Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-27 Thread Don Flowers
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[Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello group, I am playing a bit with a 8086 PC these days, and I noticed an ugly difference on it between FreeDOS and MSDOS 3.3: MSDOS 3.3 keeps the content of last read sectors of the diskette in a cache, while FreeDOS does not. This means that FreeDOS is accessing the FDD much more often

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On May 25, 2015 2:27 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote: Question -- is there any way I could install a diskette cache on FreeDOS? If not supported by the kernel right away (as seems to be the case in MSDOS), maybe some additional (preferably free) tool could help? Unfortunately

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Don Flowers
Could this be the cause of so many diskette formatting failures in FreeDOS? I have to resort to either booting in Compaq DOS 3.31 or using 3rd party formatting tools such as FMT or Nformat. On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote: Hello group, I am playing a bit

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On May 25, 2015 7:09 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Could this be the cause of so many diskette formatting failures in FreeDOS? I have to resort to either booting in Compaq DOS 3.31 or using 3rd party formatting tools such as FMT or Nformat. Try an older stable kernel (2038 or

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Don Flowers
With my need for the FCB filename parsing, int 21h function 29h patch I need to use either the patched 2041 or the unofficial 2042 kernel. I do have fewer errors with the 2042, Typical error occurs following format: Drive_IO(WRITE 9, count 1 ) [FAT12/16] [drive A:] Critical error during DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS diskette cache

2015-05-25 Thread Don Flowers
Mateusz, I went through my archives and found Central Point PC-Tools version 4. It has a floppy cache called PC-Cache which should work. On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: With my need for the FCB filename parsing, int 21h function 29h patch I need to use

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-24 Thread Dale E Sterner
For a whish list It would be nice to add a version of xcopy that also copies hidden and system file. Also it would be nice to able to read Chinese made UDF cds on dos. Why do they use UDF on a read only cd; its suppose to be for R/W cd's.. cheers DS On Sat, 16 May 2015 19:37:26 +0200 Mateusz

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-20 Thread Mateusz Viste
I don't understand why you guys are responding to this :) The guy landed in my killfile many messages ago already, and the only thing that reminds me of him are responses from others. Please adjust your filters (or set up a ml ban, for these of you who are able to do so). Mateusz On

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-20 Thread Don Flowers
whatever your reason is: forget it. DONE! I spent all day yesterday setting up XFDOS and even though my time with it was somewhat limited, I found XFDOS much easier to set up thant OpenGEM. It is the best GUI I have seen yet. I want this to be a priority for the primary GUI for FreeDOS. On Wed,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Don Flowers
Just one more wish list item, If someone could rework the RPM 2.37 Advanced Boot Manager to work with drives above 8gb and then port that into RPM 2.44 that would be awesome. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Karen Lewellen

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Don Flowers
While recommending the Dillodos to another member, I discovered Georg Pothast's XFDOS GUI. Maybe that could be added to the next distribution? I will be getting familiar with it and report back (specifically is there a way to add my most used program (Seedmaster for DOS) onto the Desktop - if so

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2015 1:00 PM, Dario Roncone wrote: Tom F*** Y**! You seriously need to adjust your attitude pal, there is no place for this in here...=-O Agreed. I just checked into the discussion, and was disappointed to see

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Don Flowers
What a killjoy! Tom it was a wish list after all from my personal experience on FreeDOS 1.0 with the unstable kernel where crashes were few and far between in standard mode, it seems possible if not practical. C'est la vie! FreeDOS is not my life, just something to obsess about, ironically

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Ralf Quint
On 5/19/2015 1:00 PM, Dario Roncone wrote: Tom F*** Y**! You seriously need to adjust your attitude pal, there is no place for this in here...=-O Ralf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Dario Roncone
Tom Fuck You! 2015-05-19 20:22 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com: What a killjoy! Tom it was a wish list after all from my personal experience on FreeDOS 1.0 with the unstable kernel where crashes were few and far between in standard mode, it seems possible if not practical. C'est la

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Tom Ehlert
My reason for wanting to use Windows 3.1 in  FreeDOS is for some very specific apps (yes among them are a couple of bible programs) and just having access to some utilities such as Winimage Winzip, etc. That said, since 1993 I have always had Compaq DOS/Windows 3.1 on at least one of my PCs

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
Re: DOS AHCI driver - My driver is AHCI.SYS. I load it then UIDE followed by SHCDX86.COM. This is the only configuration that works. BIOS has no option besides ACHCI, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Hi Mateusz, as far as I know, UIDE now supports

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
AHCI On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Re: DOS AHCI driver - My driver is AHCI.SYS. I load it then UIDE followed by SHCDX86.COM. This is the only configuration that works. BIOS has no option besides ACHCI, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Eric Auer

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:16 AM, Guillem guilevi2...@gmail.com wrote: I've been thinking of dualbooting my Windows PC with FreeDOS, Why exactly? Although it's not a totally horrible idea, it's very tedious and a bit technical. Not worth risking anything important. As I told one guy

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Dario Roncone
?! 2015-05-18 17:41 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: Great1! 2015-05-18 15:33 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com: AHCI On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Re: DOS AHCI driver - My driver is AHCI.SYS. I load it then UIDE followed

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Dario Roncone
Great1! 2015-05-18 15:33 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com: AHCI On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Re: DOS AHCI driver - My driver is AHCI.SYS. I load it then UIDE followed by SHCDX86.COM. This is the only configuration that works. BIOS has no

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
lifts hand from back of class But that is what I seem to be missing about freedos. I run DOS only, and have no interest in having 8 different operating systems on my main desktop to get the job done. I have a d-link Ethernet card. The card is very good with a ton of drivers, including the one I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
Karen, I also use the D-Link card (PCMCIA) in my home and it is an outstanding card for DOS/FreeDOS, I get the desire to maintain a pure DOS machine (I have one desktop and two laptops that are DOS only). Have you tried DIllodos (the lasted build not the one in the FreeDOS repo)? Using that, I can

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
Try these links https://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/detail?name=DILLODOS-302b.zipcan=2q= http://freedos.10956.n7.nabble.com/New-release-of-the-Dillo-web-browser-for-DOS-td19097.html On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Don, no on that browser where Might I find it? I think I looked at the freedos edition and it did not suit compared to what my ssh telnet options present. Now if I could find a wireless d-link card sigh. I do not understand what web security has to do with Dos, or browsers that pose no

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
got it, thanks. On Mon, 18 May 2015, Don Flowers wrote: Try these links https://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads/detail?name=DILLODOS-302b.zipcan=2q= http://freedos.10956.n7.nabble.com/New-release-of-the-Dillo-web-browser-for-DOS-td19097.html On Mon, May

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:45 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: The wiki article is good as far as it goes, I collected all the pieces of the networking puzzle mentioned in the article, but can't seem to assemble them correctly. My currebn method of file transfer is via USB, and I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
My USB method is between the various Computers and also between Kubuntu and FreeDOS. I was not aware of the data corruption risk from unplugging the device, although I should have known Thanks for the tip. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Mon, May 18,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Granted, I am not using a browser directly on my computer, but this of mouse because I cannot. it is because no one has done a dos build of Lynx in a grand while. Juan Manuel Guerrero did a DJGPP build

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:42 AM, Tom Ehlert t...@drivesnapshot.de wrote: Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it Okay, but let's be clear here: 1). It's proprietary, so it's not redistributable. 2). It's old, so most

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
My reason for wanting to use Windows 3.1 in FreeDOS is for some very specific apps (yes among them are a couple of bible programs) and just having access to some utilities such as Winimage Winzip, etc. That said, since 1993 I have always had Compaq DOS/Windows 3.1 on at least one of my PCs so, I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry Mateusz,- I assumed this was well-known. I have an Acer Aspire E5-571 laptop which has a quirky BIOS - the IDE emulation option is specific to the hard drive only and not the CD/DVD drive. I had though that the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Guillem
and general questions about FreeDOS. freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sun, 17 May 2015 14:01 Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist Dario, Intel core DUO2 T6570@2,1Ghz 2,1Ghz RAM 2GB SO-DIMM S-ATA2 HDD 320Gb ? Windows 7 Ultimate vers. 6.1.7601Satellite Pro Series

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Guillem, On 18/05/2015 08:16, Guillem wrote: (...) the only things that are preventing me from doing that right now are the fact that USB serial controllers don’t work all the way (...) So Better/wider USB support. Already on the list. Is there any way to make some kind of driver that

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Mateusz Viste
About networking -- have you looked at the wiki article? http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Networking_FreeDOS It contains already quite a lot of informations, on many aspects of the DOS networking world. Mateusz On 18/05/2015 10:52, Don Flowers wrote: I have a HP Elite 8000 with 12gb

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
I have a HP Elite 8000 with 12gb RAM, I use XOSL to boot Kubuntu 14.04, Windows 7, Compaq DOS 5.0, MS-DOS 7.10 and FreeDOS. When running Compaq DOS and/or MS-DOS 7.10, I use the native HIMEM and Windows 3.1 runs fine in enhanced mode; on FreeDOS even standard mode seems buggy, so it is not

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
The wiki article is good as far as it goes, I collected all the pieces of the networking puzzle mentioned in the article, but can't seem to assemble them correctly. My currebn method of file transfer is via USB, and I am experiencing quite a bit of data corruption. I have 3 desktops (one full

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
For the wish list has the AHCI/SATA issue been mentioned? I have an Acer which will not access CDROM using GCDROM or any thing else in the FreeDOS repo, but works only with the intel SATA driver first followed by UIDE. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: The

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it Tom -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Mateusz Viste
Sorry, I don't think I have followed this AHCI/SATA issue - do you have any reference? An URL to a past mailing list message, or a bug report on sourceforge? Will add it to the wishlist, I just need some reference to attach it to, since it doesn't sound self-explanatory as you worded it.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Don Flowers
Sorry Mateusz,- I assumed this was well-known. I have an Acer Aspire E5-571 laptop which has a quirky BIOS - the IDE emulation option is specific to the hard drive only and not the CD/DVD drive. I had though that the GCDROM drive was supposed to enable a SATA drive, but it didn't and I actually

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Mateusz Viste
Okay, I understand. Have you wrote about this to Jack? He might be still interested in GCDROM feedback, and it could be an interesting case for him perhaps. However, the problem is larger I think anyway - today you are unable to set your CD controller to legacy IDE mode, but tomorrow it might

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist - soundcards

2015-05-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, just a semi-automatic reply for this classic topic ;-) Is there any way to make some kind of driver that would sit between the application and the actual soundcard (in my case a realtek) and forward what the app is trying to send to the soundblaster to the realtek the right way? Yes

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mateusz, as far as I know, UIDE now supports harddisk and CDROM/DVD/BD with IDE and SATA controllers, but not in AHCI mode*. Also, I am not aware of any other DOS AHCI driver. What you can do is using the BIOS as driver: This is normal for harddisks, but only works for CD/DVD when you boot

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
Nooo Thanks! The usb mass-stoarge driver works for me. There are no problems. And with savepart.exe you can Backup your HardDiskDrive With the OS, the configuration of you OperatingSystem and your programms. 2015-05-17 9:24 GMT+02:00, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr: On 17/05/2015 09:05, Don

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
WiFi? 2015-05-17 11:16 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: Nooo Thanks! The usb mass-stoarge driver works for me. There are no problems. And with savepart.exe you can Backup your HardDiskDrive With the OS, the configuration of you OperatingSystem and your programms.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Don Flowers
+1 for Windows 3.1 enhanced mode! On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Micheal Muniko michealmun...@gmail.com wrote: Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. -- One dashboard for servers and applications

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
e.a...@jpberlin.de To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sun, 17 May 2015 14:01 Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist Dario, Intel core DUO2 T6570@2,1Ghz 2,1Ghz RAM 2GB SO-DIMM S-ATA2 HDD 320Gb ? Windows 7 Ultimate vers

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread James E Lang
-user] FreeDOS wishlist Dario, Intel core DUO2 T6570@2,1Ghz 2,1Ghz RAM 2GB SO-DIMM S-ATA2 HDD 320Gb ? Windows 7 Ultimate vers. 6.1.7601Satellite Pro Series.. Toshiba. It´s great! Sorry! well, what are you trying to tell us with all those VERY short mails, that you add to much

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
Shit!! 2015-05-17 11:35 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: WiFi? 2015-05-17 11:16 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: Nooo Thanks! The usb mass-stoarge driver works for me. There are no problems. And with savepart.exe you can Backup your HardDiskDrive With the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Micheal Muniko
Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Eric Auer
Dario, Intel core DUO2 T6570@2,1Ghz 2,1Ghz RAM 2GB SO-DIMM S-ATA2 HDD 320Gb ? Windows 7 Ultimate vers. 6.1.7601Satellite Pro Series.. Toshiba. It´s great! Sorry! well, what are you trying to tell us with all those VERY short mails, that you add to much longer other mails? Please

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
What is it ? +1 enhanced mode FOR ? What.. c64? 2015-05-17 19:29 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com: +1 for Windows 3.1 enhanced mode! On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Micheal Muniko michealmun...@gmail.com wrote: Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
Why this... ? 2015-05-17 18:38 GMT+02:00, Micheal Muniko michealmun...@gmail.com: Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Dario Roncone
Intel core DUO2 T6570@2,1Ghz 2,1Ghz RAM 2GB SO-DIMM S-ATA2 HDD 320Gb ? Windows 7 Ultimate vers. 6.1.7601Satellite Pro Series.. Toshiba. It´s great! Sorry! 2015-05-17 20:40 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: Why this... ? 2015-05-17 18:38 GMT+02:00, Micheal Muniko

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Don Flowers
I would hope that the FCBParseFname bug fix will be implemented in the next kernel. On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com wrote: www.dario-roncone.com I must disable the picture.. 2015-05-17 6:45 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: There is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Mateusz Viste
Thanks for the clarification! So what you are saying is that you miss: - easier/better supported USB support, at least for mass storage devices - packet drivers for wifi cards Both these points were already in the list on the wiki, but I made it more specific right now. cheers, Mateusz On

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-17 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 17/05/2015 09:05, Don Flowers wrote: I would hope that the FCBParseFname bug fix will be implemented in the next kernel. You are referring to a specific FreeDOS bug I believe, so its place is probably better suited on the FreeDOS bugtracker (is it there?)

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi all, Yesterday a post on the freedos devel list gave birth to a 'wishlist' of things that would be needed in FreeDOS. I repost this list here, since I am curious what other DOS users think. If you see something missing, that is both within a reasonable technical scope and represents a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, sorry if this has been mentioned. I would love to have native networking so one can run wireless and or Ethernet cards. I do understand some support exists, but last thread indicated that it is a bit dated. would personally let me put freedos on a laptop for road use without compromising

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 16/05/2015 21:12, Karen Lewellen wrote: I would love to have native networking so one can run wireless and or Ethernet cards. I do understand some support exists, but last thread indicated that it is a bit dated. Hi Karen, I'm not sure I understand what you are meaning exactly by

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Bret Johnson
As an extension to the GPT item, I would like to see both the kernel and utilities support sector sizes other than 512 bytes (at least up to 4k, anyway, which is the standard for new hard drive technologies). This would also help with CD/DVD support, which use a 2k sector size. It is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 16/05/2015 20:24, Bret Johnson wrote: As an extension to the GPT item, I would like to see both the kernel and utilities support sector sizes other than 512 bytes (at least up to 4k, anyway, which is the standard for new hard drive technologies). This would also help with CD/DVD support,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, clearly mixing terms, distracted when i wrote..anniversary of my dad's death today. I was thinking of two separate features. Native networking allows the use of USB drives and the like without drivers for them. I have this working fine in ms dos using a USB driver I shared here. still it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Dario Roncone
that´s nice 2015-05-17 5:25 GMT+02:00, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net: Hi, clearly mixing terms, distracted when i wrote..anniversary of my dad's death today. I was thinking of two separate features. Native networking allows the use of USB drives and the like without drivers

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Dario Roncone
YES that´s corect (-: 2015-05-17 6:29 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: that´s nice 2015-05-17 5:25 GMT+02:00, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net: Hi, clearly mixing terms, distracted when i wrote..anniversary of my dad's death today. I was thinking of two separate

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-16 Thread Dario Roncone
There is a Extended CommandShellExtension For DOS, Windows Novelll.It´´s called 4DOS.com ? It can be usefull. (batchFiles.. 2015-05-17 6:38 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: YES that´s corect (-: 2015-05-17 6:29 GMT+02:00, Dario Roncone darioronco...@gmail.com: that´s

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos cdrom

2015-05-16 Thread John Hupp
OK, thanks Eric, I'll look at staying the course with uide. On 5/16/2015 7:38 PM, Eric Auer wrote: Hi John, xcdrom is quite old, there have been plenty of uide updates... http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ellis/ Eric

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-04 Thread Dale E Sterner
I learn something new everyday. So its a trail run of an OS without any risk. I like it. I usually install everything new on a seperate CF chip. There isn't anything else present to damage - like windows. My really important stuff is kept on a dos CF chip way out of the reach of a virus. Thanks

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:44 AM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 This is interesting, not only for FreeDOS, but for other possible disk images I can find or produce! I briefly

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread Dale E Sterner
There something very special about this link and I'm too ignorant to know what it is. What is v86? DS On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 14:01:29 -0400 dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:44 AM, dmccunney

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread Bret Johnson
I'm thinking about adding something like this to the freedos.org website so people can try out FreeDOS. Not sure about bandwidth and web server requirements yet, though - so no promises. I'd be a little careful about how I promoted that, since you couldn't actually view your promotion from

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread Louis Santillan
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote: [SNIP] v86 is a virtual x86 emulator. It's like VirtualPC or Bochs or VMWare or VirtualPC or QEMU or VirtualBox or any other PC emulator .. except v86 runs entirely in your web browser. You don't need to run a local emulator.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread dmccunney
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Bret Johnson bretj...@juno.com wrote: I'm thinking about adding something like this to the freedos.org website so people can try out FreeDOS. Not sure about bandwidth and web server requirements yet, though - so no promises. I'd be a little careful about how I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-03 Thread Jim Hall
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote: There something very special about this link and I'm too ignorant to know what it is. What is v86? DS http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos v86 is a virtual x86 emulator. It's like VirtualPC or Bochs or VMWare or

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS WiFi: Wiki needs updating (Don't have access)

2015-04-03 Thread Insidious
The wiki on WiFi in FreeDOS needs updating. The place it links to for the ORiNOCO drivers is long since dead (403 forbidden). I found a mirror here: http://ftp.ufanet.ru/pub/wireless/wavelan/DRIVERS/MS-DOS/ by searching for WVLAN42.COM but that was the only way I even got any idea where to find

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-02 Thread Don Flowers
WAY COOL! On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:44 AM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 -- Dive into the World of

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-02 Thread Jim Hall
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:44 AM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos Interesting! This is a new one. I knew about JPC (http://jpc.sourceforge.net/) and PCjs ( http://jsmachines.net/docs/pcjs/) but v86 seems to be new. For those interested, v86 is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-02 Thread Corbin Davenport
Wow, crazy! On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: WAY COOL! On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:44 AM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos __ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS in a browser

2015-04-02 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Jim Hall jh...@freedos.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:44 AM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos Interesting! This is a new one. I knew about JPC (http://jpc.sourceforge.net/) and PCjs

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS compatibility issue according to Asus caf4ajdwoaejygyp9rhwngdmnl23o1ynev6oj2qh8hq8wbh6...@mail.gmail.com

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Mueller
I don't think any motherboard has any DOS, Windows or other OS, though IBM computers back in the 1980s came with ROM BASIC. I have motherboard from MSI; now I am scared away from Asus, though perhaps the newer, UEFI-equipped motherboards would be OK. But there is also ASRock. I have no actual

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-17 Thread Thomas Mueller
I see a subject line of No subject; I must have forgotten to copy the intended subject line. Going back to 2001, I used Enhanced Editor (EPM) in OS/2 Warp 4, but was forced off this editor cold-turkey when the system crashed sometime during the single-digit days of April 2001. CHKDSK,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-16 Thread Don Flowers
It would seem that is the logical solution. I thank you all for the advice. I have compared a few editors and have decided to start with Setedit. I am updating a bible translation (The Concordant Literal Translation) which I originally compiled for my BibleWorks program using UltraEdit in

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-15 Thread Don Flowers
FDNPKG keeps all editors inside its util repository. Currently I see there are 6 editors there, which seem a bit too little to create a separate category. Mateusz, I am a fan of your FNDPKG system and I use it in Real FreeDOS Mode. I have customized the all_cd to work perfectly on my various

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-15 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 13/03/2015 17:59, Don Flowers wrote: Is there a reason the edit category is not included in the fdnpkg install program or the all_cd iso? Actually FreeDOS categories do not translate directly into FDNPKG repositories. FDNPKG keeps all editors inside its util repository. Currently I see

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-15 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote: FDNPKG keeps all editors inside its util repository. elvis 2.2 - a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. Supports nearly all vi/ex commands Not to nitpick, it's still a good editor (at least in features), but

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-15 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: FDNPKG keeps all editors inside its util repository. Currently I see there are 6 editors there, which seem a bit too little to create a separate category. Mateusz, I am a fan of your FNDPKG system and I use it in Real

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com wrote: I had actually forgotten about setedit (and have probably forgotten how to use it as well). Is there a reason the edit category is not included in the fdnpkg install program or the all_cd iso? I don't mind relearning

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: This is my number one request for FreeDOS 1.2/2/0. Can we PLEASE increase the FreeDOS edit capacity to at least match the capacity MS-DOS edit? I get so aggravated trying to open included .txt files with various DOS

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-13 Thread dosgeek57
This is my number one request for FreeDOS 1.2/2/0. Can we PLEASE increase the FreeDOS edit capacity to at least match the capacity MS-DOS edit? I get so aggravated trying to open included .txt files with various DOS programs only to find that the file exceeds the capacity of FreeDOS edit. --

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Edit maximum file size

2015-03-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Dosgeek! This is my number one request for FreeDOS 1.2/2/0. Can we PLEASE increase the FreeDOS edit capacity to at least match the capacity MS-DOS edit? I get so aggravated trying to open included .txt files with various DOS programs only to find that the file exceeds the capacity of

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS program/beginner's problems

2015-02-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Feb 14, 2015 3:44 PM, John Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net wrote: This came up when I tried to exit DOS using the dosemu exit program and it crashed. What crashed? DOSEMU? Your app? Linux? What distro? BTW, I thought exitemu was the correct way to exit DOSEMU.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS NIC Card problem

2015-02-14 Thread Don Flowers
The problem is not necessarily due to your hardware, but rather to the ODI/IPX emulation thing you are trying to set up. What you need is simply to load a classic packet driver designed for your card, without any of the ODI stuff you have so far. Well, in this case it seems that the onboard Intel

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS program/beginner's problems

2015-02-14 Thread John Sowden
I use dosemu; been using it for 15 years. Although I still use DOS (freedos+4dos) on a network in my office (wordstar, foxpro). I needed a method of determining which OS I am running also. I set a variable in the dosemu autoexec, then I test it, using a routine in dosemu that allows you to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS program/beginner's problems

2015-02-13 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/10/2015 5:34 PM, Rugxulo wrote: But again, DOSEMU isn't widely deployed, so lots of people don't use it. It still works fairly well, just not popular. I'm not sure if that will ever improve. I don't want

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS program/beginner's problems

2015-02-13 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
Rugxulo wrote: Hi again, On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Ralf Quint freedos...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/10/2015 5:34 PM, Rugxulo wrote: But again, DOSEMU isn't widely deployed, so lots of people don't use it. It still works fairly well, just not popular. I'm not sure if that will ever

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS program/beginner's problems

2015-02-13 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik fra...@hanzlici.cz wrote: Regarding to DOSEMU/SELinux interaction, it isn't too big problem tune it e.g. in SELinux permissive mode. su -c 'sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0' su -c 'sesetbool -P mmap_low_allowed 1' (That's all I know from a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS NIC Card problem

2015-02-11 Thread Mateusz Viste
That's not a problem related to FDNPKG indeed. Watt32 requires an ethernet-level driver (that's what the class of the packet driver is all about), while your ODI shim seems to be registering itself as something else. The problem is not necessarily due to your hardware, but rather to the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS NIC Card problem

2015-02-10 Thread Don Flowers
After about 16 hours, I have concluded that this is not an FDNPKG bug, for at various times random pings also create the same error. Today I have read of other issues with this onboard NIC, while a real PCI of the same chipset is supposed be virtually PnP. I ordered a card on ebay for $9 with free

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