Hi, as far as I know, only Windows-aware programs generally
notice it at all if you have LFN support active. Normally you
need a TSR like LFNDOS or DOSLFN to provide LFN support, but
there was a project to merge that into a special kernel at some
time. FreeCOM does not really do much with LFN.
Hi, I have not tested those, but check yourself:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/ -
freedos-boot-2.88mb.bin (only the boot sector for 2.88 MB floppy)
freedos-boot-floppy-2.88mb.zip (boot sector and 2.88 MB image, plus
some howto and an 8 MB harddisk image).
Supposed
Hi, you can download all of FreeDOS beta9rc4 on one ISO image,
or all of FreeDOS ODIN 0.6 as one 720k or 1440k floppy image in
a zip file together with the software to put the image onto a
real floppy. If this is still not what you want, we should put
all the files from the IMAGES into a ZIP file
Hi, I just tried to mail SEN but the mail bounced. Maybe you know more?
Bounced mail follows:
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HIEW 4.41 ?
Hi, I have an HIEW 4.41 binary around - it only tells by SEN but does
not show licensing info. Now I found HIEW 6.16 and it is shareware.
[...]
It looks
Hi Jonathan,
sorry to hear that FreeDOS install did not work for you.
Indeed, we have TWO installers. One is text mode and the
other one looks very Windows-ish (which I personally do
not really like...). Both in fact do almost the same as the
Linux commands
mkdir /fdos
cd /fdos
for x in $(find
Hi, nice to hear that you are getting closer.
BITDISK is a variant of TDSK, and both are ramdisk drivers. APPEND is
very fresh, so maybe it was not considered stable enough for beta9rc4.
ATAPICDD is commented out by default in the config,sys which you get
after installing beta9rc4 because
Hi Nicholas! Please be a bit more careful...
I've got xmsdsk set up to make a 32 MB RAMdisk.
When I try to do anything with said
ramdisk I get an error message, similar to XMSDsk or MS-RAMDRIVE and
DOS PART: SECTOR NOT FOUND
No helpful error description. Try using
- other XMS drivers:
Hi Mika!
1. ... need a DOS-compatible driver from the modem ...?
No, modems work with generic drivers under all operating systems.
Some operating systems have extra drivers to allow optimized usage.
Note that your modem has to be a generic serial port one (internal
or external) to work with
Hi, if there is a fdconfig,sys file, FreeDOS ignores config,sys ...
so please try editing fdconfig,sys instead. In addition, DEVLOAD is
indeed a very limited kludge to load device drivers. Whenever possible,
use DEVICE (or DEVICEHIGH) instead. Use DEVICEHIGH only if your UMBs
are compatible with
Hi Claudia... Sorry, but making EDIT process data structures of
more than 64k size would be quite complicated. There is already
a very good EDITOR for 386 which can handle very big files:
http://setedit.sourceforge.net/
Especially if you install some of the plugins it will have an huge
set of
Hi, looks like you ran into some error right after CDRcache showing
a message that the CD-ROM driver reported a disk change. Strange. You
can configure CDRcache to more or less verbosity, maybe this helps.
Try
echo ? CDRCACH$
(or however you called the device) to get help about how to do that.
Hi Adam, I think you have an EMM386 problem. 0F 20 xx is read CRn which
some EMM386 do not emulate (it is not allowed natively to programs which
are locked into a vm86 environment, and all EMM386 must use vm86 to make
DOS run).
I found that DESCENT runs best for me with DOS32A instead of DOS4GW:
Hi, Keith sends extra information:
The error appears after the lines that display the hd, pri, chs, start and
size and the bios reported 0 sectors/track assuming 63. old int13=f000e024
int15=f000f859, new int13=9f48 int15=9f40027c. The last invalid opcode
says f000 9f40 0216 f601 e003
Hi, tried to mail Johnson directly, but got relaying denied... So on-list:
Hi, this is NOT a problem with the CPU if you ask me. It is one with
the BIOS for all what I can tell. FreeDOS runs fine on K6-2, I have
one myself. The K6-2 is 100% compatible to 386, and as you know, FreeDOS
is even
Hi Imre!
SCANDISK - this should be implemented as an user interface to DOSFSCK
Yes, for this you should strip down dosfsck (throw out delayed writing and
I disagree: Delayed writing is perfectly useful because you can use the code
to create an UNDO LOG before actually changing the disk,
Hi, you think that FORMAT C: /U on a 40 GB partition would hang?
No, but you selected /U which means wiping the entire 40 GB and
doing a surface scan for it! This can take very long, and FORMAT
is not optimized for that. I recommend that you use
FORMAT C: /Q /U
instead, which only writes the
Hi, try loading SHARE, for file sharing and locking:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/freedos-share-04may2004.zip
or use an older version. Try with FAT16 if FAT32 is a problem. Do not forget
to try loading network / ... drivers low, loading them into UMB can give
spurious
Hi Kurt!
Yes, the percentage did change, depends on what kind of hard disk you
have. I've tried it take several hours (5 hours as I remember, my PC
very slow) to format 40GB.
So we have the 5 second quick format and the 5 hour surface scan format.
What is the Win9x format command doing
Hi, I would call X=TEST either HIGHSCAN or SAFESCAN if you
were to ask me what syntax should be used to exclude all
high areas which contain other than all-0 / all-ff.
By the way, while googling for NoMovExBDA I found that in
EMM386 of DOS 6.22 / newer ROM= got improved. If that means
that older
Hi, I found some interesting article about BASIC:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47035 (in German)...
It first worked 40 years ago today. The inventors slept while students finally
made it to get it running for them :-).
The history of Microsoft is closely related to BASIC, too.
Bill
Moikka Leke [and Finnish-for-and :-)] Mika!
The fdos1440.img file is only meant for people who cannot
boot from CD-ROM. So you have to use it in combination with
the CD-ROM. Alternatively, use FreeDOS ODIN, which is a
distro which packs all the best on a single floppy.
HINT: I am working on an
Hi, here is somebody who needs help with the Hungarian keyboard map
on FreeDOS. Either he uses KEYB the wrong way or there is a bug in hu208.key ...
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewfaq.cgi?faq=incoming/249
Eric
---
This
Hi, maybe a bit off topic, but a friend found a nice page about
the 1995 Microsoft Bob user interface:
http://toastytech.com/guis/bob2.html
Bob is a desktop for Windows 3 (and 95) and aims to be VEY intuitive.
Actually, the desktop looks like a room and you can place objects there
instead
Hi Ray, answering some embedded questions...
- please update to kernel 2035 or at least use in *config.sys:
SWITCHES=/E
to avoid EBDA movement problems
- FreeDOS does have an EMM386, check www.freedos.org - software - base
But DR DOS EMM386 will work, too (avoid the DPMI option, though, as
Hi, for your Ensoniq 1370 / SB PCI64 soundcard, you might try those drivers:
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.co.uk/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/boards/Soundcards/PCI64-Q3D/PCI64(238Q).html
http://www.nickles.de/c/a/archiv1-78531.htm - try APINIT / APLOAD
Hi, to create a very simple FreeDOS bootable system,
get the kernel from http://freedos.sourceforge.net/
(-32 version supports FAT32 as well, -16 version does not).
The download will contain a version of FreeCOM command.com,
too, and some simple examples for autoexec / config. It also
has the SYS
Hi, James and I have updated the FAQ entry about FreeDOS and USB storage:
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewfaq.cgi?faq=./incoming/219
- http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm
- http://newdos.yginfo.net/usbdos.htm
Maybe somebody can tell more about the licensing? Available drivers:
USB_CD
Hi, Tyler reports some interesting things:
- The DOS extender freeze on exit from QV (QuickView32 media player?) no
longer happens with the new version (in the old version, you had to use
DOS32A to avoid the problem)
- Quake (and Doom) work(s) with the new version, while other drivers caused
Hi!
Just install FreeDOS and you will notice which programs have message
catalog files :-) For my system:
ls nls
choice.de diskcopy.de find.es help.de localize.en pause.ensort.en
choice.en diskcopy.en find.hu help.en more.de runtime.de sort.es
choice.hu diskcopy.nl
Hi!
I have closed:
http://www.freedos.org/bugs/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1022
and updated:
http://www.freedos.org/bugs/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=998
I think we can postpone SCANDISK to post-1.0, for example PC-DOS
does not have one either.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/dos/psm952a.html
Hi, a FreeDOS user found two nice (closed source) freeware programs:
FileMaven - a file manager (one window on the left, one on the right,
drop down menu with hotkey control, text mode, 25 or 50 lines) with
support for some archives (ZIP...), encryption and: A file transfer
module! You can run
Hi Johnson!
FileMaven - a file manager ... with ... and: A file transfer
module! You can run one instance in host mode and then open a
connection from another FileMaven on another PC. Transfer uses serial
or parallel link cables (wiring instructions included).
* Yes it DOES
Hi, I am proud to have finished the first version of my inofficial
FreeDOS 1.0 TODO list on:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/freedos-inofficial-1.0-todo-list.html
Features:
- post 1.0 items are included and marked in a separate color
(all link to
Hi! Ranting on...
Eric, you say your list is not to replace the official, then why you do
it? why, being over 70 bugs, do you waste your time (and mine) in
creating such a list?
I claim that my list actually saves me some time: I can annotate things
there, while doing so would often be
Hi, let me clarify the background of the discussion:
Johnson had put the new HTML help texts online only to make
reviewing easier. Once they get added to the ZIP file of
HTML-help, there will be no problem with embedded mail addresses.
HOWEVER, we accidentally got too much attention to the HTML
Hi Arkady,
you can do even more: with a boot loader (lilo, grub, WinXP one...)
you can boot FreeDOS from any partition on any sane int 13h device
which is in FAT12/16/32 format. HOWEVER, the kernel will always search
the config file on A: (if booted from ANY floppy) or C: (if booted from
ANY
Hi, I created a new DOS version of DOSFSCK 2.10, based on the
original 2.10 sources, Imre's and Lucho's 2.10 DOS port, my
own 2.8 DOS port, and FreeDOS FORMAT's Lock_Unlock_Drive function.
The changed files (excuse the sloppy packaging) can be found on
Hi, there is a new experimental TICKLE version based on suggestions from
Erwin and some new ideas:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/lbacache-tickle-update.zip
The new version combines TICKLE (1k) and TICKLEHD (1.5k) into one
binary (2k). The resident code for harddisk handling is only kept in
Hi, I have been thinking about an extra tool for LBAcache:
hook int 25/26 (or the FAT32 equivalent int 21.7xxx function, or all),
for ONE drive. That drive must not use int 13 BIOS disk access.
For all calls, call int 13 LBA functions, using the linear sector number
from the call and a fixed
Hi all, I am pleased to announce FORMAT 0.91s, which you can get at:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/ format-0.91s.zip
(remove the space to get the actual URL)
Changes: Daniele Giacomini did several tests with his various old PCs
with 5.25in drives, and I think the (broken
Hi, before we re-invent the wheel again, we should first try to get
DOSLFN working with FreeDOS again. Jason writes that DOSLFN uses the
FAT32 sector I/O functions for FAT32 enabled kernels for ALL drives
in DOSLFN 0.33, and he thinks that DOS should be clever enough for
that. In other words, he
Hi, try the newest testing kernel:
http://linux.tu-varna.acad.bg/~lig/freedos/kernel/
it fixes a memory allocation problem - maybe useful for MASM, too.
In addition, int 25 should be supported, our disk tools use it
without problems. Maybe you could visit our IRC channel or ICQ me
(see contact
Hi, I finally added the updated TICKLE (separately available 2 weeks ago)
to the LBAcache download. So TICKLEHD.COM is no longer needed, TICKLE.COM
can do both floppy and harddisk. Read TICKLE /? output and the lbacache
and ticklehd documentation.
There is an update in LBAcache as well: you have
Hi Andy, we found that RBIL is indeed wrong: Sector numbers are
actually 0 based for int 25/26, and the FreeDOS kernel treats
them as 0 based, too. You should debug your program a bit
interactively. It will be interesting to find out why FreeDOS
needs the DIR first. Please compare a few kernel
Hi Angela,
you should look on the web for ways to unhide the MS DOS which is
still there in WinME: Win95, Win98 and WinME are all using DOS to get
started. It is only that WinME does not want that you use DOS...
As WinME uses a FAT filesystem, you should be able to
- save the boot sector of WinME
Hi,
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewdir.cgi?dir=incoming
is now featuring two interesting problems:
- what is the best way to install FreeDOS on USB storage devices?
- how can you dual-boot RXDOS and FreeDOS?
If anybody has experiences with this, please reply in the FAQ system.
Hi, can you give more details about your install attempt?
There should be an installer boot floppy, and this should
let you enter floppy install mode if none of the following is found:
- CD ROM of beta 9
- ISO image of beta 9 on harddisk
- contents of beta 9 CD on harddisk
... but of course you
Hi, I tested SmallBasic.sourceforge.net with some old QBASIC and GWBASIC .bas
files, here a short list of things which did not work:
KEY, DEFINT, DEFDBL, CLEAR, POKE, FILES, DO, GOTO as shorthand for THEN GOTO
... WIDTH, OUT, LPTINT, SHELL, signs in REM lines (if non-balanced, which
should not
Hi, I started collecting some errata / comments about the FreeDOS beta 9
ISO image and the readme.txt file in the download directory. Unless our
fileserver gets confused again, you can find it at:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/beta9errata.zip
Summary: the docs/kjdavis/ files, in particular
Hi again, I tried to install beta 9 without a CD-writer,
and I ran into some problems...
The boot image contains:
command.com kernel.sys fdconfig.sys
driver - atapicdd.sys cdrcache.sys eltorito.sys DEVLOAD.COM udma.sys
SHSUCDHD.EXE himem.exe lbacache.com shsucdx.exe tickle.com
freedos -
Hi, you may remember syseecho (show a string, but replace
$ signs by the ESCAPE character), which is now available through
EECHO in config sys (if you use a recent FreeDOS kernel - my initial
kernel implementation was, alas, broken: it sent the text to BIOS
instead of to CON, so ANSI had no
Hi, yes, if your BIOS supports disks above 128 GB, then FreeDOS
will support them, too. Disk size limit for FreeDOS is 2 Terabytes
right now :-). So if you know how to work with FDISK, use a FreeDOS
boot disk and free FDISK and FreeDOS FORMAT...
If you want to create Linux partitions or
Hi, please try updating to a 2035 kernel, something like 2035bt or 2035cvs-
stable: http://fdos.org/kernel/ (e.g. OpenWatcom, 386 optimized, FAT32),
as your tovatest.com page recommends 560k RAM and 0.5-100 MB disk space
on a 386 or better, with VGA and printer port, that seems to be a good
Hi, I updated
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/faq/cgi-bin/viewfaq.cgi?faq=incoming/316
further. Lots of points open for feedback now :-).
Preferrably feedback by IRC (irc.i7c.org, #freedos), maybe also feedback
by email or through the FAQ system.
Eric
[Thanks for getting us started with this,
Hi, I fount a SETVER with source codes, and Simtel writes
that it is part of the FreeDOS project. So we already have
SETVER? Why did nobody tell me?
http://www.bookcase.com/library/software/msdos.util.system.html
- SETVERB by David McIlwraith, written in ASM, 3k binary.
This tool (beta 6,
Hi, normally you RETURN to the DOS prompt when you leave a program.
The DOS prompt is done by command.com ...
However, e.g. in Windows, you can START a new instance of command.com
to get a new DOS prompt window.
You can only edit text files with text editors in DOS, everything
else is only
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
Hi, I got a report that FDAPM SUSPEND mode stops the timer tick clock
(so far so good) and fails to update it to current time when waking up.
Does that happen for you, too, or does it only happen for a few BIOSes?
The FDAPM STANDBY mode does not stop the timer, as the CPU is not halted
completely
Hi, the sample GRUB configuration items are all quite interesting,
but please fix the following line before making a technote of the HowTo:
DEVICE=C:\MSDOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS I=B000-B7FF
Forcing EMM386 to place an overlay of UMBs over RAM of the graphics card,
even if it is only mono text buffer
Hi, I would like to get rid of some ISA hardware in a more
hardware friendly way than throwing it away... Maybe anybody
is interested in really USING that stuff for anything? Best
postage would be in Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg,
France. Or in other words, those are the best places to pick
Hi Lucas, shipping would be something like 3-13 Euros...
Would be a lot easier if somebody in NL would add the ISA
cards to his DOS lab...
I am interested in the SB16 and the Aztech sound
cards. I'm poking at how to program different sound
cards from long ago.
Is it worth it?
Hi all, Michael is right, if you I=..., then EMM386 should just do
what you tell it to do. He is also right that autodetection should
be careful, not overenthousiastic. Anyway, I like the suggestion
from Arkady:
Ok. Let make another question: how to make _conditional_ inclusion of
B000 or
Hi,
http://www.franksteinberg.de/psprach.htm
tells me that the compiler of BC++ 5.5 is available as
a free download. What does that mean? Many people seem
to use the non-free BC++ 3.x, so is this really the
BC 5.5 one (without the IDE), or is it just Turbo C or
Turbo C++ 5.5? Does it include
Hi all, I found back some old mails (8/2004) to Erwin about
EAthe findfirst/findnext has the wrong treatment for attribute selection
EAversus disk label
Some code lines from current unstable kernel (http://fdos.org/kernel/)
COUNT dos_findfirst(UCOUNT attr, BYTE * name)
...
if ((attr
Hi, I have improved FDAPM. Version 18 Jan 2005 now updates
the clock (timer tick) to the real (RTC) time after a SUSPEND
or PURESUSP. On systems where this has a real effect, a pretty-
printed message like ... 45.6 minutes (always ???.?, in 2-119.9 range)
about the amount of the clock adjustment
Hi, I am happy to announce the first public version of my PCISLEEP
tool. You can get it at:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/pcisleep-21jan2005.zip
Functions of this (2.5-3.5 kB / 1000 lines NASM) new creation:
- /L mode shows a (mostly numeric) PCI device listing, including
Hi all, I am proud to announce a double-update:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/pcisleep-03feb2005.zip
and
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/fdapm-04feb2005.zip
Features:
PCISLEEP - scans your PCI bus and shows device information like:
bus.device(.function)
Hi, I have uploaded
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/format-0.91t.zip
... Please wait for some test results before announcing the update on
the FreeDOS.org homepage. Improvements:
- FORMAT is now compiled with smaller prf.c printf
- reduced
(This is a forward of the news item post - you will have seen announcements
for FDAPM / PCISLEEP on the list before... But you may have missed the updates!)
Hi all, please check out the newest versions of PCISLEEP and FDAPM at
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/ (fdapm-04feb2005.zip and
Hi, strange subject line, but:
Arkady, SYS C: is for transferring systemfiles from current drive ...
to C: and writing bootsector.
IIRC bootsector is not overwritten, unless you do /MBR (at least in MS's).
SYS does write the boot sector all the time - you are mixing things
up with FDISK,
Hi, the function 53 in EMM386 is, according to Ralf Brown's
Interrupt List (RBIL), paragraph m-6753-:
INT 67 - LIM EMS 4.0 - GET/SET HANDLE NAME
AH = 53h
I think that explains the purpose :-).
About having problems with games on modern PCs: Please try the
new FDAPM SPEEDn setting, where
Hi,
COLDboot / WARMboot - do a reboot with / without BIOS tests (POST)
HOTboot - try reboot at once using int 19h (will often crash!)
According trial, it seems HOTboot just jump to MBR without run the
BIOS and as the help says, it crashes. But I can't distinguish
COLDboot and
Hi, I have re-released FORMAT 0.91t, so you get some additional clean-ups.
Changes compared to 0.91s (8/2004) are:
- FORMAT is now compiled with smaller prf.c printf
- reduced debugging messages and avoiding duplicate 100%.
- improved detection for
Hi Johnson, cmedia.com.tw tells that their CM8737 chip has a great
SB16 emulation, including DMA... However, I now downloaded the newest
DOS driver from them, told my BIOS to force the IRQ to 5..10 range (so
the interrupt redirector part of the CMedia DOS driver is not needed),
and read the
Hi Nicholas, thanks for informing me that CMI sound chips suck.
I agree with you on that by now :-). Lucho has sent me his drivers
(initializers) for DOS, and my SB AWE32 diagnostics tool got happy
after using them, even played sample sounds, but most games still
only worked Adlib- or OPL3-wise.
names. Useful if you want to do
PCISLEEP Q02 to find all network cards but have forgotten that the number
of the network class is 02xx :-P. Non-UPXed size would be 5.5k, by the way.
If you do not know what PCISLEEP is good for, check the help screen:
pcisleep /?
This is PCISLEEP by Eric Auer 2005
Hi Arkady,
Not fixed help screen: neither comma, nor version number.
Oops, indeed. Fixed in:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/pcisleep-12mar2005.zip
Enjoy.
Eric
PS: That one is compiled in Linux (nasm) and UPXed in Linux (1.20).
Still it is compressed better than the 11mar
Hi, according to
http://sites.inka.de/~W1752/tv/tvout.html
the trick to boot without monitor attached and then stay in BIOS
modes (e.g. using VESA modes, not Linux lowlevel drivers) to stay
in TV-out mode is quite common. For Voodoo3, some i2c bus is mentioned
which configures the port.
A full
Hi Theresa, according to WWW, a Dell Lattitude 433c can have e.g.
4 MB RAM, 170 MB harddisk, 486sx processor with 33 MHz.
Some have as much as 20 MB RAM, 250 MB harddisk.
You write that you run it with Win95 but have no OS disks for it.
For Linux, even with a simple fvwm2 GUI, 16-20 MB RAM are
Theresa, PLEASE configure your mail program to use ONLY TEXT, NO HTML...
In addition, if you write only ONE line of an answer, do NOT quote the
ENTIRE mail in your reply. Thanks.
Now about Nicholas' comment:
There is an ODIN (one disk INstall) available on the website, so yes. =
It's going
Hi, I noticed that
http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php
has the questions from the normal FAQ system, but not the answers,
copied over to the Wiki FAQ system copy. That will make people believe
that there are many open questions, which causes either frustration if
you want to get the answer
Hi Michael,
I had problems with DJGPP (long compile times, mystical error messages)
until I removed FreeDOS EMM386 from my CONFIG.SYS.
Heavy port I/O and use of software interrupts are way too freaking slow in
V86 mode, no doubt about it. No way around it, either, as it's the nature
of
Hi, has any VIM user tried the DOS version recently, in particular
the 32bit DOS version (you probably need CWSDPMI to run it) vim63d32.zip?
http://www.vim.org/download.php
As VIM-non-user it is always hard to tell whether you have a good
port installed or not X-).
For me, that is. I
Hi Kristaps,
Well. I would like to see a password program (running from autoexec.bat) with
login/password database in crypted file which would set USER (logged in user)
and HOME (user's profile directory) environment variables on exit.
I guess you mean a file with hashes of passwords and
Hi Michael,
Many illegal memory accesses in programs which won't fail under HIMEM will
fail with EMM386 loaded. EMM386 does not allow memory reads/writes outside
of the actual PC memory range due to protected mode /V86...
You forget that the MEMCHECK switch for your EMM386 fixes this, by
Hi, I updated my local FDAPM copy 2 weeks ago, fixing the idle time
statistics and making the ACPI support more insisting (ignores im-
plausible values from BIOS, for example).
However, I cannot get my plans settled for other possible updates,
most of them inspired by PC-DOS documentation, so it
Hi, the error message translates to, roughly, program jumped
to address 257.7 MBytes which does not exist. While FD EMM386
has the MEMCHECK option to make access to non-existing memory
allowed, it would not help for YOUR case, because the program
tried to RUN in non-existing memory.
You might
Hi Leke Lapinkangas (interesting name...),
Is it possible to install Linux on FreeDos or vice versa?
More importantly could I do it on my machine?
(Which is a 486dx25 with 12MB RAM and plain VGA)
A small / old Linux will run in acceptable ways on that kind
of PC, I assume. I myself had it
Hi Fox, the DOS version of the 4DOS shell is now free anyway,
easier than using some add-on for FreeCOM ;-).
FreeCOM really could use some help to reduce bugs, alas the
official maintainer cannot do much for it at the moment :-(.
So even adding features is kind of way beyonds scope for now...
is is there a File manager with FreeDos, like MC (Midnight
Commands) that a linux version, I would like find it for DOS version.
You got the reply:
DOS Navigator, Volkov
Commander, Norton Commander, DOSShell (the one bundled with MSDOS 5.x),
DirTree, Necromancer's Navigator and many many
Hi Jeremy, Geraldo,
on one hand it would be nice to include a lot of useful software, but on
the other many people just want a simple boot environment (and tiny
download); if we had the manpower, an ideal situation would be multiple
distributions maintained...
My current preferrence
Hi, Fritz sent me the following text to forward to the list:
You can download the FreeDOS Lite-CD at
http://www.bootablecd.de/downloads/bootablecd/ fdoslite09.iso
(about 35 MB)
The intention of this CD is not only to distribute software but to help
people which have problems with their machine
Hi Arkady,
FDSHIELD has no problem with loading to UMBs: If the selected UMB
is too small, then the stack pointer will be too low when the UPX
stub of the compressed FDSHIELD starts, and the stub will exit to
DOS at once, before any damage is done. If you do not UPX FDSHIELD,
then you cannot
Hi, yes, you can run several DOSEMU instances with several DOS
versions: To do that, you can either write a short shell script
which shuffles the configuration files / diskimages / symlinks-
to-virtual-drive-directories / whatever, or you can install a
boot menu in DOSEMU. The latter can be quite
Hi, to check for formatting, you can indeed use WHICHFAT, but I think
OSCHECK has grown to be a superset of WHICHFAT. You can find it on
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/ in the file
boot-sector-ave-n-analyze-oscheck.zip
Note that OSCHECK does not try to determine the FAT
Hi, as neither harddisk makers nor BIOS makers really seem to
care about users getting locked out of their own disks, you
might want to have a look at this article:
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/05/08/172/
Years ago, IDE / ATA harddisks started to support a password lock
feature, but nobody
Hi Gordon, thanks for the info...
The SECURITY FREEZE LOCK command shall set the device to Frozen
mode. After command completion any other commands that update the
device Lock mode shall be command aborted. Frozen mode shall be
disabled by power-off or hardware reset [which you explain to
Hi, if you combine GNU and non-GNU programs on one disk, you
would have to make sure that the user is informed about the
license of all programs. For the GNU programs, you normally
would provide a copy of the license on the disk, possibly
zipped, possibly as a self-displaying compressed
Hi Chris / Gryphon,
you should really make that a FREEDOS boot disk if you tell the
FREEDOS people to use it! And it will not even hurt. At least
less than pissing MS by distributing their stuff.
A:\CHKDSK.EXE
If that is FreeDOS chkdsk, then you should include chkdsk32 (Tu Varna)
or dosfsck
Hi Gordon...
# ... The CPU has several sleep states, and in
# the deeper ones, all state / register information is lost, so you
# have to save it to RAM first, and the BIOS will jump to your wake-up
# handler to let you restore it when the system wakes up.
I would be *extremely* surprised
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