Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-25 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Robert, > 1) ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/jam125sw.zip > JAM is a transparent hard disk compressor, which enlarges your disk > space. With the JAM you will forget about annoying messages like > 'Insufficient disk space...' with no need to purchase a new hard disk. It only m

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-18 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a
Besides the idea is completely other (and not bad at all, if you ask me). Appart from realtime compression, I think you save a lot from the variable-sectors-per-cluster approach... (Just the reason why a file of 1 byte of size may get compressed on a 1:32 ratio ;) ). Aitor 2009/4/12 Eric Auer : >

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoubleSpace > >> Note also that I have FreeDOS installed on a SD card in my PDA. Not sure >> these "hard disk" utilities will work in this case. > > Those tools use the standard Int13h interface. So they don't care about > SD or CF... On the other hand, DoubleS

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-11 Thread Robert Riebisch
Michael Horvath wrote: > Yes, I am using an x86 emulator on my PDA. I would also like the > compressed files to be readable by my Pocket PC's native operating system. No way until you write some compatible software for the PDA. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ ---

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-10 Thread Michael Horvath
Robert Riebisch wrote: > Michael Horvath wrote: > >> I know there used to be a DOS utility called DOUBLESPACE. Not sure if it >> works for FreeDOS. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoubleSpace > >> Note also that I have FreeDOS installed on a SD card in my PDA. Not sure >> these "hard disk" ut

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-10 Thread Robert Riebisch
Michael Horvath wrote: > I know there used to be a DOS utility called DOUBLESPACE. Not sure if it > works for FreeDOS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoubleSpace > Note also that I have FreeDOS installed on a SD card in my PDA. Not sure > these "hard disk" utilities will work in this case. Thos

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-09 Thread Michael Horvath
Robert Riebisch wrote: > Michael Horvath wrote: > >> Is there a way to compress folders so they take up less space? Ideally, >> I would like to be able to compress into a zip file, and still have the >> OS treat it as a regular folder. As long as other OSs can view/access >> the folder and its

Re: [Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-09 Thread Robert Riebisch
Michael Horvath wrote: > Is there a way to compress folders so they take up less space? Ideally, > I would like to be able to compress into a zip file, and still have the > OS treat it as a regular folder. As long as other OSs can view/access > the folder and its files, then any type of compres

[Freedos-user] Compressed folders?

2009-04-08 Thread Michael Horvath
Is there a way to compress folders so they take up less space? Ideally, I would like to be able to compress into a zip file, and still have the OS treat it as a regular folder. As long as other OSs can view/access the folder and its files, then any type of compression is OK. Thanks. -Mike ---