Re: [Freedos-user] DOS laptop battery run-time test?

2008-11-12 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! free methods like pop in a DVD and sit in front of the laptop with a timer until the machine shuts down. But this seems like a good job for DOS, which won't complain if power termination shuts the machine off instead of a soft shutdown process. Hmmm how about the following: Let

Re: [Freedos-user] InitDisk Warning

2008-11-12 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! MessageFor what it is worth, I use HP's Disk format tool for my CF card. This utility is no longer supported but you can easily find it on the web (be cautious). http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS laptop battery run-time test?

2008-11-12 Thread John Hupp
Thanks, Eric. That's the kind of concept I had in mind. - Original Message - From: Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DOS laptop battery run-time test? Hi! free methods like pop

Re: [Freedos-user] format and sys.

2008-11-12 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! As long as I remember on MS-DOS format /s is the same as use FORMAT and later use SYS. Transfer boot sector, hidden files and command.com Actually when you use FreeDOS FORMAT /S it will just do a normal format and then call your copy of SYS. So it even requires the presence of SYS in