Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Eric Auer wrote: >> www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/unofficial/ >> contains metados and several other older distros. > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > No, it actually

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: >> But 3(b) in the GNU GPL says source code should be available up to >> three years after they download the binary, upon request. > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:54 PM, dmccunney wrote: [..] > If you

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

On Fri, Sep 18 2015 at 10:54pm, dmccunney wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: >> But 3(b) in the GNU GPL says source code should be available up to >> three years after they download the binary, upon request. > The problem is that this is generally taken

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 5:13 PM, wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18 2015 at 10:54pm, dmccunney wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: >>> But 3(b) in the GNU GPL says source code should be available up to >>> three years after they download

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > But 3(b) in the GNU GPL says source code should be available up to > three years after they download the binary, upon request. The problem is that this is generally taken to mean "The source that produced the particular binary

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

> On Fri, Sep 18 2015 at 10:54pm, dmccunney wrote: >> Since the state of the source in an open source product is variable, >> current source may not build, let alone duplicate the user's binary, >> so you can't just point at the development repository when people >> inquire about source. >> >> If

[Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

Hello list. I am new to Freedos :-) Back in the old days of MS-DOS i was used that after booting a PC with a DOS-floppy, the command line was shown. Under FreeDos, I am asked to install to harddisk, or create drive C: Question: What is the fastest approach (after FreeDos is started from CD-ROM)

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

Hi Joe, the difference is that you use some INSTALL disk with FreeDOS. You want to use a BOOT disk instead :-) That gives you all the software on the boot disk, without having to install first and without having to abort the install... You can try metados or brezel or similar floppy distros. If

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

Hi, On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/unofficial/ > contains metados and several other older distros. No, it actually doesn't. About 1.5 years ago, Jim Hall removed (well, "hid") all the

Re: [Freedos-user] entering into the command-line as fast as possible

You might want to try my "all_cd" live cd (443M). It comes with all the latest FreeDOS packages, boots directly into a shell, and allows to install FreeDOS on hdd if one wishes to. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/all_cd.iso Mateusz On