Re: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?
Hi David: It is straightforward to create a bootable FreeDOS CD. I think the easiest way to do it is to take a floppy disk image and boot that from the CD. This restricts the boot image to 1.44MBytes (or 2.88MBytes if you get tricky). However, you can add a CD-ROM driver and then add a lot of files. Some years ago, I spent a while learning how to dual-boot FreeDOS and Windows. As part of that work, I developed a lot of bootable CD's for MSDOS and FreeDOS. I did this from Windows computers, some which lack floppy drives. For a detailed description of how I did this, including the free tools I used, see: http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf This is one way to do it - I think about the easiest if you are creating the CD's from a Windows computer. Let me know if I can answer any questions. Mark -- Original message -- From: david lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn the FreeDOS OS on a cd, > instead of preparing to install it to my hard drive. I want to use it to use > it > primarily as a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I don't plan on > installing just yet, because I > need to do a major overhaul on my system. I've found trojans in my _Restore > database, and I can't view more than three windows in IE before it crashes. > WinME has poor support online. > - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM, david lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn the FreeDOS OS on a > cd, instead of preparing to install it to my hard drive. I want to use it > to use it primarily as a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I > don't plan on installing just yet, because I > need to do a major overhaul on my system. I've found trojans in my _Restore > database, and I can't view more than three windows in IE before it crashes. > WinME has poor support online. > Yes, this is definitely allowed. Pretty much everything included in FreeDOS is distributed under the GNU GPL or a similarly "free" license. (A few packages in FreeDOS 1.0 - specifically in NET and UTIL - were under a "non-commercial use" license, which usually means you cannot use it in a profit-driven business.) So you can certainly use FreeDOS to create a boot CD to help scan your system. You may even consider downloading the 1-disk BALDER "distro" of FreeDOS, linked to from our "Download" page. You can get it directly from http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/unofficial/balder/ If your system can boot from a floppy (more recent systems may not include a floppy drive) it is very easy to modify the files on the 1.44MB floppy, to make this an emergency boot floppy with just the utilities you need. If you cannot boot from a floppy, then you can start with one of the FreeDOS "live CD" images we have at http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/ Hope that helps. -jh - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?
Consider downloading the iso for damn small linux at: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org It's a bootable CD and is great for doing system repair. It can handle most any type of disk system (dos, window,linux, etc) and can do networking and usb as well. All from the boot cdrom. It's so small it can find on a credit-card sized cdrom. You can purchase those I believe. --- On Mon, 7/21/08, david lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: david lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk? > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:06 AM > I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn > the FreeDOS OS on a cd, instead of preparing to install it > to my hard drive. I want to use it to use it primarily as > a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I don't > plan on installing just yet, because I > need to do a major overhaul on my system. I've found > trojans in my _Restore database, and I can't view more > than three windows in IE before it crashes. WinME has poor > support online. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Freedos-user Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 > > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:56:11 -0700 > > > > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is > more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user > digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > >1. app starter (Michael Reichenbach) > >2. Re: app starter (Tom Ehlert) > >3. New version of MPXPLAY released (flox) > >4. MSEDIT v0.10 came out! (Mateusz Viste) > >5. Freedos on an old laptop (Larry) > >6. superFDISK (iw2evk) > >7. Re: superFDISK (Eric Auer) > >8. Re: superFDISK (iw2evk) > >9. Re: MSEDIT v0.10 came out! (Alain M.) > > > > > > > -- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:31:41 +0200 > > From: Michael Reichenbach > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Freedos-user] app starter > > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; > format=flowed > > > > Hi! > > > > For my lots of my applications (both, console and > graphical) I need some > > tiny menu with sub menus so I don't need to input > the name in shell myself. > > > > It must be a 100 % compatible app starter. (No memory > hog while running > > some application, start application and terminate the > app starter before.) > > > > After the console application ends I need to see the > output. Otherwise I > > could be already happy with the application "Dos > Start!". > > > > -mr > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:21:42 +0200 > > From: Tom Ehlert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] app starter > > To: Michael Reichenbach > > > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > > For my lots of my applications (both, console and > graphical) I need some > > > tiny menu with sub menus so I don't need to > input the name in shell myself. > > > > > It must be a 100 % compatible app starter. (No > memory hog while running > > > some application, start application and terminate > the app starter before.) > > > > > After the console application ends I need to see > the output. Otherwise I > > > could be already happy with the application > "Dos Start!". > > > > check WBAT > http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/uid.htm > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:08:19 +0200 > > From: flox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Freedos-user] New version of MPXPLAY > released >
Re: [Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?
david lowe schrieb: > I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn the FreeDOS OS on a cd, > instead of preparing to install it to my hard drive. I want to use it to use > it primarily as a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I don't plan > on installing just yet, because I > need to do a major overhaul on my system. I've found trojans in my _Restore > database, and I can't view more than three windows in IE before it crashes. > WinME has poor support online. Freedos is Free Software. Read the licence or in short read the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software You have the right to do almost everything you want. In your case it's very much allowed to burn/install/copy wherever you want. So far about the legal part. I recommend you to use CD-RW and a virtualizer for your tests. DOS on CD is no problem. But personally I prefer more to have bootable USB with DOS instant of CD because it's more easy to modify/update. If you want it on CD first create a (virtual) bootable floppy image. Later burn it on CD using fdd emulation boot. Or use grub4dos or memdisk to emulate the bootable floppy. The most easy way for single boot would be to burn such a floppy image with nero. -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] virtual OS/bootdisk?
I am wondering if it's possible (and allowed) to burn the FreeDOS OS on a cd, instead of preparing to install it to my hard drive. I want to use it to use it primarily as a bootdisk and to scan and repair for errors. I don't plan on installing just yet, because I need to do a major overhaul on my system. I've found trojans in my _Restore database, and I can't view more than three windows in IE before it crashes. WinME has poor support online. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Freedos-user Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:56:11 -0700 > > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. app starter (Michael Reichenbach) >2. Re: app starter (Tom Ehlert) >3. New version of MPXPLAY released (flox) >4. MSEDIT v0.10 came out! (Mateusz Viste) >5. Freedos on an old laptop (Larry) >6. superFDISK (iw2evk) >7. Re: superFDISK (Eric Auer) >8. Re: superFDISK (iw2evk) >9. Re: MSEDIT v0.10 came out! (Alain M.) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:31:41 +0200 > From: Michael Reichenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Freedos-user] app starter > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hi! > > For my lots of my applications (both, console and graphical) I need some > tiny menu with sub menus so I don't need to input the name in shell myself. > > It must be a 100 % compatible app starter. (No memory hog while running > some application, start application and terminate the app starter before.) > > After the console application ends I need to see the output. Otherwise I > could be already happy with the application "Dos Start!". > > -mr > > > > -- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:21:42 +0200 > From: Tom Ehlert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] app starter > To: Michael Reichenbach > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > For my lots of my applications (both, console and graphical) I need some > > tiny menu with sub menus so I don't need to input the name in shell myself. > > > It must be a 100 % compatible app starter. (No memory hog while running > > some application, start application and terminate the app starter before.) > > > After the console application ends I need to see the output. Otherwise I > > could be already happy with the application "Dos Start!". > > check WBAT http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/uid.htm > > Tom > > > > > -- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:08:19 +0200 > From: flox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Freedos-user] New version of MPXPLAY released > To: freedos-user > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Download it from http://www.freewebtown.com/mpxplay/ ! > > * modifications: > * loaded UNICODE (UTF16,UTF8) playlist files are saved in > the same text encoding format at F2 > (diskdriv.c,textconv.c,loadlist.c,savelist.c) > * loudness function (?|?-key) sets a higher volume and > surround value too (fx_tone.c) > * bugfixes: > * loading of UTF16-BE, UTF8 playlist files > (diskdriv.c,loadlist.c,textconv.c) > * Intel HDA driver (sc_inthd.c) !!! TEST IT !!! > * textconv back at playlist save (extm3u,mxu) (savelist.c) > > > Bye Flo > > > > > -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:01:42 +0200 > From: Mateusz Viste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Freedos-user] MSEDIT v0.10 came out! > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi! > > I released few minutes ago the new version of Mateusz's Saucy Editor: MSEDIT > v0.10 :-) > This is no more an alpha version, although it's still lacking many functions. > However, it's useable as a (simple) text editor. > > Here is the full change log: > > What's new in v0.10 [20 Jul 2008]: > - Implementation of the menu system, > - Added multiple files support (up to 9 files at a time), > - Dynamically resizes the file's buffer when needed (was hardcoded
