Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

> On Apr 19, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > > That would have been my argument. The default imaging/image writing > tools do not automagically expand the filesystem. But, if you include > a tool that could do off-line or on-line FAT expansion with freespace >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

I use DD most of the time, but occasionally turn to SYSLINUX. It is quite easy to set up and provides the "space" environment On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > That would have been my argument. The default imaging/image writing > tools do not

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

That would have been my argument. The default imaging/image writing tools do not automagically expand the filesystem. But, if you include a tool that could do off-line or on-line FAT expansion with freespace detection, that would be a killer feature. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Jerome E.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

Hello Jim, Oops, I forgot to answer this part. > For putting the image on a USB fob drive, wouldn't you use Live USB > Creator or some similar tool anyway, so the 2GB thing doesn't matter? > Live USB Creator allows you to set aside extra space on the target fob > drive as writable space.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

I looked into my USB stuff, and I see I have: 1x 32M CompactFlash card 1x 128M USB pendrive 2x 512M SD card 1x 1G micro SD card inserted inside some USB "pendrive adapter" Hence if I'd want to test anything, I wouldn't have any medium big enough. Why not proposing the 2G image additionally to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

I have 6 32MB (that's Megabyte) that I got for $2 a piece. Now they are going for as high as $10 a piece. Most of my non dedicated drives are 4gb and up. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:23 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Jerome Shidel

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

Hi Jerome et al, to add my vote: I agree that people rarely have sticks smaller than 2 GB. So while we are not always using a tool to put 500 MB of DOS data on sticks of arbitrary size, keeping the free space accessible for DOS, it is a good workaround to "ship" the FreeDOS USB stick image as 2

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > Personally, I think the CONs of forcing a larger Media requirement outweigh > the bonus of the free space. You can still *find* something like a 512MB USB stick? The smallest I have is 1GB. The smallest I see for sale

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

> On Apr 19, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. >> wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> At present there are two USB of FDI, 32MB and 512MB. >> >> Who would like the 512MB version expanded to 2GB in

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > Hello All, > > At present there are two USB of FDI, 32MB and 512MB. > > Who would like the 512MB version expanded to 2GB in Preview 16? > > This would not effect the download size or installed software. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

I am using a 1Gb drive for the 512 image (losing 512) and you know how scarce the 1Gb drives are. I would much rather use one of many 2Gb drives with no wasted space. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Don Flowers wrote: > One vote for 2gb. > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:28

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

One vote for 2gb. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello All, > > At present there are two USB of FDI, 32MB and 512MB. > > Who would like the 512MB version expanded to 2GB in Preview 16? > > This would not effect the download size or installed

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 - Preview 16

Hello All, At present there are two USB of FDI, 32MB and 512MB. Who would like the 512MB version expanded to 2GB in Preview 16? This would not effect the download size or installed software. However, it would require a 2GB USB drive instead of only 512MB. The only benefit I see in doing this