Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far > behind those two. FreeDOS is *very* far behind both, for reasons I've already mentioned. It's a clone of MSDOS, which was designed to run on far

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Dale E Sterner
I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far behind those two. Android is fine but is always being upgraded. I think I'm on my 10th tablet. They work for awhile but then soon need a upgrade - buy a new tablet time is about every 6 months so far.At least tablets are dirt

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread jamie marchant
What drivers do you need, maybe you can find generic drivers that will work? -- -Jamie Marchant -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org!

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > HP's resources are so great that it would just be a > tiny project for them. HP does things for *money*. There is no money in developing drivers for DOS, and the developers who are *capable* of doing it have others

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Dale E Sterner
HP's resources are so great that it would just be a tiny project for them. It would be nice to use an OS that actually works. It would move FREEDOS to the level of IOS or Android both highly used today. Although Android is alot better than IOS. I just did my USA taxes using dos QPRO macros. I've

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > Pity, if they gave it 802.11 and BT drivers; it would > make FREEDOS more appealing. Someone would have to *make* such drivers to include. HP won't - what would they get out of it? > DS __ Dennis

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, Oh I imagined that might be the case. The person asking he question however is more than capable of doing the work. Kare On Tue, 20 Mar 2018, Mateusz Viste wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:38:26 +, Jim Hall wrote: Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Dale E Sterner
Pity, if they gave it 802.11 and BT drivers; it would make FREEDOS more appealing. DS On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:56:21 + (UTC) Mateusz Viste writes: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:38:26 +, Jim Hall wrote: > > Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Dale E Sterner
Look at Ebay computers; they will say what OS is installed. I've seen Freedos a few times. DS On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:56:28 -0400 (EDT) Karen Lewellen writes: > Hi all, > I may have the name brand wrong. > Still I recall that freedos ships installed on some models of

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/20/2018 2:38 AM, Jim Hall wrote: Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in their standard builds. If you go into their laptops and desktops, and search for FreeDOS, you'll get a list of devices that can be configured with FreeDOS as the default operating

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:38:26 +, Jim Hall wrote: > Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in > their standard builds. If you go into their laptops and desktops, and > search for FreeDOS, you'll get a list of devices that can be configured > with FreeDOS as the

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-20 Thread Jim Hall
Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in their standard builds. If you go into their laptops and desktops, and search for FreeDOS, you'll get a list of devices that can be configured with FreeDOS as the default operating system. For example: HP ProDesk 600 G3

[Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-19 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, I may have the name brand wrong. Still I recall that freedos ships installed on some models of HP I believe? If so, can someone document? A person asked me about it so I am asking in turn. -- Check out the

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1370, Issue 1

2018-02-16 Thread Lawrence Dionne
Could there be an issue because of the SATA interface? I accept any corrections here if I am mistaken on anything. It has been a while since I have used FreeDOS. I still have an old system running MSDOS and I am glad to see DOS still being around. The Dell Optiplex 790 is a new system with the

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1361, Issue 1

2018-01-22 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
I’m going to try and dual boot Windows7 & FreeDOS, I’m not sure which order to do after I shrink the C drive (create a partition visible to both Win7 & FreeDOS?) - install FreeDOS to target partition - install GAG I’m looking for advice on the order that yields the most success This clown

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1361, Issue 1

2018-01-20 Thread Γιώργος Κωστόπουλος
> > This is where my question comes in. I know with vanilla DOS's fdisk, you > are only allowed to create one primary partition. However, does FreeDOS's > fdisk allow you to create more than one primary partition? > > This is the crux of the whole plan. If I can confirm that FreeDOS's > fdisk has

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-05 Thread Dale E Sterner
2018 21:47:55 + (UTC) Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> writes: > Here's the FreeDOS image. Volume label is FREEDOS2012. Will mount in > Quemu as a RAW image. Can't relocate the site I downloaded it > from.https://anonfile.com/J8sau4d

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
gxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > The workaround at the bottom of this page will have to be implemented in > FreeDOS in order to install it from USB. Writ

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > The workaround at the bottom of this page will have to be implemented in > FreeDOS in order to install it from USB. Writing to MSRs? Do you really think that's what

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
I just tried installing FreeDOS 1.2 Lite from a 512 meg USB drive onto a WYSE S30. Result? Failure. It boots and launches the setup. First is says there's no fixed disk, then is says drive D: is not partitioned. So I have it partition and reboot. Repeats this exactly the same. The BIOS *does*

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
The CNC control software has to have EMS. Without it, it can't use any more than low memory. It's *old* software, capable of running on a 1981 vintage 5150 IBM PC. So I would assume it knows nothing of newer EMS types with their fancy features. If only Light Machines, then Intelitek, had

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user, > Here's the FreeDOS image. Volume label is FREEDOS2012. Will mount in > Quemu as a RAW image. Can't relocate the site I downloaded it from. > https://anonfile.com/J8sau4d4bc/FreeDOS.rar AUTOEXEC.BAT says: "Image pour le Wyse S30 par Quentin Bouteiller

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread E. Auer
Some thoughts... The storage is an IDE Flash Disk, AKA Disk On Module. It has a 44 pin female header connector, same electrical interface as a 2.5" IDE hard drive. They're available dirt cheap in sizes from 64 megabytes to 2 gigabytes, not so cheap in 4 and 8 gigabytes... You can also use a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
Here's the FreeDOS image. Volume label is FREEDOS2012. Will mount in Quemu as a RAW image. Can't relocate the site I downloaded it from.https://anonfile.com/J8sau4d4bc/FreeDOS.rar The storage is an IDE Flash Disk, AKA Disk On Module. It has a 44 pin female header connector, same electrical

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread E. Auer
Hi Greg, I don't need anything complicated for DOS, just configuring the 128 meg RAM for as much EMS as possible because the old software I want to run uses EMS not XMS, and USB support for reading files from flash drives. Getting the Realtek AC97 sound and Realtek LAN working would be nice,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-04 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Gregg, > Boot from USB and it's there. I have a FreeDOS image for a 64 megabyte > module, which someone French setup for these thin clients. It will boot > just fine, but in French. Somehow it works around or ignores it hiding > or disabling the IDE controller. 1) Where did you get the

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-03 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
I'm attempting to get some DOS onto a WYSE Sx0 thin client. The problem is right after the OS starts to load from the IDE flash module, the BIOS steps in and hides the IDE controller. So it comes up missing operating system. Boot from USB and it's there. I have a FreeDOS image for a 64 megabyte

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

2017-11-08 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Nov 8, 2017, at 2:40 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > >> Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources > > Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time > and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, > I

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

2017-11-08 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jerome, > Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, I prefer to have the option to install + PACKAGES with sources. Then I can unzip only those

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

2017-11-07 Thread Jerome Shidel
I see a lot of assume this, assume that, plus a little of roughly this... Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources + (2x) old OS backup + 1-5MB safety margin at startup. If there is not that much space, tell user the error and stop. Like several other dangerous

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

2017-11-07 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jerome, >> Start with Base. > Can’t. If user is doing a custom install Yes you can ;-) Base install will be a common choice, so it is good if you can at least predict how much disk space is required for THAT. I think this also is exactly why Robert wrote START with base: You can always try

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

2017-11-07 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Robert :-) >> Base size, >> Base + sources size, >> Full size, >> Full + sources size, >> All package sizes (custom advanced mode) >> All packages + sources sizes, > Start with Base. Actually I would suggest to never install complete categories WITH SOURCE. Just install sources of

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS on LGR

2017-10-09 Thread Andy Stamp
Just watched the lastest Lazy Game Reviews video where he installed MS-DOS on an AMD Ryzen PC and was delighted to see FreeDOS used as part of the demo. He seemed to have better luck booting from C: with FreeDOS than with MS-DOS which was cool to see. Full video here:

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-31 Thread Tom Ehlert
> It's more possible than ever [0] to compile the kernel with GCC. 'This part of DJGPP is dedicated to the 16-bit tools that have been developed to assist in using DJGPP. Note: I lost interest in these projects before I completed them.' > Yes, it would be a large under taking but maybe a long

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-29 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > > It's more possible than ever [0] to compile the kernel with GCC. > Skeeto/Chris Wells posted [1][2] an example of compiling 16-bit code > with djgpp/GCC, including a linker script for linking 386+ real mode >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-28 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
Hi Ruxgulo, I just saw your answer, thanks for having replid so quickly :). I confess not using wine either, unless I'm forced to, which is to play a very few games, especially on BSD, where Steam is not available. Still, despite having set it, I launch these games very rarely as well, since,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-28 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
Hi Louis, thank you very much for the info. I was not aware of those projects ongoing underneath, mainly because I didn't have the time to make a deeper research or ask. Seems very interesting; guess I'll enjoying seeing if and when that kernel will be available in the next releases Cheers!,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-28 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
Hi Eric, and thank you for all the information you provided! If I have some time to spare I'll give a look to any of the tips you suggested above above. > PS: There is a Blinky FreeDOS thing for Super Tux Cart? > For Linux? Sounds interesting! Where did it come from? If you find yourself

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-28 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Paolo Vincenzo Olivo wrote: > >> We can't rest on our laurels. We need to be open to obvious >> improvements. > > This is a high-minded, wise way of talking I hadn't heard in a while. One > point to you, deserved There's always more to do.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Paolo Vincenzo Olivo wrote: > Thank you for your answer Ruxgulo but I think I've been misunderstood in some > parts, where I admit I may not have made myself clear > >> Just get a cheap Chromebook, if you need all these modern niceties. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Louis Santillan
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Rugxulo wrote: [SNIP] > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Paolo Vincenzo Olivo > wrote: [SNIP] >> Anyway, as clearly stated on FreeDOS home page, the purposes for ever >> installing it are in fact >> legacy softwares,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
> We can't rest on our laurels. We need to be open to obvious > improvements. This is a high-minded, wise way of talking I hadn't heard in a while. One point to you, deserved (But I'm not talking about stupid multimedia stuff or > anything overkill like that. I'm thinking much more

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
Thank you for your answer Ruxgulo but I think I've been misunderstood in some parts, where I admit I may not have made myself clear > No Javascript support is one obvious omission. But "modern" web (HTML > 5, etc) practically demands Firefox or Chrome anyways. Just get a > cheap Chromebook,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, Just to add (more) $0.02 On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Paolo Vincenzo Olivo wrote: > Hello there FreeDOS community, > I've been a FreeDOS user for 3 years so far, and I'd like to thank the > developers > for their effort and their amazing job. They've

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > (sorry everybody about the long answer... The short > answer is "would be nice to have a Wiki page about > situations where WfW 3.11 can be made to run, but I > still think that this has mostly novelty value only)

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Paolo, (sorry everybody about the long answer... The short answer is "would be nice to have a Wiki page about situations where WfW 3.11 can be made to run, but I still think that this has mostly novelty value only) > I guess people who commonly use Windows, > and don't feel comfortable with

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-27 Thread Paolo Vincenzo Olivo
Hello there FreeDOS community, I've been a FreeDOS user for 3 years so far, and I'd like to thank the developers for their effort and their amazing job. The reason I first looked out for a free/open source version of DOS, was that, being a retrogamer, I had grown up tired of dosbox and wanted to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 Codename?

2017-06-10 Thread Jim Hall
Beta 1 through Beta 9 R 1 had codenames. The short version is I thought codenames were a cute idea, better than just a number, so gave the Beta 1 a codename. But eventually they ran their course and we stopped giving names to the releases. You can see the codenames listed here:

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 Codename?

2017-06-10 Thread Eric Auer
Hi people, > A simple question, if I may: does FreeDOS 1.2 have a codename? > I really like things having names, so right now I am using MINNESOTA That would not be 8.3 compatible I see that the Beta versions were Orlando, Marvin, Ventura, Lemur, Lara, Midnite, Spears and Nikita, while the

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 Codename?

2017-06-09 Thread Simon van Meygaarden
Greetings, Folks. A simple question, if I may: does FreeDOS 1.2 have a codename? Wiki tells me all versions uptil 0.8 had codenames, but from then on, none! I really like things having names, so right now I am using MINNESOTA for FreeDOS 1.2 (also testing REDMOND -smile-) but I gladly switch to

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1272, Issue 1

2017-06-06 Thread garry
Thanks,  Just yesterday , for my first time I saw the blog, looks good. I get these from the mail-list, but have not had anything to say, or need to ask questions, so it has been a long time since I have posted anything.  Any way, a Happy Birthday, Free Dos as well.  I think that will be a fun

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Software Repositories Update

2017-05-14 Thread Jerome Shidel
I just weeded out a couple of packages that showed up in the RSS feed that had not been updated in a while. The showed up because they had recently had some METADATA corrections. Now that most of the packages should have correct METADATA, this type of corrections should be rare going forward. I

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Software Repositories Update.

2017-05-12 Thread Jerome Shidel
Hello again everyone, I just finished adding some new stuff to the fdrepo.sh Software Repository Management Utility. These new features added support for automatic RSS feed creation and updating. It automatically adds any new or updated packages into the feed. The Official software

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS versions of BACKUP & RESTORE program

2017-05-06 Thread Rugxulo
From: Rugxulo Hi, On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 2:51 PM, J||rg Jenderek wrote: > > i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not > found these programs. Not sure, and honestly I've not used such utils at all (or at least not in

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS versions of BACKUP & RESTORE program

2017-05-06 Thread Jörg Jenderek
From: J||rg Jenderek Hello, i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not found these programs. After hours of searching i found only 2 html documents. The first is "brusrman.htm" in directory dos/restore. It is the manual with usage and

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS versions of BACKUP & RESTORE program

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
From: Ralf Quint On 4/9/2017 12:51 PM, J||rg Jenderek wrote: > Hello, > i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not > found these programs. > > After hours of searching i found only 2 html documents. > > The first is "brusrman.htm" in directory

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-05-06 Thread Ira Minor
From: Ira Minor --===7247368430969604896== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114b1c0a694895054b21facf --001a114b1c0a694895054b21facf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of any

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-05-06 Thread Rugxulo
From: Rugxulo Hi, On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Abe Mishler wrote: > > Is anybody else running the Turbo C 2.01 IDE under FreeDOS? I appreciate any > help towards this end. I don't normally use IDEs. The very few times I do, I use TC++101 instead

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-05-06 Thread Abe Mishler
From: Abe Mishler Thanks. I'll look into OpenWatcom. I see it is supposed to have a nice debugger and Id used it for Doom. Interesting. > On Mar 20, 2017, at 1:11 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Abe Mishler

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-05-06 Thread Abe Mishler
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Eric Auer
From: Eric Auer Hi Eduardo, > 2017-02-03 Ralf Quint: >> Well, that works only with VMware, but unfortunately not with >> VirtualBox, AFAIK. > Right. As with drivers for other things, it would still be good to include vmsmount for those who use vmware to run FreeDOS :-)

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
From: Ralf Quint On 2/3/2017 12:59 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > I started a VirtualBox version a couple of years ago, but I lost > interest in it. Maybe one day... Well, despite being "from Oracle" these, days, it is the best "freely available" hypervisor out there. The

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
From: Ralf Quint On 2/2/2017 10:17 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > By the way, it would be nice to include VMSMOUNT which lets > DOS mount VMWare shared directories as drives, similar to > the magic "directory as a drive" function in DOSEMU. Both > require no network drivers at all,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ulrich Hansen
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Eduardo Casino
From: Eduardo Casino 2017-02-03 12:29 GMT+01:00 Eric Auer : > That sounds interesting! How far did you get, what is needed? Hi Eric, The low level pci interface is there, as well as some initialisation stuff and code taken from vmsmount. All the

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 & VirtualBox: Wiki updated

2017-05-06 Thread Ulrich Hansen
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Eduardo Casino
From: Eduardo Casino 2017-02-03 1:16 GMT+01:00 Ralf Quint : > Well, that works only with VMware, but unfortunately not with > VirtualBox, AFAIK. Right. > Otherwise, that would be my preferred method, similar to how you can > share data with the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
From: Ralf Quint On 2/2/2017 1:24 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote: > Hmm. YouAve got a point. The thing is: FTPSRV was for some years the > fastest way of getting files in and out of the FreeDOS guest. So I > considered it something most people would want, also in the anormalo >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ulrich Hansen
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
From: Ralf Quint On 2/1/2017 9:21 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote: > I also had time to update my VirtualBox images of FreeDOS. So if > anybody liked these images in the past: Here are the new ones: :-) > > https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/ And to add to my last

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-05-06 Thread Ralf Quint
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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 & VirtualBox: Wiki updated

2017-05-06 Thread Jerome Shidel
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2017-05-06 Thread Mike Powell
This message was from MATEUSZ VISTE to ALL, and was forwarded to you by MIKE POWELL. - From: Mateusz Viste Hi all, I write this short announcement to present an alpha version of a new software I have been creating these past

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2017-05-06 Thread LAWRENCE DIONNE
From: Lawrence Dionne --===6819500067562911645== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c05b4d86d53610545ee5f75 --94eb2c05b4d86d53610545ee5f75 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Pardon my late reply. I was able to install it via the legacy

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2017-05-06 Thread WOLFGANG ANDREAS HEISELE
From: "Wolfgang ANdreas Heisele" Hi, the howtos from pre 1.2 do not seem to work for 1.2. How and what configs need to be changed to get a fixed ip adress in freedos 1.2? Did someone have a look into why syslinux boot does not work when installing?

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2017-05-06 Thread LAWRENCE DIONNE
From: Lawrence Dionne --===4465328400761845988== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1141d4744f94970545c3eb1b --001a1141d4744f94970545c3eb1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU

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2017-05-06 Thread WOLFGANG ANDREAS HEISELE
From: "Wolfgang ANdreas Heisele" --===167213038012444== Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 KERNEL: By default, the C:KERNEL.SYS is the booted kernel for FreeDOS 1.2. It is 386 version and is the same as the C:FDOSBINKERNL386.SYS that gets installed during

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2017-05-06 Thread GORDON
From: Gordon Is there an easy way to double the font size? When running Freedos in VMWare on a 4k monitor, the window is so small as to be almost unusable. None of the VMWare display settings change the resolution of the window. Even in full screen mode, the font size doesn't

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2017-05-06 Thread TONY RICHARDSON
From: Tony Richardson --===4479304382924019363== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bb04c5ca48bfc0545374e25 --047d7bb04c5ca48bfc0545374e25 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I just finished setting up networking in FreeDOS 1.2 in a

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2017-05-06 Thread WOLFGANG ANDREAS HEISELE
From: "Wolfgang ANdreas Heisele" I have made a small video to show my issue with freedos 1.2 and syslinux. After installing it freedos does not boot because it is looking for kernel.sys in c:\fdos\bin\ were there is no such file. Also it seems to be only looking for files in c:\

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2017-05-06 Thread DIMITRIS ZILASKOS
From: Dimitris Zilaskos --===7160934022374945973== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113f201cec7e0e053a3222e4 --001a113f201cec7e0e053a3222e4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, I did a full freedos 1.2 installation but not all archivers

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2017-05-06 Thread WOLFGANG ANDREAS HEISELE
From: "Wolfgang ANdreas Heisele" --===3379101229769585198== Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I am new to freedos and got to this mailing list through this youtube video:

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2017-05-06 Thread JEROME SHIDEL
From: Jerome Shidel --===3627758014655191521== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_694DF3F7-CA05-4DC5-A5F1-E105DCA460A1" --Apple-Mail=_694DF3F7-CA05-4DC5-A5F1-E105DCA460A1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type:

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2017-05-06 Thread JIM HALL
From: Jim Hall --===7926836095309660980== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c1494a416cfb05447d1d2d --001a11c1494a416cfb05447d1d2d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I am proud to announce the release of FreeDOS 1.2! You can download it from

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2017-05-06 Thread ERCAN ERSOY
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2017-05-06 Thread SZőGYéNYI GáBOR
From: Sz+agy|-nyi G|ibor Hi freedos-users! I successfully installed the FreeDOS 1.2 RC1. I want to modify the size of the EMS memory. Maybe this line is the responsible for the EMS memory, but I don't know how to set the size. 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST

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2017-05-06 Thread MIKE POWELL
> From: Ralf Quint > On 11/8/2016 7:38 AM, Mike Powell wrote: > > > > For the uneducated, what is a "USB floppy drive"? > A floppy drive connected via a USB port... > Google it and you will find it, for example >

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user USB driv

2017-05-06 Thread MIKE POWELL
> From: Rugxulo > Having said that, USB floppy drive should automatically work (thanks > to the BIOS). I have one, it works fine (although I haven't used it > lately). Of course, I don't have any UEFI machines, so I don't know > how those would behave. For the uneducated,

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2017-05-06 Thread JEROME E. SHIDEL JR.
From: "Jerome E. Shidel Jr." Have you wondered exactly what has been updated in the new FreeDOS release since version 1.1? Check it out http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/previe s/1.2-rc1/compare.html

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2017-05-06 Thread ERCAN ERSOY
From: Ercan Ersoy Hi everyone. I manageda FreeDOS B project that is FreeDOS live cd. This includes FreeDOS programs and some other open source DOS applications. FreeDOS B is useful testing FreeDOS, computer maintenance, using DOS applications, education without installing

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2017-05-06 Thread ERCAN ERSOY
From: Ercan Ersoy Hello. I care SATA support on FreeDOS 1.1 CD. I researched AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS on FreeDOS 1.1 CD on boot floppy disk image (FDBOOT.IMG) that is booting via Syslinux. I applieda commands those are I found on FDBOOT.IMG on my other FreeDOS system.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS versions of BACKUP & RESTORE program

2017-04-09 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Jörg Jenderek wrote: > > i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not > found these programs. Not sure, and honestly I've not used such utils at all (or at least not in many years and don't remember). I

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS versions of BACKUP & RESTORE program

2017-04-09 Thread Jörg Jenderek
Hello, i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not found these programs. After hours of searching i found only 2 html documents. The first is "brusrman.htm" in directory dos/restore. It is the manual with usage and messages for these 2 Free-DOS programs. The second

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-03-20 Thread Abe Mishler
Thanks. I'll look into OpenWatcom. I see it is supposed to have a nice debugger and Id used it for Doom. Interesting. > On Mar 20, 2017, at 1:11 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Abe Mishler wrote: >> >> Is anybody else

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-03-20 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Abe Mishler wrote: > > Is anybody else running the Turbo C 2.01 IDE under FreeDOS? I appreciate any > help towards this end. I don't normally use IDEs. The very few times I do, I use TC++101 instead (which has less bugs and is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-03-20 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/19/2017 9:29 PM, Ira Minor wrote: I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of any kind. Do you run the command line compiler or are you using the IDE, as Abe was trying to do? I haven't really bothered with TC 2.01 as I own Borland C(++)3.1 and with that one,

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-03-19 Thread Ira Minor
I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of any kind. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Abe Mishler wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I would like to run Borland's Turbo C 2.01 (freely available now from [0]) > under

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

2017-03-19 Thread Abe Mishler
Hey everyone, I would like to run Borland's Turbo C 2.01 (freely available now from [0]) under FreeDOS. I can only get the IDE (TC.EXE) to run under MS-DOS (I have 6.22) which is somewhat disappointing given my goal of using FreeDOS. I did some searching regarding this issue and found this

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS images for VirtualBox

2017-02-04 Thread Eduardo Casino
2017-02-03 12:29 GMT+01:00 Eric Auer : > That sounds interesting! How far did you get, what is needed? Hi Eric, The low level pci interface is there, as well as some initialisation stuff and code taken from vmsmount. All the shared folders protocol is missing, so there is

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