Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-28 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Rugxulo schreef op 28-7-2013 0:55: > >> 1.9 has been latest stable for three years now. I haven't been >> following their latest progress, so I don't really know much about it. > > 1.5 was listed in above textfile, guess that's the last

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-28 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi, UPX appears indeed in two repositories - IIRC I've put it into both DEVEL and UTIL, since it seemed to fit both.. Of course I am interested in your isolinux image, although I don't fully understand the benefits of using isolinux versus a 'normal' floppy emulation? To create the FDNPKG CD

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-28 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Rugxulo schreef op 28-7-2013 0:55: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/cdrom/uide/ Yep, that includes XMGR > Latest of this is actually 2013-05-23 : Oops, didn't notice while browsing the archives. > Again? I don't remember, but yeah, you could argue it belongs in > "

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Mateusz Viste schreef op 22-7-2013 21:37: > > Also went over the CD, seeing the following obvious things: I haven't downloaded nor played with this .ISO, but FYI > upx v3.09 http://upx.sf.net A few months ago, I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-27 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Mateusz Viste schreef op 22-7-2013 21:37: > > edit // I examined settings of the virtual machine, and noticed that I > had set the 'CPU capping' to 30%. I moved the setting to 100%, and then > the miracle happened - both UDVD2 and FDAPM stopped freezing! I rebooted > many times to be sure, and it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-22 Thread Mateusz Viste
In fact, it doesn't freeze all the time! Curiously, the behavior of UDVD2 (or VirtualBox, depends of the point of view I guess) is quite erratic. I rebooted the VBox machine several times. Sometimes it works fine (UDVD2 don't freeze), sometimes it freezes for a short moment (like 5-10s), and som

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-22 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi, I did updated my VirtualBox install with the latest version available (the Oracle one, not the OSE) - 4.2.16. Unfortunately, UDVD2 still freezes there for - literally - a minute. It starts booting, and gets stuck for ~1 minute on the screen on the screenshot below. http://www.viste-family.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-22 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > On 07/21/2013 07:59 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > >> Ouch, thought this was solved, both with and without some custom fixing >> driver. Most recent VirtualBox (4.2.16?) used? Most recent UDVD2.SYS >> used? > > The UDVD2.SYS I used is the l

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-21 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello, On 07/21/2013 07:59 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > All of these can have a CD drive attached to them. Remember Iomega's > zipdrives having lots of different drivers Okay, I understand now. The whole thing is not much about CDROM drives, but rather on any possible substitute that people can use

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-21 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Mateusz Viste schreef op 21-7-2013 18:45: > Just like Rugxulo, I'm a bit lost about all these IDE/SATA/PATA stuff, > until now I was naively assuming that a SATA CD drive is behaving like a > PATA one, and same drivers will work, and the only difference is at the > physical level... You're right.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-21 Thread Mateusz Viste
A quick additional note: Out of pure curiosity, I configured the CD drive in my VirtualBox FreeDOS machine as being a SATA one (that is, attached to a SATA / AHCI controller). Unfortunately, both XCDROM.SYS and UDVD2.SYS failed to recognize it. So for the time being I will put back XCDROM in th

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-21 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi there, Just like Rugxulo, I'm a bit lost about all these IDE/SATA/PATA stuff, until now I was naively assuming that a SATA CD drive is behaving like a PATA one, and same drivers will work, and the only difference is at the physical level... By the way, how come that SATA HDD drives works fin

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 07/21/2013 12:06 AM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Mainly the bootdisk programs: > * kernel: 2036 instead of 2041 Updated to 2041. > * xcdrom instead of udvd2 But is udvd2 really better than xcdrom ? What is 'user-perceived' difference between these two? > * sys 3.6 instead of 3.7 or 3.8-test I th

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Chris Evans
I thought uide was a dma version of IDE pio mode? It works on the atapi io ports.. -Chris Http://tawhakisoft.com/ On Saturday, July 20, 2013, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Bernd Blaauw > > wrote: > > Mateusz Viste schreef op 20-7-2013 23:08: > > > >> Could you tell

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Mateusz Viste schreef op 20-7-2013 23:08: > >> Could you tell me please which software you see old? > > Mainly the bootdisk programs: > * kernel: 2036 instead of 2041 Well, 2036 wasn't exactly horribly buggy nor super old (FD 1.0 in 2006

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Mateusz Viste schreef op 20-7-2013 23:08: > Could you tell me please which software you see old? Mainly the bootdisk programs: * kernel: 2036 instead of 2041 * xcdrom instead of udvd2 * sys 3.6 instead of 3.7 or 3.8-test >> * missing CWSDPMI.EXE apparently > > Yes, cwsdpmi is not on the boot flo

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Bernd, nice to see you're still around! On 07/20/2013 06:57 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > * old versions of software (or is this to demo the updater? ). Nope, not a 'demo' purpose at all. It's all supposed to be pretty up to date :/ Could you tell me please which software you see old? > * missin

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS "FDNPKG install" CD

2013-07-20 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Mateusz Viste schreef op 19-7-2013 20:54: > This makes it possible to use this CD on a clean PC to install the > latest version of FreeDOS. There is no installer - you need to use > FDISK, FORMAT and SYS by yourself. Then use FDNPKG to install whatever > packages you need. Thanks for making this