[Freedos-user] How To Install FreeDOS 1.3 To a Huge SD Card Without the Need of Another Installation Drive-Manual Installation Without Using the Installer.
Title: Webpage not available Greetings,I needed to do,what is in the following howto,so I just tested this method as working & consulted with Mr.Hall,who advised to share my experience & howto based on it with the rest of the FreeDOS community,so for the other users I will recapitulate the steps for custom installation of FreeDOS 1.3 to a huge SD card:0.)U must love DOS.1.)Download images of FreeDOS 1.3 & extract files(by any program,which can access files within ISO/IMG),U wish to implement into Your custom installation or download particular files separately from FreeDOS.org .1.5)Download Rufus,if U already not have it.2.)Insert the target SD card & open Rufus.3.)Select the target SD card in Rufus,select to make it bootable by its INTEGRATED FreeDOS image by a checkbox named FreeDOS(do not use none of external IMG/ISO files,but Rufus' internal FreeDOS),select the smallest cluster size,it allows(for 512GB drive it is 8KB,for 1TB drive it is 16KB,for larger it is 32KB) & start formatting.3.5)If U r doing so with 1TB or 2TB drive,now is a good time to go to toilet or make yourself a coffee(in case of the latter I encourage U to use soy milk,not the real 1 to save the environment & not torture the Cows;if U r like Capt.Janeway & U will make Yourself Coffee,Black,Cows r safe already).4.)Now U have a bootable FreeDOS SD card with some older version of FreeDOS,upgrade it to FreeDOS 1.3 by opening Total Commander(or similar file manager),in which in 1 panel open the target drive & in the other panel find the downloaded files of FreeDOS 1.3,select system files(Command.com ,Kernel.sys ) of FreeDOS 1.3 & copy these over those older,Rufus placed to the target drive(do not skip the part with Rufus,otherwise the files would not be in 1st sectors & would not boot).Now U will have the minimal FreeDOS 1.3 installation on Your target drive.5.)Reboot to the target drive to test its bootability,if OK,reboot back to the OS,where U r preparing the installation,now U have done the system part(the hard 1) & the rest is so easy,U may do it half-asleep(if Your coffee withstood to this point,U do not need to make Yourself another).6.)In Total Commander(or so) just unpack all archives,U downloaded,to particular folders of Your target drive.7.)Edit Config.sys & Autoexec.bat to ensure,the lines for drivers,mainly for Himemx.exe ,match the paths,U had placed them after unpacking/decompressing.8.)Edit Autoexec.bat to let it load Your favorite file manager or GUI after boot.9.)Reboot to Your new FreeDOS 1.3 drive & enjoy(for example by trying some games).So this U can place to a section with HowTos or so,it is just tested & worx.I hope,this will help those,who wish to install FreeDOS 1.3 to a huge SD card directly,skipping the installation media creation,or this may be useful for those,who wish to maximally customize Your installation process,partitioning,setting cluster size,etc.,if the target drive is HDD,U have already done standard installers,but this is mainly for the case,the target media is some kind of removable storage,bigger,than the image FullUSB,as U probably need to have Your big SD/CF/...card/flash drive single-partitioned to have it fully accessible also from Windows older than 10(i guess,none of us here likes Win.10) & @ the same time fully accessible to the FreeDOS installed on the card,so U will get the newest LIVE FreeDOS bootable drive,which U can move between various PCs,boot it anywhere & also access it from other OSes fully & have set the best cluster size,etc.,U may also upgrade older FreeDOS installation,or just use it to make the directory structure Your own way instead of the way preset by installer,I hope,this can be used many ways for many purposes,all purposes,for which the precompiled standard installation ISOs/IMGs r not right the Your desired method for a particular goal,U need.If U find this useful,enjoy.If U find it irrelevant,let it be for others.With best regards for all the FreeDOS community Sabina Zelená[=Green].Live long & prosper.Shabbat Shalom.Sent from BlackBerry Key 1's Hub,which has some bugs caused by EoL of BlackBerry services,but same as DOS,I will not give up BlackBerry...I just love real keyboards.___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How-To: Install an Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS card
Not long ago I asked whether anyone knew how to get this card running (one of three 16-bit ISA sound cards I was working on): Ensoniq Soundscape PnP Wavetable Sound Card aka Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS. Other identifying info: - FCC ID LF7SS2016 - Model S3016 - Gateway P/N SNDCRD006ABWW You can see a pic of it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_Soundscape_OPUS Ensoniq manufactured the card for Gateway. No one seemed to know how, so I made a fresh effort and pushed through to a good measure of success (though I have posted separately about not being able to play MP3's with it). My notes: Download sndscape.zip from Vogons Drivers: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=507menustate=42,33 This provides DOS drivers for Soundscape S-2000, Elite, and OPUS. It is actually someone’s hack of the installed Win9x driver, but they don't give instructions on how to set it up. Copy the unzipped contents to C:\SNDSCAPE. The above files will be insufficient, however. A Windows SYSTEM.INI file is required. Create one from the text at the end of this post and save it to C:\SNDSCAPE\SYSTEM.INI. Then edit the last line of C:\SNDSCAPE\SNDSCAPE.INI to change the Windows Path to C:\SNDSCAPE. Set an environment variable: SET SNDSCAPE=C:\SNDSCAPE Now run C:\SNDSCAPE\SSINIT.EXE (it requires the SNDSCAPE environment variable). SSINIT presents a Quick Setup for setting basic volumes, all initially at 12 of 15: Master Volume Synth/Music Volume (DOS games music) Wave/Sound Volume (“DOS games digitized sound” – does that mean sound effects?) You can set those, choose Done, then Accept/Discard, followed by initialization of the card with either the existing configuration, or the existing configuration as modified by changes above. Or instead of Done, choose Advanced to exit the Quick Setup and choose any of the menu items: Hardware: Set Midi I/O port address: 330, 350 IRQ: 2/9, 5, 7, 10 Set Joystick disabled, enabled Set Soundblaster/Wave emulation disabled, enabled-at-I/O-address-220 IRQ: 2/9, 5, 7, 10 DMA: 0, 1, 3 Test Card: Tests current values from the Hardware settings – whether they are in use by other H/W, or available. (Note that settings are not yet saved, nor the card initialized). Sample output: DMA Channel 1: Available IRQ MIDI IRQ 2: Available Soundblaster/Wave IRQ 5: Available Mixer: Offers advanced volume settings for all devices, including left/right volume control Midi: Set MIDI routing to Internal or External (currently Internal) Exit: Choose this, then Accept/Discard, followed by initialization of the card with either the existing configuration, or the existing configuration as modified by changes made via the menus. SSINIT’s Help system offers this info: PORT: Must equal the I/O address set by the jumpers on the card (/Wrong! No I/O jumpers exist./) IRQ: For MIDI, IRQ 2 is normal/expected by many programs. Joystick: Set to enable/disable Soundblaster Enable: To turn on Soundblaster emulation IRQ: For Soundblaster emulation, IRQ 5 is normal/expected by many programs DMA: For Soundblaster emulation WAVEPORT: Base I/O address of Windows Wave Record and Playback Device There is also an INITSS.BAT with these contents: SET SNDSCAPE=C:\dosdrv\sndscape SET BLASTER=A220 Ixx Dx T1 c:\dosdrv\Sndscape\SSINIT.EXE /I SET BLASTER should be left as above. SSINIT will change it to the configured settings during initialization. The /I switch (SSINIT /I) just initializes the card without running the configuration utility first. INITSS.BAT should be edited thus: SET SNDSCAPE=C:\SNDSCAPE SET BLASTER=A220 Ixx Dx T1 C:\SNDSCAPE\SSINIT.EXE /I Then in AUTOEXEC.BAT, add this line: CALL C:\SNDSCAPE\INITSS.BAT Reboot and set sound and effects to SoundBlaster in games, etc. = My successful hardware setup: Hardware: Set Midi I/O port address: [330], 350 IRQ: [2/9], 5, 7, 10 Set Joystick disabled, [enabled] Set Soundblaster/Wave emulation disabled, [enabled-at-I/O-address-220] IRQ: 2/9, [5], 7, 10 DMA: 0, [1], 3 Test Card: A-OK, except reports MIDI IRQ 9: Available. IRQ 2 is reportedly expected by most progams, but maybe 9 is equivalent via IRQ sharing. = SYSTEM.INI contents: [boot] oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon system.drv=system.drv drivers=mmsystem.dll power.drv shell=Explorer.exe user.exe=user.exe gdi.exe=gdi.exe sound.drv=mmsound.drv dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll comm.drv=comm.drv mouse.drv=mouse.drv keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv *DisplayFallback=0 fonts.fon=vgasys.fon fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon 386Grabber=vgafull.3gr display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv scrnsave.exe=C:\WINDOWS\WEBSAVER.SCR [keyboard] keyboard.dll= oemansi.bin= subtype= type=4 [boot.description] system.drv=Standard PC keyboard.typ=Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard mouse.drv=Standard mouse aspect=100,96,96
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
Hi Years ago I wrote some guide for the Compaq Contura Aero. http://remember.the-aero.org/aero/freedos/fd-pcmcia.htm Maybe this helps? Best regards Ulrich Am 19.07.2014 um 20:39 schrieb Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com: Hi, 2014-07-19 16:41 GMT+02:00 Louis Santillan lpsan...@gmail.com: What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? You'll need to add your drivers somewhere in that mix. I have no idea what my or the driver for PCMCIA looks like. I have searched the Internet for a PCMCIA driver for DOS and Toshiba notebooks but I didn't find one. This is my AUTOEXEC.BAT: --- @echo off SET LANG=DE SET MTCPCFG=C:\FDOS\MTCP.CFG SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS SET PATH=%dosdir%\BIN SET NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS SET HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP SET TEMP=%dosdir%\TEMP SET TMP=%TEMP% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 SET DIRCMD=/P /OGN /4 SET COPYCMD=/-Y if %config%==4 goto end SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO LH FDAPM APMDOS IF %config%==2 LH SHARE LH DOSLFN REM NLSFUNC C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS REM DISPLAY CON=(EGA),858,2) REM MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FDOS\CPI\EGA.CPX) REM KEYB US,858,C:\FDOS\bin\keyboard.sys REM CHCP 858 REM LH PCNTPK INT=0x60 REM DHCP MOUSE DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5 SHSUCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDR,D /D:?SHSU-CDH,D /D:?FDCD0001,D /D:?FDCD0002,D /D:?FDCD0003,D MEM /C /N IF NOT %config%==4 SHSUCDX /D GOTO END :END SET AUTOFILE=%0 SET CFGFILE=C:\FDCONFIG.SYS LH KEYB GR,,keyboard.sys alias reboot=fdapm warmboot alias reset=fdisk /reboot alias halt=fdapm poweroff alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff alias cfg=edit %cfgfile% alias auto=edit %0 echo Done processing startup files %cfgfile% and %0 echo Type HELP to get support on commands and navigation echo. echo Welcome to the FreeDOS 1.1 operating system (http://www.freedos.org) --- And this my FDCONFIG.SYS --- !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS !LASTDRIVE=Z !BUFFERS=20 !FILES=40 !MENUCOLOR=7,0 MENUDEFAULT=1,5 MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS including XMGR XMS-memory driver MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers 123?DOS=HIGH 12?DOS=UMB 12?DOSDATA=UMB 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 3?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\XMGR.SYS 3?SHELL=C:\FDOS\bin\4dos.com C:\FDOS\bin /E:1024 /P:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 4?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT --- Best regards Christian On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
Is there any documentation included with the FA511 driver? Using PCMCIA cards under DOS often required some socket services crap to be installed. I had a network card working under DOS on a Toshiba of that era. I'll look in my backups and see if I still have the files and/or config.sys On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 05:41:46 -0400, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
You need PCMCIA socket services and card services. These load before the network card drivers. Most computers used SystemSoft CardSoft 3.1 for that, but your Toshiba Tecra 8000 uses a Toshiba ToPIC-95B PCMCIA controller which isn't supported by that version of CardSoft. There is a Toshiba Card Manager 3.0 at http://driverzone.com/drivers/toshiba/control/ as pcmcia30.zip. It appears to be a rebranded PhoenixCard Manager, so if that version doesn't work you may be able to find a later version of PhoenixCard Manager. One that will work for sure (but it isn't free) is CardWare 7.00 from APSoft at http://www.tssc.de A free 14-day trial is available. - - Shane Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:39:37 +0200 From: christian.imho...@gmail.com To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card Hi, 2014-07-19 16:41 GMT+02:00 Louis Santillan lpsan...@gmail.com: What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? You'll need to add your drivers somewhere in that mix. I have no idea what my or the driver for PCMCIA looks like. I have searched the Internet for a PCMCIA driver for DOS and Toshiba notebooks but I didn't find one. This is my AUTOEXEC.BAT: --- @echo off SET LANG=DE SET MTCPCFG=C:\FDOS\MTCP.CFG SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS SET PATH=%dosdir%\BIN SET NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS SET HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP SET TEMP=%dosdir%\TEMP SET TMP=%TEMP% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 SET DIRCMD=/P /OGN /4 SET COPYCMD=/-Y if %config%==4 goto end SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO LH FDAPM APMDOS IF %config%==2 LH SHARE LH DOSLFN REM NLSFUNC C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS REM DISPLAY CON=(EGA),858,2) REM MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FDOS\CPI\EGA.CPX) REM KEYB US,858,C:\FDOS\bin\keyboard.sys REM CHCP 858 REM LH PCNTPK INT=0x60 REM DHCP MOUSE DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5 SHSUCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDR,D /D:?SHSU-CDH,D /D:?FDCD0001,D /D:?FDCD0002,D /D:?FDCD0003,D MEM /C /N IF NOT %config%==4 SHSUCDX /D GOTO END :END SET AUTOFILE=%0 SET CFGFILE=C:\FDCONFIG.SYS LH KEYB GR,,keyboard.sys alias reboot=fdapm warmboot alias reset=fdisk /reboot alias halt=fdapm poweroff alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff alias cfg=edit %cfgfile% alias auto=edit %0 echo Done processing startup files %cfgfile% and %0 echo Type HELP to get support on commands and navigation echo. echo Welcome to the FreeDOS 1.1 operating system (http://www.freedos.org) --- And this my FDCONFIG.SYS --- !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS !LASTDRIVE=Z !BUFFERS=20 !FILES=40 !MENUCOLOR=7,0 MENUDEFAULT=1,5 MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS including XMGR XMS-memory driver MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers 123?DOS=HIGH 12?DOS=UMB 12?DOSDATA=UMB 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 3?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\XMGR.SYS 3?SHELL=C:\FDOS\bin\4dos.com C:\FDOS\bin /E:1024 /P:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 4?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT --- Best regards Christian On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
PCMCIA slots were never directly supported by any DOS. But the OEM DOS drivers will allow you the use of one piece of hardware in one slot. It also appears you're following some ODI guide [1]. What does your NET.CFG look like? What version of the driver are you using? It looks like version 2.0 [2] is the last to fully support DOS. This guide [3] may also help you. It details the NDIS install version as well. netbootdisk.com [4] lists/uses an NDIS driver as well. I would investigate their setup for tips. [1] http://orange.micrologik.fr/Drivers/Netgear/fa511/HELP/NETWARE/DOSODI.TXT [2] http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/Disclaimer.aspx?redirecturl=http://netgeardownload.registria.com/single_page_registration?product[sku]=FA511download_url=http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/FA511/FA511%20Driver%20Set%20Version%202.00.zip [3] http://wisdomtree.info/dos/dostcpip.htm [4] http://www.netbootdisk.com/cards.htm On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2014-07-19 16:41 GMT+02:00 Louis Santillan lpsan...@gmail.com: What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? You'll need to add your drivers somewhere in that mix. I have no idea what my or the driver for PCMCIA looks like. I have searched the Internet for a PCMCIA driver for DOS and Toshiba notebooks but I didn't find one. This is my AUTOEXEC.BAT: --- @echo off SET LANG=DE SET MTCPCFG=C:\FDOS\MTCP.CFG SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS SET PATH=%dosdir%\BIN SET NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS SET HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP SET TEMP=%dosdir%\TEMP SET TMP=%TEMP% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 SET DIRCMD=/P /OGN /4 SET COPYCMD=/-Y if %config%==4 goto end SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO LH FDAPM APMDOS IF %config%==2 LH SHARE LH DOSLFN REM NLSFUNC C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS REM DISPLAY CON=(EGA),858,2) REM MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FDOS\CPI\EGA.CPX) REM KEYB US,858,C:\FDOS\bin\keyboard.sys REM CHCP 858 REM LH PCNTPK INT=0x60 REM DHCP MOUSE DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5 SHSUCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDR,D /D:?SHSU-CDH,D /D:?FDCD0001,D /D:?FDCD0002,D /D:?FDCD0003,D MEM /C /N IF NOT %config%==4 SHSUCDX /D GOTO END :END SET AUTOFILE=%0 SET CFGFILE=C:\FDCONFIG.SYS LH KEYB GR,,keyboard.sys alias reboot=fdapm warmboot alias reset=fdisk /reboot alias halt=fdapm poweroff alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff alias cfg=edit %cfgfile% alias auto=edit %0 echo Done processing startup files %cfgfile% and %0 echo Type HELP to get support on commands and navigation echo. echo Welcome to the FreeDOS 1.1 operating system (http://www.freedos.org) --- And this my FDCONFIG.SYS --- !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS !LASTDRIVE=Z !BUFFERS=20 !FILES=40 !MENUCOLOR=7,0 MENUDEFAULT=1,5 MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS including XMGR XMS-memory driver MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers 123?DOS=HIGH 12?DOS=UMB 12?DOSDATA=UMB 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 3?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\XMGR.SYS 3?SHELL=C:\FDOS\bin\4dos.com C:\FDOS\bin /E:1024 /P:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 4?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT --- Best regards Christian On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise?
[Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? You'll need to add your drivers somewhere in that mix. On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FA511 PCMCIA Network Card
Hi, 2014-07-19 16:41 GMT+02:00 Louis Santillan lpsan...@gmail.com: What do your config.sys and autoexec.bat look like? You'll need to add your drivers somewhere in that mix. I have no idea what my or the driver for PCMCIA looks like. I have searched the Internet for a PCMCIA driver for DOS and Toshiba notebooks but I didn't find one. This is my AUTOEXEC.BAT: --- @echo off SET LANG=DE SET MTCPCFG=C:\FDOS\MTCP.CFG SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS SET PATH=%dosdir%\BIN SET NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS SET HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP SET TEMP=%dosdir%\TEMP SET TMP=%TEMP% SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 SET DIRCMD=/P /OGN /4 SET COPYCMD=/-Y if %config%==4 goto end SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO LH FDAPM APMDOS IF %config%==2 LH SHARE LH DOSLFN REM NLSFUNC C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS REM DISPLAY CON=(EGA),858,2) REM MODE CON CP PREP=((858) C:\FDOS\CPI\EGA.CPX) REM KEYB US,858,C:\FDOS\bin\keyboard.sys REM CHCP 858 REM LH PCNTPK INT=0x60 REM DHCP MOUSE DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5 SHSUCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDR,D /D:?SHSU-CDH,D /D:?FDCD0001,D /D:?FDCD0002,D /D:?FDCD0003,D MEM /C /N IF NOT %config%==4 SHSUCDX /D GOTO END :END SET AUTOFILE=%0 SET CFGFILE=C:\FDCONFIG.SYS LH KEYB GR,,keyboard.sys alias reboot=fdapm warmboot alias reset=fdisk /reboot alias halt=fdapm poweroff alias shutdown=fdapm poweroff alias cfg=edit %cfgfile% alias auto=edit %0 echo Done processing startup files %cfgfile% and %0 echo Type HELP to get support on commands and navigation echo. echo Welcome to the FreeDOS 1.1 operating system (http://www.freedos.org) --- And this my FDCONFIG.SYS --- !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS !LASTDRIVE=Z !BUFFERS=20 !FILES=40 !MENUCOLOR=7,0 MENUDEFAULT=1,5 MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS including XMGR XMS-memory driver MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers 123?DOS=HIGH 12?DOS=UMB 12?DOSDATA=UMB 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 3?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\XMGR.SYS 3?SHELL=C:\FDOS\bin\4dos.com C:\FDOS\bin /E:1024 /P:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 4?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT --- Best regards Christian On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Christian Imhorst christian.imho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeDos 1.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000. Now I try to get my NETGEAR FA511 32-bit PCMCIA LAN card working. I have copied FA511.COM and NET.CFG from the NETGEAR CD-ROM with drivers to C:\NWCLIENT together with some files who are needed to start networking. So I run LSL.COM from this directory and than I start FA511.COM. The latter one ends with an error message: FA511-DOS-104: No NIC found in the machine. I think my PCMCIA slot is not recognized by FreeDOS. What do I need to get my PCMCIA card working? Hardware is ok because it works with Linux. Best regards Christian -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install Ontrack Disk Manager without floppy?
Hi, On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:16 AM, sakura kinomoto like-a-m...@list.ru wrote: I wish to try Dinamic Drive Overlay, which can be used by Ontrack Disk manager (...any fdisk's, either in BasLinux or in FreeDos can not touch hdd after 8 gb...) (and floppy device is broken, so, I can not use floppy) So, can you tell me any hint? Dunno, never used OnTrack. I think installing ZipSlack (Slackware 11) atop your FAT partition would be easier. I just blindly assume Linux 2.4.x can handle bigger hard drives without using the BIOS. BasLinux (2.2.x) is probably way too old. And you can run this without floppy (as long as you can boot up DOS). http://mirrors1.kernel.org/slackware/slackware-11.0/zipslack/ -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install Ontrack Disk Manager without floppy?
I haven't messed with Ontrack Disk Manager in many years, but the version I have is basically a DOS program. So, you just need to boot the computer into a DOS environment on a medium that has the Ontrack software (the old version I have has all the Ontrack stuff in a single 600kB directory named DM). Will your computer boot a CD? If so, then create a CD that boots DOS and write the Ontrack software to the CD while you are creating the CD. Boot the computer from the CD and then run the Ontrack software. I remember that you just follow the prompts as far as installing the Dynamic Drive Overlay to the hard drive. However, it has been many years, it may be that the Ontrack software won't run right without a working floppy drive, I'm really not sure. It is from the past when EVERY PC had a floppy drive. On 2/10/13, sakura kinomoto like-a-m...@list.ru wrote: I wish to try Dinamic Drive Overlay, which can be used by Ontrack Disk manager (...any fdisk's, either in BasLinux or in FreeDos can not touch hdd after 8 gb...) (and floppy device is broken, so, I can not use floppy) So, can you tell me any hint? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How to install Ontrack Disk Manager without floppy?
I wish to try Dinamic Drive Overlay, which can be used by Ontrack Disk manager (...any fdisk's, either in BasLinux or in FreeDos can not touch hdd after 8 gb...) (and floppy device is broken, so, I can not use floppy) So, can you tell me any hint? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Lots of software (especially driver installers) still depends on CONFIG.SYS existing Bad hehaviour. Probably for same reason NTVDM always brews empty MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS files whenever launched. Apparently there is at least one app checking for existence of those 2 files to make sure it is being run on genuine M$-DOG and nowhere else :-D I'm not sure how easy it's to configure Eric's METABOOT.BOT bootsector file to look for a specific kernel name SYS.C wrote: /K name : name of kernel to use in boot sector instead of %s\n -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Op 6-8-2011 15:46, dos386 schreef: I'm not sure how easy it's to configure Eric's METABOOT.BOT bootsector file to look for a specific kernel name SYS.C wrote: /K name : name of kernel to use in boot sector instead of %s\n That's hardcoded bootsector(-geometry) you're referring to, sorry. Basicly you have a bootsector pointing to MetaKern, and then MetaBoot is attached/appended to MetaKERN.SYS and reuses metakern's bootsector. That way you could use the metakern.sys file that's located on harddisk even on a floppy without having to regenerate bootsectors. Each metaboot instance pointing to a different FreeDOS kernel file (KERNEL38.SYS , KERNEL40.SYS etc) would be convenient :) metaboot.bot - boot sector that re-uses the boot sector in RAM, set up for the case where MetaKern is called metakern.sys (So you must use a NEW STYLE MetaKern installation!) http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/metakern.zip Likely just a matter of changing kernel name inside source code and recompiling with NASM. Some config directive (-D or so was it?) would be more convenient :) -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
COOL : %ifdef OLDSTYLE fdreplace db FDKERN fdreplacecnt db ELSYS %else fdreplace db KERNEL fdreplacecnt db SYS %endif NOT COOL : ; must match order of search strings: searchlist dw fdtype, mstype, ibmtype, wintype, othertype No ^^^ EDR-DOS :-( http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/metakern.zip ??? http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=metakern (Dead varna and saar links) http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/boot/metakern/ http://www.auersoft.eu/soft/specials/ -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? YES. Unfortunately, the kernel looks for FDCONFIG.SYS and CONFIG.SYS only (I'd kick the latter, BTW), so all FreeDOS kernels will share this one file, except you patch the kernel. You can boot multiple kernels using METAKERN. It works great, but needs some manual setup. You can drop FreeDOS, EDRDOS and ME on same partition, but you MUST use FDCONFIG.SYS , DCONFIG.SYS , FDAUTO.BAT and DRAUTO.BAT. There is absolutely no need to dig out old dead 1.0 distro utils from their graves ;-) To test multiple kernels, the easiest solution is to rename them all (KERNEL36.SYS KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL40.SYS) and then COPY KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL.SYS boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) (test 2038) COPY KERNEL40.SYS KERNEL.SYS boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) (test 2040) Would this be a good time (doubtful) to suggest XCHG as a mnemonic for swapping filenames? + 1 or SWAP ;-) I need this frequently too. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Op 4-8-2011 14:44, dos386 schreef: Unfortunately, the kernel looks for FDCONFIG.SYS and CONFIG.SYS only (I'd kick the latter, BTW), so all FreeDOS kernels will share this one file, except you patch the kernel. Lots of software (especially driver installers) still depends on CONFIG.SYS existing. For very simple configurations (no menu stuff for example) FreeDOS can use/read CONFIG.SYS just fine. You can boot multiple kernels using METAKERN. It works great, but needs some manual setup. You can drop FreeDOS, EDRDOS and ME on same partition, but you MUST use FDCONFIG.SYS , DCONFIG.SYS , FDAUTO.BAT and DRAUTO.BAT. I'm not sure how easy it's to configure Eric's METABOOT.BOT bootsector file to look for a specific kernel name. The use of this special bootsector is that it modified a memory copy of the original used bootsector so geometry is kept. Convenient in case of resizing disk or copying METAKERN.SYS itself to a different drive, including attached bootsectors. There is absolutely no need to dig out old dead 1.0 distro utils from their graves ;-) Depends, we've still not added all the extra utilities that make it worthwile to use DOS. Base distro is a very simple base. Adding programs from a 1.0 CD can be quite troublesome, especially due to POSTINST.BAT To test multiple kernels, the easiest solution is to rename them all (KERNEL36.SYS KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL40.SYS) and then COPY KERNEL38.SYS KERNEL.SYS boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) (test 2038) COPY KERNEL40.SYS KERNEL.SYS boom (CTL-ALT-DEL) (test 2040) Would this be a good time (doubtful) to suggest XCHG as a mnemonic for swapping filenames? + 1 or SWAP ;-) I need this frequently too. Patches to FreeCOM always welcome, I think both Ruxgulo and Jeremy managed to get a (good?) working Watcom version somehow. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Not sure about the filenames or why you're changing those. Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? This. If I rename command.com in the root directory, there are obvious issues. You have to change SHELL= in your CONFIG.SYS first. Yes. If I rename fdconfig.sys, there are issues. There's really only two names you can use there. If you're trying to dual boot with FreeDOS, then rename the FreeDOS-specific one to FDCONFIG.SYS. (In particular, FreeDOS doesn't support MS-style CONFIG.SYS menus but instead has its own syntax). You can't dual-boot multiple FreeDOS instances on the same partition, because you can't configure the kernel to use one specific (FD)CONFIG.SYS. Therefore, you have to change the file name the kernel will look for. If you can compile the kernel yourself, search through its source code for where the FDCONFIG.SYS name is used and change that. If you have an uncompressed kernel binary, you might be able to change the FDCONFIG.SYS string with a hex editor instead. The autoexec.bat file is the only file I seem to be able to rename without issue. COMMAND /P:blah.bat is typically where you change that (in CONFIG.SYS). Yes. Does anyone else here have a method that would allow multiple installs of FreeDOS (1.0, 1.1), MS-DOS, or Windows 95/98 to co-exist in the same partition? MetaKern should probably do it, I hope, but you'll have to read the docs and experiment. Metakern allows booting multiple kernels, but if you boot a specific DOS variant multiple times, each group will again use the same *CONFIG.SYS unless you hack that file name in (some of) the kernel(s). Keep in mind that MS-DOS (and thus Win9x) expect to be first on the drive, and I mean literally like sector 0 has to have the DOS files. I think MS-DOS 7 and 8 only need to have the first few sectors/clusters (2 or 3 KiB?) of IO.SYS consecutive, but it doesn't matter where. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Therefore, you have to change the file name the kernel will look for. If you can compile the kernel yourself, search through its source code for where the FDCONFIG.SYS name is used and change that. The file is opened around line 700 in config.c, here: http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freedos/kernel/trunk/kernel/config.c?revision=1696view=markup There's some other messages mentioning (FD)CONFIG.SYS but these do not affect which file is actually processed. Regards, Christian -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Hi, On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:19 AM, c...@bttr-software.de wrote: You can't dual-boot multiple FreeDOS instances on the same partition, because you can't configure the kernel to use one specific (FD)CONFIG.SYS. Therefore, you have to change the file name the kernel will look for. If you can compile the kernel yourself, search through its source code for where the FDCONFIG.SYS name is used and change that. Does anyone else here have a method that would allow multiple installs of FreeDOS (1.0, 1.1), MS-DOS, or Windows 95/98 to co-exist in the same partition? MetaKern should probably do it, I hope, but you'll have to read the docs and experiment. Metakern allows booting multiple kernels, but if you boot a specific DOS variant multiple times, each group will again use the same *CONFIG.SYS unless you hack that file name in (some of) the kernel(s). Okay, it's hard to understand what he wants and why. I noticed that he mentioned MS-DOS / Win9x, so I assumed he meant share that with FreeDOS (which makes more sense, practically, than otherwise). There's really no reason to run FD 1.0 and 1.1 side-by-side. Presumably you don't want to run separate (old) utilities from 1.0 anyways. So that part should stay the same, IMO. So basically you're only sharing the kernel, but even that (in theory) shouldn't be needed. So unless you know of specific apps (or just want to test) that need a specific kernel (2037?), I wouldn't bother. But KERNEL.SYS is really the only file to worry about (shell should be the same). In short, if you want to dual boot between FreeDOS versions, you're basically only worrying about the kernel. In that case, a simple ren kernel.sys kernel2.sys and ren kernel3.sys kernel.sys should do it (and reboot, of course). Would this be a good time (doubtful) to suggest XCHG as a mnemonic for swapping filenames? ;-) -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Hi. Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? After editing the fdconfig.sys, and autoexec.bat, I was unable to boot properly with the files renamed. The kernel seems to be the only non issue, but I hadn't tested it a whole lot. Maybe some programs need it named 'kernel.sys'? If I rename command.com in the root directory, there are obvious issues. If I rename fdconfig.sys, there are issues. The autoexec.bat file is the only file I seem to be able to rename without issue. Does anyone else here have a method that would allow multiple installs of FreeDOS (1.0, 1.1), MS-DOS, or Windows 95/98 to co-exist in the same partition? BTW - If this is the wrong place to post these types of questions, could someone point me in the right direction? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-install-multiple-instances..--tp32179949p32179949.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?
Hi, On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Virii emul...@gmail.com wrote: Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? After editing the fdconfig.sys, and autoexec.bat, I was unable to boot properly with the files renamed. The kernel seems to be the only non issue, but I hadn't tested it a whole lot. Maybe some programs need it named 'kernel.sys'? I don't know of any program that depends on the kernel's filename. (Why would it?) As mentioned, you can change it in the boot sector, but usually you don't need to. Not sure about the filenames or why you're changing those. FreeDOS: FDCONFIG.SYS - CONFIG.SYS DR-DOS: DCONFIG.SYS, AUTODOS7.BAT - CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT If I rename command.com in the root directory, there are obvious issues. You have to change SHELL= in your CONFIG.SYS first. If I rename fdconfig.sys, there are issues. There's really only two names you can use there. If you're trying to dual boot with FreeDOS, then rename the FreeDOS-specific one to FDCONFIG.SYS. (In particular, FreeDOS doesn't support MS-style CONFIG.SYS menus but instead has its own syntax). The autoexec.bat file is the only file I seem to be able to rename without issue. COMMAND /P:blah.bat is typically where you change that (in CONFIG.SYS). Does anyone else here have a method that would allow multiple installs of FreeDOS (1.0, 1.1), MS-DOS, or Windows 95/98 to co-exist in the same partition? MetaKern should probably do it, I hope, but you'll have to read the docs and experiment. Keep in mind that MS-DOS (and thus Win9x) expect to be first on the drive, and I mean literally like sector 0 has to have the DOS files. FreeDOS can be located anywhere, however. http://www.auersoft.eu/soft/specials/metakern-2003oct11.zip http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/boot/metakern/ BTW - If this is the wrong place to post these types of questions, could someone point me in the right direction? No, it's fine, this is the place.:-) I just hope we can help. It's complicated!:-/ -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos much more. Register early save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
Thanks for pointing CDmage but it doesn't help: I've tried 30 minutes going through almost all combinations but I still don't have the least clue how to make it modify the ISO image! Very bad software for this purpose. And yeah, a lot of bla bla bla about freeware iso editor on Internet and never answer. Then I went through quite a lot of ISO editors and finally I found that for PowerIDO, The unregistered version will display a dialog prompts you to register, and you can not create or edit image files greater than 300MB with the unregistered version. (quoted from its web site) And luckily fdbasecd.iso is about 8MB, so I could modify it! On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:58, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: In fact problem with freeware iso editor for windows is surprisingly long-lived one. Google can confirm. Just search for freeware iso editor for windows and see thousands of threads with the same question and no answers. On 11.04.11 16:27, STF wrote: For the record: * CDmage seems dead: its websites are not working any more Strange, just checked and site is up and running. While CDmage itself was last updated back in 2001, and it cannot replace files in image if new file is bigger than one you going to replace, it's still one of the most powerful freeware ISO editors for windows (that means that other freeware is even more obscure). In any case here is direct links: http://ftp.uevora.pt/pub/Mirrors/CDmage/CDmage1-02-1B5.rar http://ftp.uevora.pt/pub/Mirrors/CDmage/CDmage1-01-5.exe * I've tried AVSDiscCreator 5.0.2.516, but as soon as I open fdbasecd.iso, I got the The file system could not be extracted from the ISO-image. message OK, lets move it to the list of crappy ones. * Visual-ISO ... well, I've tried but it doesn't seem to let me edit existing ISO images. Visual-ISO is just a frontend to mkisofs, so you need to extract files from existing ISO image first. So the sentence install kernel is easy to say, hard to achieve. Still waiting for answers... You still got options like: - make changes under Windows with some paid ISO editor - make changes under Linux with Acetone ISO or ISOmaster - make changes under whatever-OS-you-like with mkisofs in command line - -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
In fact problem with freeware iso editor for windows is surprisingly long-lived one. Google can confirm. Just search for freeware iso editor for windows and see thousands of threads with the same question and no answers. On 11.04.11 16:27, STF wrote: For the record: * CDmage seems dead: its websites are not working any more Strange, just checked and site is up and running. While CDmage itself was last updated back in 2001, and it cannot replace files in image if new file is bigger than one you going to replace, it's still one of the most powerful freeware ISO editors for windows (that means that other freeware is even more obscure). In any case here is direct links: http://ftp.uevora.pt/pub/Mirrors/CDmage/CDmage1-02-1B5.rar http://ftp.uevora.pt/pub/Mirrors/CDmage/CDmage1-01-5.exe * I've tried AVSDiscCreator 5.0.2.516, but as soon as I open fdbasecd.iso, I got the The file system could not be extracted from the ISO-image. message OK, lets move it to the list of crappy ones. * Visual-ISO ... well, I've tried but it doesn't seem to let me edit existing ISO images. Visual-ISO is just a frontend to mkisofs, so you need to extract files from existing ISO image first. So the sentence install kernel is easy to say, hard to achieve. Still waiting for answers... You still got options like: - make changes under Windows with some paid ISO editor - make changes under Linux with Acetone ISO or ISOmaster - make changes under whatever-OS-you-like with mkisofs in command line - On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:03, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: In fact there is appinfo directory with fdkernel.lsm packaged within those zips. So, I believe, there is a way to actually install it with fdupdate. But as for me, it is much more straightforward to just unzip\overwrite. As for ISO editor it depends on OS you're using. For building ISOs in DOS you can use mkisofs from cdrtools. For Linux there is AcetoneISO and ISO Master. For Windows there is tons of ISO editing soft, from crappy ones to power-tools like UltraISO or MagicISO. While most of it will cost you some money, there is still few freeware ones, most notable: AVS Disc Creator (http://www.avs4you.com/avs-disc-creator.aspx), Visual-ISO (http://dpaehl.dd6338.kasserver.com/cdr/visualiso.php) and of course CDmage (http://cdmage.orconhosting.net.nz/frames.html) -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
In order to rhyme with FreeDos, I would want like ISO Editor free, of course ;) Thanks you :) On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:03, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: In fact there is appinfo directory with fdkernel.lsm packaged within those zips. So, I believe, there is a way to actually install it with fdupdate. But as for me, it is much more straightforward to just unzip\overwrite. As for ISO editor it depends on OS you're using. For building ISOs in DOS you can use mkisofs from cdrtools. For Linux there is AcetoneISO and ISO Master. For Windows there is tons of ISO editing soft, from crappy ones to power-tools like UltraISO or MagicISO. While most of it will cost you some money, there is still few freeware ones, most notable: AVS Disc Creator (http://www.avs4you.com/avs-disc-creator.aspx), Visual-ISO (http://dpaehl.dd6338.kasserver.com/cdr/visualiso.php) and of course CDmage (http://cdmage.orconhosting.net.nz/frames.html) On 08.04.11 18:25, STF wrote: OK, thanks. I see, so install the kernel is just actually simply replace the kernel.sys file. He could have said this in simple words. I'm just using the official live CD provided in the website. What ISO editor do you advise? TIA On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 20:50, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: Hello Unfortunately links on official FreeDOS site are broken. But you still can download from ibiblio. You can find all available kernels at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/ . Direct links for 2038 is http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat16-binary.zip or http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat32-binary.zip . After downloading unzip the archive and copy just unzipped kernel.sys to the root directory of C: (or corresponding letter of your system partition) overwriting old one. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
For the record: * CDmage seems dead: its websites are not working any more * I've tried AVSDiscCreator 5.0.2.516, but as soon as I open fdbasecd.iso, I got the The file system could not be extracted from the ISO-image. message * Visual-ISO ... well, I've tried but it doesn't seem to let me edit existing ISO images. So the sentence install kernel is easy to say, hard to achieve. Still waiting for answers... On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:03, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: In fact there is appinfo directory with fdkernel.lsm packaged within those zips. So, I believe, there is a way to actually install it with fdupdate. But as for me, it is much more straightforward to just unzip\overwrite. As for ISO editor it depends on OS you're using. For building ISOs in DOS you can use mkisofs from cdrtools. For Linux there is AcetoneISO and ISO Master. For Windows there is tons of ISO editing soft, from crappy ones to power-tools like UltraISO or MagicISO. While most of it will cost you some money, there is still few freeware ones, most notable: AVS Disc Creator (http://www.avs4you.com/avs-disc-creator.aspx), Visual-ISO (http://dpaehl.dd6338.kasserver.com/cdr/visualiso.php) and of course CDmage (http://cdmage.orconhosting.net.nz/frames.html) -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
In fact there is appinfo directory with fdkernel.lsm packaged within those zips. So, I believe, there is a way to actually install it with fdupdate. But as for me, it is much more straightforward to just unzip\overwrite. As for ISO editor it depends on OS you're using. For building ISOs in DOS you can use mkisofs from cdrtools. For Linux there is AcetoneISO and ISO Master. For Windows there is tons of ISO editing soft, from crappy ones to power-tools like UltraISO or MagicISO. While most of it will cost you some money, there is still few freeware ones, most notable: AVS Disc Creator (http://www.avs4you.com/avs-disc-creator.aspx), Visual-ISO (http://dpaehl.dd6338.kasserver.com/cdr/visualiso.php) and of course CDmage (http://cdmage.orconhosting.net.nz/frames.html) On 08.04.11 18:25, STF wrote: OK, thanks. I see, so install the kernel is just actually simply replace the kernel.sys file. He could have said this in simple words. I'm just using the official live CD provided in the website. What ISO editor do you advise? TIA On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 20:50, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: Hello Unfortunately links on official FreeDOS site are broken. But you still can download from ibiblio. You can find all available kernels at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/ . Direct links for 2038 is http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat16-binary.zip or http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat32-binary.zip . After downloading unzip the archive and copy just unzipped kernel.sys to the root directory of C: (or corresponding letter of your system partition) overwriting old one. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
OK, thanks. I see, so install the kernel is just actually simply replace the kernel.sys file. He could have said this in simple words. I'm just using the official live CD provided in the website. What ISO editor do you advise? TIA On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 20:50, escape esc...@front.ru wrote: Hello Unfortunately links on official FreeDOS site are broken. But you still can download from ibiblio. You can find all available kernels at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/ . Direct links for 2038 is http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat16-binary.zip or http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat32-binary.zip . After downloading unzip the archive and copy just unzipped kernel.sys to the root directory of C: (or corresponding letter of your system partition) overwriting old one. -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
Hi, In a previous mail, dos386 suggested me FreeDOS manually using latest components (kernel 2038). I've done some Google search on freedos kernel 2038, freedos install kernel, etc and also used install kernel in Freedos's web site's search function. But I can't find the procedure to install kernel . Could someone tell me how we are supposed to do this? TIA -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install kernel XXXX?
Hello Unfortunately links on official FreeDOS site are broken. But you still can download from ibiblio. You can find all available kernels at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/ . Direct links for 2038 is http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat16-binary.zip or http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/kernel/2038/kernel2038-fat32-binary.zip . After downloading unzip the archive and copy just unzipped kernel.sys to the root directory of C: (or corresponding letter of your system partition) overwriting old one. On 07.04.11 15:04, STF wrote: Hi, In a previous mail, dos386 suggested me FreeDOS manually using latest components (kernel 2038). I've done some Google search on freedos kernel 2038, freedos install kernel, etc and also used install kernel in Freedos's web site's search function. But I can't find the procedure to install kernel . Could someone tell me how we are supposed to do this? TIA -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install SiS900 packet driver?
Michael Reichenbach wrote: There is also a full package from sis.com. Get sl119.zip from SiS. How can I install it? Read sl119\pktdrv\readme.TXT or just try loading sl119\pktdrv\SIS900.EXE. More info at http://lazybrowndog.net/freedos/ (It`s about going online, arachne etc. Not lan.) That's basically the same, because I think, you're using a DSL router. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] how to install in Freedos
Hi Ron, nice to know that Spinrite for DOS now supports NTFS, but what does Spinrite do? Defragging, disk checking...? About the drive letters: You cannot boot a full DOS from raw cdrom, so we use a virtual A: drive. The contents of that drive are on a diskimage on the cdrom. The normal diskette drive is called B: while the virtual drive is used - only when you have booted from cdrom, in other words. There are cdrom drivers on the virtual A:, which allow DOS to use the normal contents of the cdrom after booting. I think DOS will call the normal cdrom drive X: then. About the whereabouts of shsurdrv and problems with the LiveCD caused by them, please ask Blair Campbell (email blairdude at gmail dot com) whether this is a known bug in FreeDOS 1.0 and if so, how you can fix it. Maybe he can just make a fixed ISO for you... Eric :-) PS: You talked about a 5 MB harddisk in the old days... Actually you can squeeze almost all of FreeDOS base on 3 diskettes today, including lots of documentation. I once booted Windows 3.1 from a tiny 256 MB USB stick, which felt weird as it originally lived on 40 MB HD and a few MB of RAM. Today you have gigs of USB and RAM... - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] how to install in Freedos
By the way I'm still hoping that someone will tell me what is going wrong when I boot or try to boot into freedos. It has to be simple but I will say this I'm pushed to find programming problems when my machine is working and I have editors so I can look and change boot programs so with out anything when I try to boot into freedos and not really knowing what is going on or why since I'm not a programmer I have little or no help finding the problem. If I could look at and edit the fdauto.bat file from vista or print or have a print out of that file it would help. Also If I knew this was the only file that loads things into freedos and I guess it is. If I could get shsudrv to load I bet it would run and I'm just guessing. I still wonder about that x:\fdos\bin and yes Eric that file is in that director I looked.BG Maybe different for your type of load but not mine. Ron Spruell Sr. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] how to install in Freedos
I want to thank all of you for helping me try and get FreeDos to load all the way especially Eric since I have been a thorn in his side for a while so thanks Eric for putting up with me.BG I do get the kernel to load and can use the question mark to see the programs that did load. It's hard for me to do much since I don't have the use of my mouse or the printer and I have finally found the other night and old Norton System works 3 1/2 inch disk that had an editor their editor call diskedit. I was looking for a floppy that had edit on it and will again look for it but I believe I can use diskedit to edit the fdauto.bat file. I got started trying to load FreeDos because one of the programs I love uses FreeDos and it's called Spin Rite v6.0. You know he has the NFTS file system working in Spin Rite v6.0 since it will check FAT and New File technology also so it would be nice if we could get Steve I think the author is Steve but any way it would be nice if he would share the NFTS file system with other users in the FreeDos community. Not being a programmer and not having any tools since FreeDos refuses to laod all the way for me, I will again load what I can of FreeDos and try an step thru the fdauto.bat and see if indeed it is that statement with the X in it that keeps shsurdrv from loading. I do know Eric, because I looked on the CD after I loaed the kernel of FreeDos that shsurdrv is in the A:\fdos\bin\shsurdrv.exe so I think and I will try changing the X to A: and see if this will get the shsurdrv to load it maybe that simple. For what ever reason and you guys would know FreeDos renamed my CD rom drive that I load FreeDos from to A: drive and my floppy 3 1/2 inch drive is now my B: drive which doesn't hurt a thing/ I can remember having a full featured PC with a 5 meg byte drive and that was huge at the time so my CD rom drive is a whole bigger than that. Back then all programs were programmed in assembly so they weren't nor did they have to be big. Ron Spruell Sr. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Spruell Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:17 AM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] how to install in Freedos Ron Said screen with 1 2 or 3 selecting EMM386 with himem and I selected 3 Eric said I hope this is the choice -without- emm386. Strange, my fdbasecd only contains 1 install / 2 safe mode...? Ah now I understand options 3 4 and 5 are livecd and fdbasecd is too small so it does not contain the livecd :-). Ron Said No I selected the 3 option which includes Himem.sys and EMM386 The statement below send me to nocd when it doesn't find shsurdrv.exe in that directory If not exist X:\Fdos\bin\shsurdrv.exe goto nocd Eric said Hmm interesting I think X: is the cdrom drive letter but shsurdrv is in the odin directory, not in fdos...? Blair should be able to answer this... Maybe it is at the right place in the larger CDs, I only have the small fdbasecd here... Ron Said That is exactly what is in the fdauto.bet I also was wondering what the X meant. I used an old Norton's Windows 95 recovery 3 1/2 inch floppy so that I had a way to look. I used their editdisk that was on the Floppy disk. That's what is on the CD in the fdauto.bat on the CD then it must be going to nocd and then the nest thing that comes up while booting is Echo There is no CD Rom or the wrong CD-ROM if I press escape then it boots but immediately drops to the A prompt because it sends it to END. As you said I guess said I need that file shurdrv on the floopy I guess to make it work. Can you are someone attach it... Eric said It already is on the CD, but in another directory. Blair?? Ron said You are right eric it is in the BIN directory don't know why it didn't pick it up and run it maybe something to do with the X: Maybe I should try and change it to A: because that's what it named my CD rom drive. Ron Said ... I don't see the message LiveCD or anything on the screen because it drops to end statement it is in fdauto.bat so I think I'm not booting all of FreeDos. At the least I'm not running shsurdrv.exe Eric said Well there should be something like: for %%X in ( 3 4 5 ) do if %config%==%%X goto livecd Ron Said This statement is more than likely in fdauto.bat but I never get there because it drops to end when it doesn't find shsurdrv.exe Eric PS: Please answer on the list again, I just sent you some intermediate information off-list so you or Blair can add more details and then continue the discussion on the list :-). - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] how to install in Freedos
Ron Said screen with 1 2 or 3 selecting EMM386 with himem and I selected 3 Eric said I hope this is the choice -without- emm386. Strange, my fdbasecd only contains 1 install / 2 safe mode...? Ah now I understand options 3 4 and 5 are livecd and fdbasecd is too small so it does not contain the livecd :-). Ron Said No I selected the 3 option which includes Himem.sys and EMM386 The statement below send me to nocd when it doesn't find shsurdrv.exe in that directory If not exist X:\Fdos\bin\shsurdrv.exe goto nocd Eric said Hmm interesting I think X: is the cdrom drive letter but shsurdrv is in the odin directory, not in fdos...? Blair should be able to answer this... Maybe it is at the right place in the larger CDs, I only have the small fdbasecd here... Ron Said That is exactly what is in the fdauto.bet I also was wondering what the X meant. I used an old Norton's Windows 95 recovery 3 1/2 inch floppy so that I had a way to look. I used their editdisk that was on the Floppy disk. That's what is on the CD in the fdauto.bat on the CD then it must be going to nocd and then the nest thing that comes up while booting is Echo There is no CD Rom or the wrong CD-ROM if I press escape then it boots but immediately drops to the A prompt because it sends it to END. As you said I guess said I need that file shurdrv on the floopy I guess to make it work. Can you are someone attach it... Eric said It already is on the CD, but in another directory. Blair?? Ron said You are right eric it is in the BIN directory don't know why it didn't pick it up and run it maybe something to do with the X: Maybe I should try and change it to A: because that's what it named my CD rom drive. Ron Said ... I don't see the message LiveCD or anything on the screen because it drops to end statement it is in fdauto.bat so I think I'm not booting all of FreeDos. At the least I'm not running shsurdrv.exe Eric said Well there should be something like: for %%X in ( 3 4 5 ) do if %config%==%%X goto livecd Ron Said This statement is more than likely in fdauto.bat but I never get there because it drops to end when it doesn't find shsurdrv.exe Eric PS: Please answer on the list again, I just sent you some intermediate information off-list so you or Blair can add more details and then continue the discussion on the list :-). - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:47:58 +0200, you wrote: Hi Florian, Yes, download the latest kernel. Unzip it and type sys c: fdkernel.sys You mean SYS the WinXP's hard disk? This will overwrite WinXP's boot sector! Then you can copy this kernel to c: (has to be FAT32). Open and edit boot.ini with an editor. Add: c:\fdkernel.sys=FreeDOS and save the file. Now you can make a autoexec.bat and (fd)config.sys. But where's the WinXP bootsector? If FreeDOS SYS overwrite the boot sector of the hard disk, that means WinXP boot sector was gone forever. I've tried BOOTPART but failed. According to BOOTPART, the procedure should be: 1) put a bootsector file (e.g. bootsect.dos) in C:\ 2) edit boot.ini and add the c:\bootsect.dos 3) bootpart rewriteroot:c: I'm confused. Rgds, Johnson. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to install FreeDOS to D:?
Hi Bernd: Oh, it's possible. I could manually extract the files I want from the bootable CD and do the COPY and SYS commands. I just want an easier way to get the \fdos\bin tree. Unless the FreeDOS SYS command is broken and always accesses C:? That would be ugly...I suppose I'd have to manually copy the boot sector. Your installer breaks my existing MS-DOS installation every time I run it. It's a great option to allow most of the files to live in an extended partition, though! :-) My problem is that these ARE NOT dual boot machines. I routinely boot many different OS's, including different versions of DOS. I really want FreeDOS confined ONLY to it's partition. I'll use another bootloader to chain to that partition and hide other partitions if necessary. I can do this with MS-DOS easily (I do it all the time). How do I do the same thing with FreeDOS? :-) Hide the partitions before I run the installer? Ugh... :-) Thanks for your prompt response! Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: I'd like to install FreeDOS manually, copying the files to D:\fdos\bin and doing a SYS D: to get around this problem. How can I easily get the \fdos\bin directory created without also writing a bootsector to C:? That is not possible, because we want to guarantee that the system boots. If C: already contains an operating system, we'll now create a proper dualboot system. The config.sys is also written to be put on C:, with references to your D: If you put the files on another partition than C:, we don't know what you're intending: *boot FreeDOS from C:, but run programs from D: *boot the other partition, and let it become C: I can only recommend to use a tool (I hope our FDISK allows it) to set the correct primary partition active before running the FreeDOS installer. If you wait another day, you can try the updated FreeDOS distro, as I'm releasing that today. SYS D: should still be possible, but SYS C: has also been done, though. Can you describe a bit more about why you consider this a problem? Then I might try to work around it in a future release. Bernd --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
