Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Blair, >> PS: Another possibility is that the old MEMDISK used for our >> 1.0 CD/DVD fails to boot on BIOSes without int 15.87 memcopy? > > I don't think so, because the kernel does display its init message > before invalid opcode. Maybe it is that "BSS_INIT macro" problem? In theory, our ke

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-13 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: > Hi Blair, > >> I think using aspi.sys you can use cdrecord with it. Maybe I will >> test it if I can get FreeDOS to boot on my laptop (1.0 CD kernel fails >> to boot). > > Does the Rugxulo.googlepages.com kernel work? You can > use the floppy images there to make boot CD / D

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-13 Thread Blair Campbell
> PS: Another possibility is that the old MEMDISK used for our > 1.0 CD/DVD fails to boot on BIOSes without int 15.87 memcopy? I don't think so, because the kernel does display its init message before invalid opcode. > > I wonder if this is what makes FDAPM ACPIDUMP fail on EEE PC > and whether lo

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Blair, > I think using aspi.sys you can use cdrecord with it. Maybe I will > test it if I can get FreeDOS to boot on my laptop (1.0 CD kernel fails > to boot). Does the Rugxulo.googlepages.com kernel work? You can use the floppy images there to make boot CD / DVD... Eric PS: Another possib

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Blair Campbell
>> Google says rugxulo.googlepages.com and there a link >> points to the 7zip: http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/xgcdrm24.7z > > Would this driver work for recording? on any drive? I think using aspi.sys you can use cdrecord with it. Maybe I will test it if I can get FreeDOS to boot on my laptop (1.

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Alain M.
Eric Auer escreveu: > > Google says rugxulo.googlepages.com and there a link > points to the 7zip: http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/xgcdrm24.7z Would this driver work for recording? on any drive? Maybe I am just daydreaming :) Alain > > Eric > > > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! Drivers like gcdrom alone only give low-level CD/DVD, no ISO9660. > > So apparently the ISO9660 file system is becoming common and older > drivers won't work, true? No. SHSUCDX is what does ISO9660 for you. Actually it would be nice to have a version which also does UDF as well :-). I

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
Ray Davison wrote: > So apparently the ISO9660 file system is becoming common and older > drivers won't work, true? No. Olders drivers don't work, because native S-ATA is accessed differently. >> Xgcdrom is xcdrom (ATAPI) and gcdrom (S-ATA) combined into >> one driver, so you can use both types

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Ray Davison
Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > >>> Drivers like gcdrom alone only give low-level CD/DVD, no ISO9660. So apparently the ISO9660 file system is becoming common and older drivers won't work, true? > > Xgcdrom is xcdrom (ATAPI) and gcdrom (S-ATA) combined into > one driver, so you can use both types of C

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! >> Drivers like gcdrom alone only give low-level CD/DVD, no ISO9660. > > The CD/DVD is SATA. Since I didn't find xgcdrom I tried gcdrom. Seems > to work. What benefit would I see with xgcdrom? Xgcdrom is xcdrom (ATAPI) and gcdrom (S-ATA) combined into one driver, so you can use both typ

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Ray Davison
Eric Auer wrote: > Drivers like gcdrom alone only give low-level CD/DVD, no ISO9660. The CD/DVD is SATA. Since I didn't find xgcdrom I tried gcdrom. Seems to work. What benefit would I see with xgcdrom? Ray -- Open

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Ray Davison
Eric Auer wrote: > Suitable drivers: xcdrom for ATAPI, gcdrom or uide > or xgcdrom for S-ATA. > > Check http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ for a mirror of XGCDROM > and other useful updated free DOS software :-). The CD/DVD drive is SATA. I do not find any reference to xqcdrom on that page or in

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, > I have a 1.0 CD and a 1G, USB, thumb drive that brings up what looks > like the same menu as the CD. Both try to load XCDROM and report "No > CD-ROM to use". Of course the CD had to use the CD drive to get to that > point. Any idea what is going on? The CD boots a diskette image with

Re: [Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-01 Thread Blair Campbell
> I have a 1.0 CD and a 1G, USB, thumb drive that brings up what looks > like the same menu as the CD.  Both try to load XCDROM and report "No > CD-ROM to use".  Of course the CD had to use the CD drive to get to that > point. > > Any idea what is going on? The CD-ROM contains a boot floppy image

[Freedos-user] Cannot find CD

2009-03-01 Thread Ray Davison
I just got a replacement laptop. I have a 1.0 CD and a 1G, USB, thumb drive that brings up what looks like the same menu as the CD. Both try to load XCDROM and report "No CD-ROM to use". Of course the CD had to use the CD drive to get to that point. Any idea what is going on? Ray -