Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:01:29 +0200, you wrote: Hi Bernd, >I'm extensively using WinImage. Too bad FreeDOS DISKCOPY isn't as >flexible as either WinImage and RAWRITE yet. I'm using EMT4WIN 4.35 by Daniel F. Valot, it's free. And it can create self-extract DOS EXE! http://dvalot.free.fr/emtcopy.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:47:23 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry, >But you don't need a CD-Writer for FreeDOS. They offer a 1.44 floppy IMG >file for Beta9SR1 together with RAWRITE. You can just extract the files >you need from there...if you have WinImage it's even easier, as you can >drag and drop di

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread kd4d
There is a really neat free Windows program called VFD http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html which I use all the time. It allows you to mount a file as a floppy disk and assign it a drive letter under Windows. You can use diskcopy to/from a real floppy disk (if you have one) or creat

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Bernd, IMG file for Beta9SR1 together with RAWRITE. You can just extract the files you need from there... Any Windows which can boot into DOS has an easy way of installing: -download ISO to c:\fdbootcd.iso -create bootdisk -boot from bootdisk, which should find the ISO file automatically.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Gerry Hickman schreef: But you don't need a CD-Writer for FreeDOS. They offer a 1.44 floppy IMG file for Beta9SR1 together with RAWRITE. You can just extract the files you need from there...if you have WinImage it's even easier, as you can drag and drop direct from within the IMG file. (I'm s

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-02 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Johnson, I'm glad this one now starts to make sense. Regarding not being able to get 1.3.0 beta, surely it's included in the official Beta9sr1 release? I got only 1 CD-Writer in my office (notebook's docking station), and it's always taken by someone. That's why I usually download updated

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-01 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:01:00 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry, >OK, I think this is where we are going wrong on this list with the >testing (me included). People are posting results without locking down >versioning. I mean we are all running totoally different versions and >then wonder why we get di

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-01 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Johnson, I switch to FDISK 1.2.1 (old one) and everything works, even the logical drive size problem gone. With old FDISK the XEON server boot normally Thank you very much for your test procedure! 1) FDISK 1.2.1 UI have bugs, command line OK 2) FDISK 1.2.1-K not working OK, I think

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1-k not working

2005-08-01 Thread Johnson Lam
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:58:04 +0100, you wrote: Hi Gerry, Finally did all the test ... I found that Jeremy removed the "test" version of FDISK 1.3.0 beta from his website. My copy is downloaded last week, the version still shows "1.2.1-k". Following you list, it fail in: >>1. Boot FreeDOS on a