[Freedos-user] Modem Installation on FreeDOS

2011-10-14 Thread Arthur N. Dunning III
I am interested in installing an external modem in FreeDOS so that I can fax documents or make phone calls. Does FreeDOS come with any software that can allow for modem installations? Arthur -- All the data continuousl

Re: [Freedos-user] Modem Installation on FreeDOS

2011-10-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > I am interested in installing an external modem in FreeDOS so that I can > fax documents or make phone calls. Does FreeDOS come with any software > that can allow for modem installations? If the modem is connected via serial port (RS232) then you can use any DOS modem stuff with any vers

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Michael B. Brutman
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Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-14 Thread Mark Brown
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[Freedos-user] Modem Installation on FreeDOS

2011-10-14 Thread Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
From Arthur N. Dunning III: > I am interested in installing an external modem in FreeDOS so that I > can fax documents or make phone calls. Does FreeDOS come with any > software that can allow for modem installations? In case you are also looking for fax software, my favorite for text files is B

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Eduardo Casino
2011/10/14 Michael B. Brutman : > I'll do my part and try it too - I have real 8088 class machines all > over the place. ;-0 Thanks! Please use the latest test release from http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsmount/files/Test/ Earlier ones will fail with an invalid opcode. Best, Eduardo. ---

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Tom Ehlert
Eduardo, bug ro feature ? I don't see any files with long filenames. Shouldn't they be visible with their short filenames filena~1.exe Tom -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Eduardo Casino
2011/10/14 Tom Ehlert : > bug ro feature ? I don't see any files with long filenames. > > Shouldn't they be visible with their short filenames > >   filena~1.exe Misfeature, I'm afraid. From the readme.txt: "Does not support long names (long names and/or with illegal characters are ignored)" I've

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Eduardo Casino
2011/10/14 Eduardo Casino : > 1. Provide a persistent way of associate long and short filenames > (maybe a ".longnames" file in the host) and add a locking mechanism so > concurrent modifications from two or more virtual machines do not > cause troubles. It seems that WIndows 7 uses a hashing algo

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Wayne Graves wrote: > > I can boot anything and I have a system in the corner that has 12 TB of disk > on it which I can build anything on. I just want to know how to get a > bootable USB up with freedos running and maybe this will do it, thanks. Like I said,

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: vmsmount, a driver for mounting VMware's shared folders in DOS

2011-10-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > > It seems that WIndows 7 uses a hashing algorithm to generate short > file names on the fly when they are not supported by the filesystem. > Samba uses a similar approach. > > I don't know, I could give it a try if there is a strong de

Re: [Freedos-user] Modem Installation on FreeDOS

2011-10-14 Thread Arthur N. Dunning III
Eric, I think you mean Bret Johnson ... right? In any case I used his USB DOS drivers, and it picked up my modem, but only recognizes it as an Unknown Device. I think that if I can get around that particular obstacle, my modem can work. I would have to test it, of course, to make sure. :) Arth