Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-26 Thread Carl Spitzer
On Sat, 2012-01-14 at 19:14 -0800, Michael Robinson wrote: > First off, I don't appreciate anyone calling anyone an idiot on this > email list. Second, I haven't experimented with Freedos 1.1 myself, but > I hope any difficulty others have working with it is dealt with both > patiently and profes

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-15 Thread dos386
> wish VMware's video feature would use standard codecs so > something could be posted to Youtube or Please provide your movies in OGV or WebM files, not Loo-Tube. > > - It fails to find any HD (see middle shot) > In the normal configurations or the dedication one? Both, but in "normal configura

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-15 Thread teo gum
2012/1/15 dos386 > > Other: > > >- CWSDPMI, VSM, DOSNTLFN, ... are in > >- INFOPAD, 7-ZIP, UNTGZ, HX/HDPMI32, MPXPLAY, FASM, CC386, FREEBASIC, > >ARACHNE, ... are NOT in ... what can you do with it when installed ? > As for the mpxplay copied it into /fdos/bin from the previous distribution. Or

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-15 Thread teo gum
2012/1/15 dos386 > >would be nice to know how many people actually installed it > >successfully on a __REAL__ PC ;-) > I did and did it successfully. Yes, it did hang on the commandx but not mortally - for a while like some 2 minutes and then continued without problems. On a partition fat 32 -

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-15 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 15-1-2012 3:56, dos386 schreef: >> [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS 1.1 released > > COOL :-) thanks, worked hard for it :) > http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/freeds11.png I like your style of coming up with screenshots, it clarifies issues quite nicely. I wish VMware's video feature would use stand

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread dos386
My criticism addressed the fact that you can "select" Pat as a menu item, not the respect to Pat ... EOD @Ralf. -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread dos386
Thanks ... > It is not a menu item, just a dedication :-( > the same respect to Pat can be shown even > without the highlighting of that item/line and allowing to select it ;-) > What types of HD do you have? IDE, SATA, USB? IDE, and there is a FAT16 partition on. > Maybe because there actuall

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Ralf A. Quint wrote: > At 07:14 PM 1/14/2012, Michael Robinson wrote: > >>First off, I don't appreciate anyone calling anyone an idiot on this >>email list. > > Sorry but this was just one arrogant post of him too many! > > He is one of the reasons, beside my

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 07:18 PM 1/14/2012, dos386 wrote: >I can install and update FreeDOS manually (and I've been >having it for years), so the problems don't really hurt me, >but for potential new users, I'd prefer a well working distro. How about you come up with a better working installer yourself then? Ralf

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 07:15 PM 1/14/2012, dos386 wrote: > > > What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? > > Are you such an idiot or are you just trying to play the troll here? > > It should be obvious to almost everyone that this is not an > active menu item > >Idiot yourself. It is active. Ju

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 07:14 PM 1/14/2012, Michael Robinson wrote: >First off, I don't appreciate anyone calling anyone an idiot on this >email list. Sorry but this was just one arrogant post of him too many! He is one of the reasons, beside my past health issues, that I have not participated in here for years. Ra

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Dos386, >> [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS 1.1 released > http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/freeds11.png > - What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? It is not a menu item, just a dedication :-( Maybe the fact that it is highlighted made it look like a menu item for you... I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread dos386
I can install and update FreeDOS manually (and I've been having it for years), so the problems don't really hurt me, but for potential new users, I'd prefer a well working distro. -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 S

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread dos386
> > What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? > Are you such an idiot or are you just trying to play the troll here? > It should be obvious to almost everyone that this is not an active menu item Idiot yourself. It is active. Just try to select it and push ENTER :-D

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Michael Robinson
First off, I don't appreciate anyone calling anyone an idiot on this email list. Second, I haven't experimented with Freedos 1.1 myself, but I hope any difficulty others have working with it is dealt with both patiently and professionally. Myself, I'm waiting for the 1.2 release. > >Problems: >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 06:56 PM 1/14/2012, dos386 wrote: > > [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS 1.1 released > >COOL :-) > >http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/freeds11.png > >Problems: > >- What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? Are you such an idiot or are you just trying to play the troll here? It sho

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-14 Thread dos386
> [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS 1.1 released COOL :-) http://jafile.com/uploads/dos386/freeds11.png Problems: - What's the purpose of the menu item "Pasquale" (see top shot) ? - It fails to find any HD (see middle shot) - Using the menu item "install to harddisk", it starts installing but hangs at

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Marco Achury
The torrent worked for me, thanks a lot. I think that torrent protocol is designed to look for a free port. -- -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(414)-3142282 Skype: marcoachury http://www.achury.com.ve El 04/01/2012 06:11 p.m., James Hall escribió: >>> And

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread James Hall
>>And in a few minutes, we'll have a torrent seed, thanks to our friends >>at ibiblio. >>:-) > > That's working fine as well, about 3x as fast as http, with only 1 > peer when I started (myself?, shows 6 peers by the time I was finished). > > But would be surprised if that would work for Marco, tha

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 01:58 PM 1/4/2012, James Hall wrote: > >>I have discovered the wifi connection I am using have a locked ftp port... > > > > That won't cause any problems, as there is an http download link > > presented on the FreeDOS download page for your convenience as well. ;-) > > > > That's btw the link I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread James Hall
>>I have discovered the wifi connection I am using have a locked ftp port... > > That won't cause any problems, as there is an http download link > presented on the FreeDOS download page for your convenience as well. ;-) > > That's btw the link I tested the other day... And in a few minutes, we'l

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Florian Xaver
Hi! Austrian Newspaper: mobil.derstandard.at/1325485654057/Release-Freie-MSDOS-Alternative-FreeDOS-11-veroeffentlicht Florian -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Linux-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet. James Hall schrieb: 2012/1/3 Aitor Santamaría : > Just as a curiosity. Aas my google se

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Marco Achury
hmmm no idea what is the problem. On http link I can get the directory listing, I can read announce.txt but cant download the file. El 04/01/2012 01:18 p.m., Ralf A. Quint escribió: > At 09:34 AM 1/4/2012, Marco Achury wrote: > >> I have discovered the wifi connection I am using have a locked ftp

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 09:34 AM 1/4/2012, Marco Achury wrote: >I have discovered the wifi connection I am using have a locked ftp port... That won't cause any problems, as there is an http download link presented on the FreeDOS download page for your convenience as well. ;-) That's btw the link I tested the other

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-04 Thread Marco Achury
I have discovered the wifi connection I am using have a locked ftp port... May be someone is so kind to start a torrent and inform where to download :-) BTW thepiratebay.org reports 3 torrents for the iso 1.0 -- -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(414)-3142282

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-03 Thread James Hall
2012/1/3 Aitor Santamaría : > Just as a curiosity. Aas my google searches in Spanish by default, > hours after the release, I have noticed that there are already two > sites having an article covering that already (I don't know either of > them personaly): > > http://www.neoteo.com/freedos-1-1-nuev

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-03 Thread ニール・ゴンパ
I'm so pleased that it has finally been released. I'm getting ready to grab FreeDOS 1.1 to do some nostalgic DOS tinkering right now. 2012/1/3 Aitor Santamaría > Just as a curiosity. Aas my google searches in Spanish by default, > hours after the release, I have noticed that there are already tw

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-03 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Just as a curiosity. Aas my google searches in Spanish by default, hours after the release, I have noticed that there are already two sites having an article covering that already (I don't know either of them personaly): http://www.neoteo.com/freedos-1-1-nueva-version-del-dos-gratuito http://www.g

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-03 Thread James Hall
> Would be interesting to get downloads statistics in order to know how many > people around the world is following freedos development... > I'll see what stats we can get from ibiblio. Been a while since I needed stats from them, but they do track it. At worst, I may have to wait until the end of

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-03 Thread James Hall
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Marco Achury wrote: > > I cant connect ibiblio today, Appear that freedos release has colapsed the > servers :-) > > Would be interesting to get downloads statistics in order to know how many > people around the world is following freedos development... > > I haven

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-02 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 05:09 PM 1/2/2012, Marco Achury wrote: >I cant connect ibiblio today, Appear that freedos release has >colapsed the servers :-) Works just fine and snappy from California Ralf -- Write once. Port to many. Get

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-02 Thread Marco Achury
I cant connect ibiblio today, Appear that freedos release has colapsed the servers :-) Would be interesting to get downloads statistics in order to know how many people around the world is following freedos development... -- -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(4

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 released

2012-01-01 Thread jhall
Congratulations!!! On Jan 1, 2012, at 7:32 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > I'm happy to announce that the FreeDOS 1.1 distribution is finally > available, including sources to all packages. You'll notice it's quite > a basic version, lacking some features and programs that were present in > the