "I'm plugging in the USB stick!) while we're chatting away? This is my opportunity to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

*days* before the meeting, > hackers will be knocking on the door trying to use it. And then BlueJeans > will likely deactivate the link due to spam (they did that last time, or > was it the time before that?) So I don't want to post it too early.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

> That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I > cannot get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on > FreeDOS. Even with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with "Runtime error 200 > at 0774:0091" "For the life of me" ... "Runtime error 200" which is a REALLY

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:52 PM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:54:50AM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > > > I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least in > > working condition. > > The site:

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:29 PM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 04:03:57PM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > > > But like the report on BTTR, I can't run Wolfenstein 3D. I've tried a > > number of different combinations: (I am running RC5 on QEMU on Linux) > > > > . With and without SLOWDOWN

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:54:50AM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least in > working condition. The site: ebay.com The search phrase: motherboard 486 The result: more

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 04:03:57PM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > But like the report on BTTR, I can't run Wolfenstein 3D. I've tried a > number of different combinations: (I am running RC5 on QEMU on Linux) > > . With and without SLOWDOWN (attempted SLOWDOWN /MHz486:66 and /MHz486:133, > and SLOWDOWN

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:03 PM Jim Hall wrote: > [..] >> Have you tried slowing down your PC? There is a lot of tools that can >> help with that. Sometimes the binary can be also patched (the TPP patch >> worked for me on the Jazz Jackrabbit game eons ago). > > > And that was the solution.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 12:43 PM Mateusz Viste wrote: > On 20/11/2021 18:25, Jim Hall wrote: > > That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I cannot > > get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on FreeDOS. Even > > with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

- at least in >> working condition. And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . So most >> people run FreeDOS on modern hardware (if they dedicate hardware to it at >> all) or in a virtual machine (more common). >> ___ >> Fre

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

> working condition. And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . So most > people run FreeDOS on modern hardware (if they dedicate hardware to it at > all) or in a virtual machine (more common). > _______ > Freedos-user mailing list >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

I have Wolfenstien 3D. It’s been a while. But, I’m fairly sure I’ve run on top of FreeDOS. I’ll need to check when I have the time. I also have a couple PQ and other Sierra games laying around. I think most of them worked without issue. But, again it’s been a while. I do recall that Battle

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On 20/11/2021 18:25, Jim Hall wrote: That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I cannot get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on FreeDOS. Even with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with "Runtime error 200 at 0774:0091" Does not sound like a FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

> I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least > in working condition. And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . > So most people run FreeDOS on modern hardware (if they dedicate > hardware to it at

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:15 AM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, > started by liljames2k: > > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 > > Zyzzle suggested making sure that all DOS extenders are in PATH > (not sure why Zyzzle

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:38 AM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:13:45AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, > > started by liljames2k: > > > > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 > [..] > 1. Any attempt to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 03:43:42PM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > > > 1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS > > compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". > > Not necessarily. It is exciting to check what can be done on modern PC. Necessarily if you

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

Hi! > 1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS > compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". Not necessarily. It is exciting to check what can be done on modern PC. > If anyone is using newer hardware -- e.g. PCI-only -- you'll never 100% > know "is it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:13:45AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, > started by liljames2k: > > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 > > Zyzzle suggested making sure that all DOS extenders are in PATH > (not sure

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, started by liljames2k: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 Zyzzle suggested making sure that all DOS extenders are in PATH (not sure why Zyzzle said DPMI extenders) but in any case, I do think Commander

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:24 PM Ralf Quint wrote: > On 11/17/2021 2:32 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > Every month, we do a virtual get-together. It's a great opportunity to see > each other "in person" and get to know each other a little better. > > The virtual get-togethers are on

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

mage: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > <#m_-7320771127207660415_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _____

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

On 11/17/2021 2:32 PM, Jim Hall wrote: Hi everyone! Every month, we do a virtual get-together. It's a great opportunity to see each other "in person" and get to know each other a little better. The virtual get-togethers are on the third Sunday every month. And that's this coming Sunday, 21

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS virtual get-together this weekend (social time!)

Hi everyone! Every month, we do a virtual get-together. It's a great opportunity to see each other "in person" and get to know each other a little better. The virtual get-togethers are on the third Sunday every month. And that's this coming Sunday, 21 November, at 11am US/Central. (Use your

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS-based verification of a tool-assisted speedrun

Here is information about using FreeDOS installed on a laptop to play back a speedrun of an old DOS game: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22864 Tool-assisted speedruns are not made by playing a game in real time; instead they are made in an emulator, with each segment being replayed

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS get-together

Dear Jim: Sorry you missed it. My diary does not mention this. I hope you can join next time on August 15. Noted. I checked the emails I'd sent, and I did say July 18. I seem to have missed your email. Every other month (July 18, September 19, and November 21) let's keep it to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS get-together

Hi, > On Jul 18, 2021, at 5:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:39 PM Eric Auer wrote: >> [..] >> There was a link, sent by Jim earlier today, when the meeting had >> just started. Maybe it could better have been sent an hour before, >> and not only on freedos-devel, but also

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS get-together

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:39 PM Eric Auer wrote: >[..] > There was a link, sent by Jim earlier today, when the meeting had > just started. Maybe it could better have been sent an hour before, > and not only on freedos-devel, but also on the larger freedos-user: > [..] I meant to send a note

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS get-together

Hi Lukas, > I missed that. In the e-mail there was June 20. I was in a rush and read > that just briefly. For meetings it is good to have some calendar reminder > (like Gmail) and include a link. I read that email now, there were no > instructions. Only BlueJeans. No URL. By the way, here in

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS get-together

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:13 PM Lukas Satin wrote: > > I missed that. In the e-mail there was June 20. I was in a rush > and read that just briefly. For meetings it is good to have some > calendar reminder (like Gmail) and include a link. I read that > email now, there were no instructions. Only

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS get-together

t get slow scrolling. :-( > > Anyhow… > > :-) > > Jerome > > > > _______ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS get-together

Hi Jim and everyone, Had fun during the get-together. Playing around with Virtual Cameras, OBS and live streaming the video from my good old Pentium Pro. :-) During the online get-together, Jim wanted to know what was the font I was using in FreeDOS. It was one I created decades ago in my

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Yes, Eric: Networking with Samba is a bit complicated to configure, but Bryan and Frantisek have recently done that for Bryan's computers, so they can probably share some tricks. We have indeed done this! So I don't need to transfer data via USB stick. I mainly use FreeDOS to receive heart

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] game protections (was: Tracking bug s...)

> I think it would be easier for both the game owners > and me to let me help them to break some individual > features in copies of their OAKCDROM (UPC, subchannel) > and then ask them whether it made their game fail. > > That way, I only have to send a debug script or file > to modify their

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] game protections (was: Tracking bugs...)

Hi Tom, > may be Paul can be convinced to send you one of these failing games, Paul? I thought Lukas? Anybody with a game which does fail with UDVD2 and works with OAKCDROM is welcome to help with this question. I suggest to move this thread to freedos-user :-) > or better several games as

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hello, I bought a CF card and adapter, so waiting for those to arrive. I tried the fdisk /bmbr command on both the installed fdisk and the live cd, both of them give the syntax error… operation terminated. The other fdisk mbr options work though. When the CF adapter arrives I should be able to get

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

iles with format c: /s. I then used the > > advanced installer to install without overriding the mbr, and after > > restarting the pentium 2 was able to boot normally, straight from hdd. > > > > _____

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi Andrew, So apart from the floppy cable problem, you say only the Win98 MBR boots correctly, but the FreeDOS one will not boot? You have re-formatted the partition in DOS (by the way, better use SYS, not FORMAT /S), but kept the partitions unchanged, so there could be a problem with either

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hello guys, I was able to get both systems working correctly. I first formatted the partition and wrote the mbr in Windows 98. Then in freedos I formatted the filesystem and setup system files with format c: /s. I then used the advanced installer to install without overriding the mbr, and after

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 driver selection, configuration and packaging wish list

Hi Eric, > And why are LHA and UNRAR not included at all? > Any license problems I have overlooked? http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Releases/1.3/Packages > PS: I would have included 386SWAT (debugger) and DPMIONE > (DPMI host for DOS extenders etc.) but those are closed > source:

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Gotcha, thanks for the info. Its possible the mobo floppy controller is broken. I haven't finished troubleshooting it yet. On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 8:00 AM Liam Proven wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 18:05, Andrew wrote: > > > > 3) I havnt worked enough in getting the floppy working on the i386,

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 18:05, Andrew wrote: > > 3) I havnt worked enough in getting the floppy working on the i386, i think > it has to do with a nonstandard ide connection. Standard floppy drives are *not* IDE. They have their own connection (34-way not 40-way) and this is attached to a floppy

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] LSM: Entered-date means modified date

Hi Paul, There are two completely separate FreeDOS File Repositories on IBIBLIO. There is the “Online Software Repository”. It contains packages that are ready to use in FreeDOS. Programs that can perform package updates or installations over the internet point to this section. This packages

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi Andrew, On 9 Jun 2021, at 19:20, Eric Auer wrote: 9) I will also try the FDISK /INFO command for both situations Enjoy. You could also use XFDISK, which is more user friendly, but shows fewer details. Note that both also have pretty long config files which let you (mis-) configure lots of

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Maybe let's start with this: how is your HDD partitioned and do you use any boot-loader utility to load FreeDOS? If so - how its FreeDOS section looks like? -- regards, Zbigniew ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

An additional fact to be aware of… All the normal install media for FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 uses and always installs the 386 kernel with large file system support. Thats the CD media, USB media and CD Boot Floppy. However, the alternate x86 installer uses the 8086 kernel. The current version of this

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Gotcha thank you guys for the support, I have to work till the end of this week but will try the recommendations after that. If I get it to work ill let you know what the problem was. Cheers! On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 10:22 AM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! > > > Ive been using the freedos wiki as a

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi Andrew, > 1) The pentium 2 has LBA support, it sees even a 32gb windows 98 partition > no problem. i486 has no LBA support, so I keep the partition below 2gb. It > is fine seeing the 2gb DOS partition and booting from it. It is possible that you end up getting a LBA-only boot sector when

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Gotcha, Ill need to learn more about this, perhaps try a manual install. Is there any up to date guides for a manual installation? Ive been using the freedos wiki as a guide, are there any better docs available? Particularly about MBR and SYS with freedos? On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 9:59 AM Eric

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi! > Perhaps just a simple bootloader would fix the problem? I only know of > modern linux ones, perhaps systemd-boot would work from arch? You can load DOS with many boot loaders including GRUB, but that still usually relies on a working boot sector. If the MBR has a problem (as said, FDISK

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Perhaps just a simple bootloader would fix the problem? I only know of modern linux ones, perhaps systemd-boot would work from arch? On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 9:01 AM ZB wrote: > On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:40:25AM -0700, Andrew wrote: > > > Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

I dont see how it can he hardware related if both DOS 6 and 98 dont have the problem, but freedos, all on the same hdd and same computer, using a 2Gb partition which shouldnt have LBA problems. Also two computers have this same problem. Ive tried multiple drives and multiple cables. On Wed, Jun

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

1) The pentium 2 has LBA support, it sees even a 32gb windows 98 partition no problem. i486 has no LBA support, so I keep the partition below 2gb. It is fine seeing the 2gb DOS partition and booting from it. 2) the wording is read error while reading drive This normally shows up when a hdd is

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:40:25AM -0700, Andrew wrote: > Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds I have, over 15 > times in total between them all. Every time DOS and 98 installs fine, > freedos always gives the same error. And if I boot from bios to cd to hdd, > freedos also

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Ive installed different operating systems on the two hdds I have, over 15 times in total between them all. Every time DOS and 98 installs fine, freedos always gives the same error. And if I boot from bios to cd to hdd, freedos also works, but I cant do that on i486 computer because it doesnt have

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi Andrew, > 1) Both use IDE connectors, no sata. > > 2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2. The i486 simply > has a black screen, like it is trying to load the OS but cannot. Both > computer see the hard drive in the bios ( no hard drive post errors). At which point,

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 07:37:30AM -0700, Andrew wrote: > 2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2. Isn't it clear enough? You've got some sort of hardware problem. Try different cables, different HDD etc. -- regards, Zbigniew ___

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Thank you for replying. 1) Both use IDE connectors, no sata. 2) The error simply says disk read error in the pentium 2. The i486 simply has a black screen, like it is trying to load the OS but cannot. Both computer see the hard drive in the bios ( no hard drive post errors). 3) I installed DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hi Andrew, I assume your 486 and your Pentium2 both use ATAPI CD drives and IDE harddisks, not SATA? Can you be more specific about the (harddisk?) read errors on the Pentium 2 after install? What does the BIOS and CMOS setup say about your i486 which does not boot? In general, I recommend the

[Freedos-user] Freedos Install Problem

Hello Guys, I am new to the mailing list and retro computers in general, (mostly work on linux), but I've been having some problems with installation. I have a Pentium 2 233mhz, 128mb ram, and a compaq presario i486, 8mb of ram ive been trying to install freedos to. After the install and booting

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 driver selection, configuration and packaging wish list

tuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.3/previews/1.3-rc4/report.html > > Thanks for looking into those :-) Regards, Eric > > > > PS: I would have included 386SWAT (debugger) and DPMIONE > (DPMI host for DOS extenders etc.) but those are closed > source: http://www.sudleyplace.com/download.htm Still > cool enough

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 driver selection, configuration and packaging wish list

Hi :-) I would like to refresh the discussion about 1.3 updates... *Part one, quick driver selection improvements* Questions about the next update of the 1.3 boot media, has the following already been taken care of? Thanks! - provide XMGR as alternative for HIMEM at least in "full" (it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi Eric, [reply on-list as asked] > On Jun 3, 2021, at 7:38 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Why cannot FDIMPLES free the allocated memory before calling FDINST? It is not that it can not do it. It is only that it’s original design (as a list editor) meant that all remaining memory was available for

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi Eric, > On Jun 2, 2021, at 7:47 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > > if FDIMPLES is specifically used in advanced mode, where > more data has to be processed, I would suggest to consider > automatically enabling support for XMS when XMS is found. Not really needed. When run by the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi Jerome, if FDIMPLES is specifically used in advanced mode, where more data has to be processed, I would suggest to consider automatically enabling support for XMS when XMS is found. Do you say that the amount of required RAM does not depend on the number of packages, but on the size of the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

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

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

> The occasional FDIMPLES out of memory crash is not a problem with FDINST itself. Just wanted to explain why the “easy-fix” of just letting it have a little more RAM to resolve the problem is not the best solution. I’d love to let it have more RAM. Not only does that fix this problem. But, it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hallo Herr Jerome Shidel, am Mittwoch, 2. Juni 2021 um 02:39 schrieben Sie: >> On Jun 1, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Eric Auer wrote: >> >>  >> Hi Lukas, >> […] >> >>> said it is memory issue and solved also by installing FreeDOS on hard drive >>> in Pentium machine. That's how I did it as well and

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi Jerome, thanks for the explanation, but are we talking about DOS RAM (at most 640 kB) here? Or EMS, XMS, protected mode? In FDIMPLES, FDINST of FDNPKG, and other involved apps? How much RAM do you recommend to be free? Could FDIMPLES shrink before calling FDINST and grow back when it exits?

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

> You see how many subscribers and views Phil has. it's always kind to not only mention 'Phil', but be more specific like "go to Youtube.com, search FreeDOS 1.2 Review - Can it replace MS DOS for retro gaming?" or even give the link directly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGmCVeAKR4w

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

> A lot of games I tried with JEMM386/JEMMEX had some really jarring > issues. They varied from the game gracefully crashing to outright raping > my ears or gradually eroding FAT away. FreeDOS' own FAT repair tools > couldn't help me. Only nuking everything and re-installing and >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

On 01/06/2021 23:55, Lukas Satin wrote: The driver VIDECDD is not working at all. It will not find my CD-ROM drive. Perhaps because 486 bios cannot find the CDROM. But driver such as MSCDEX or SHSUCDX will find the drive. Hi Lukas, MSCDEX/SHSUCDX are not really drivers, they are only a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

> On Jun 1, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > >  > Hi Lukas, > […] > >> said it is memory issue and solved also by installing FreeDOS on hard drive >> in Pentium machine. That's how I did it as well and it works. Even >> installing a lot of packages on 486, the fdimples will crash with

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi again, >>Not sure why Michał mentions Yamaha YMF724 > I've lots of issues with this card. > Shame on me for not getting a > motherboard with ISA slots. After trying several different PCI soundcards which claim some level of ISA Sound Blaster compatibility, I can tell you that your luck will

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS make better compatibility with DOS games [current status]

Hi Lukas, > Phil has even FreeDOS starter pack, but it is for FreeDOS 1.2. I tried it. > The driver VIDECDD is not working at all. It will not find my CD-ROM drive. Such is life. Try OAKCDROM or stick to UDVD2 in that case. This should not depend on your BIOS, though. As long as the CDROM is

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