Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-07 Thread Chris Ruhl
Hello! I'm beginning to wonder if some of my problems stem from using an SATA hard drive ... many problems go away when I try an IDE drive. I inadvertently started a new thread on that... - This SF.net email is sponsored b

Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-07 Thread Oleg O. Chukaev
Hello, Japheth wrote: >> Hmmm I cannot reproduce that problem. Both edit 0.7d and edit 0.81 >> ("European" and "original American" branch) let me select "No" when >> I select either "exit" or "close" and get a dialog which asks me >> whether I want to save changes, either by mouse or by keyboard.

Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-07 Thread Japheth
>> allow you to choose out of saving a text file that you've accidentally >> altered while reading it and you're forced to save the "oopses." The > > Hmmm I cannot reproduce that problem. Both edit 0.7d and edit 0.81 > ("European" and "original American" branch) let me select "No" when > I select

Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-06 Thread Florian Xaver
> I recommend using k3b ;-). Really, for all the nifty graphical > user interfaces, you need just that - a system with nifty GUI. > For example Ubuntu ;-). The good things about DOS are at other > places, and a GUI like OpenGEM or "Windows 3 plus calmira.de" > is still raw technology compared to th

Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-06 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Chris, where is PA? > I have several years of formal schooling in programming > but nothing on the level of operating system coding. I wish I could > help but haven't coded in a decade or more. You could always do other things, like test and report bugs, or update docs or whatever else you

Re: [Freedos-user] My first crack at FreeDOS

2007-08-06 Thread Alain M.
Hi Chris, I use FreeDOS in read world applications and it runs well and stable. If you have enough knowledge in DOS, I recomend that you just ignore the install CD and pick each program that you need and place it where you believe it belongs. That way it works great! The install CD is over com