On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:49:51 +0100, you wrote:
Hi Bernd,
>Would be nice indeed, to let FreeDOS uninstall itself (undo all made
>changes + delete FreeDOS directory) if the user wants that.
Well, uninstall FreeDOS is very simple, because FreeDOS didn't use any
registry or hidden tricks. Just dele
Johnson Lam schreef:
That someone would write command line programs to ...
* save
Eric Auer's OSCHECK program does this.
and 'restore' boot sectors
No known FreeDOS/GPL utility, only a DEBUG-script which I lost
* save and restore MBRs (AEFDISK already does this so it's number 2 on my
wish l
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:03:46 -0800, you wrote:
Hi 16BIT,
>That someone would write command line programs to ...
>* save and 'restore' boot sectors
>* save and restore MBRs (AEFDISK already does this so it's number 2 on my
>wish list)
Something more to clarify:
We need "one" command line progra
>
> There is no absolutely safe method to detect "valid" bootsector,
>especially because there are variety of file systems and conditions, when
>bootsector may become invalid (for example, removing OS kernel files, which
>loaded from boot sector).
My wish list:
That someone would write comma
Hi!
18-Ноя-2004 00:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>> What about grub/lilo? What about other bootloaders, which not yet known
>>at time of writing/compiling OSCHECK? (I mean, adding some lines with FIND
>>is easier with (noncompilable) batch file).
BB> I lack t
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:43:07 +0100 (MET), you wrote:
Hi Eric,
>BUT THERE IS A BUG, and the installer will not notice that you have
>*both* WinXP and Win98 in that boot menu. So in the end you will
>have a boot menu with only Win98 and FreeDOS menu items.
Lucky.
I found some minor problem when bo
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
What about grub/lilo? What about other bootloaders, which not yet known
at time of writing/compiling OSCHECK? (I mean, adding some lines with FIND
is easier with (noncompilable) batch file).
Hello Arkady,
I lack the tools to determine 'there is NO (VALID) bootsecto
Hi!
17-Ноя-2004 23:01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
BB> Eric's OSCHECK utility is more reliable, as it uses different ranges of
BB> errorlevels for:
BB> -no known bootsector found
BB> -known bootsector found
BB> -known bootsector + kernel file found
BB> each range i
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
Hi!
Bernd wrotes, that installer analyzes presence of bootloader through
existance of boot.ini. This is unreliable method in all sences. I know
better method: FIND. Something like:
Eric's OSCHECK utility is more reliable, as it uses different ranges of
errorlevels
Hi!
17-Ноя-2004 20:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
EA> the big warning on freedos.org is indeed important to know about.
EA> IF you have WinXP (or WinNT or Win2k) on your PC on a NTFS drive
EA> AND IF you have a FAT based operating system as well, for example
EA> Win9
Eric Auer schreef:
Hi all,
the big warning on freedos.org is indeed important to know about.
IF you have WinXP (or WinNT or Win2k) on your PC on a NTFS drive
AND IF you have a FAT based operating system as well, for example
Win98,
AND IF you boot from the FreeDOS beta 9 CD-ROM to install FreeDOS,
T
Hi all,
the big warning on freedos.org is indeed important to know about.
IF you have WinXP (or WinNT or Win2k) on your PC on a NTFS drive
AND IF you have a FAT based operating system as well, for example
Win98,
AND IF you boot from the FreeDOS beta 9 CD-ROM to install FreeDOS,
THEN FreeDOS should
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