Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.
Hi! You should be able to enable "legacy" support in BIOS. Then the following should work: - usb keyboard - usb mouse (with a DOS ps2 mouse driver) - usb cdrom and dvd (but only for booting from them) - usb floppy, usb harddisk and usb flash stick (but maybe only if you boot from them) In either case, you have to connect the device before you boot... And you _may_ have to enable some sort of legacy non PnP OS support option in BIOS CMOS setup. > and when I start the FreeDOS under GEM, even the CD/DVD Are you sure you do not mean the other way round? You first have to start DOS before you can start GEM... The harddisk is supported by the BIOS, so DOS has no worries here. > for DOS, and we have to update these things, or FreeDOS will... Try the version on http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ Here are some CDROM driver links: http://marktsai0316.googlepages.com/gcdromfordos (SATA CD/DVD) (also on SF.net cdromdosdrv) www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/gcdrom/ www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/system/udma+drivers/ (yes that is a plus sign in the URL :-p) (SATA/IDE/ATA/UDMA CD/DVD/HDD) www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/shsucdx/ (this generates a drive letter with your cdrom/dvd files, it needs a lowlevel driver such as gcdrom or uide loaded first) To access the CDROM you must first load GCDROM or UIDE (or similar, for example XCDROM or proprietary drivers) and then load SHSUCDX or MSCDEX or similar. You can also load CDRCACHE between lowlevel driver and SHSUCDX :-). Note that SHSUCDX only supports ISO9660, not UDF, so you can expect problems with rewriteables and disks filled with more than 4 GB of data (unless they use ISO9660). Rewriteables with ISO9660 content are no problem :-). Eric PS: FreeDOS 1.0 only contains XCDROM which is related to UIDE but much older and without SATA support etc... - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.
> For CD-ROM there are a lot of drivers, try xcdrom. could be S-ATA CDROM. then he'n need gcdrom or UIDE Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.
Tipi Nedmark schrieb: > Eric, > First, I don't see what you mean by "the BIOS supports flash drive, etc.. To > my knowledge > (limited), I still can't access these things from FreeDOS. But more grim is > the fact that my > newer machine, a Dell 521, made in 2007, with AThlon 64, uses really modern > drives, > and when I start the FreeDOS under GEM, even the CD/DVD drive doesn't work!!! > . As I > had mentioned before, every kind of FreeDOS; small or full; and even the > older boot disks > i.e. 'startup disks' show a message that they cannot find a drver for the CD. > In fact, given > all that, I'm amazed that they allow the hard drive to work, as it too is > recent(serial ATA). > So, what happens is the GEM desktop does not show any CD icon, only the C > drive, and > oddly, a floppy drive, which is not physically present on the > computer!!!.Like everyone who > comes to this site, I have a soft spot for DOS, and we have to update these > things, or > FreeDOS will start to look like the dinosaur. By the way, the 521 uses a USB > mouse,and > because of this, I can't really use the FreeDOS on it in any case(remember, > no USB > support!).--Tip, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For CD-ROM there are a lot of drivers, try xcdrom. To get USB to work under DOS is tricky. If USB booting is working then this is the most easy method without driver. Otherwise you need to find the correct driver. All informations here: http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.USB -mr - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
