On Mon, January 19, 2009 16:12, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! > >> Just make regular backups, and keep a clean image. >> Make one before you go in the interwebz. >> Got a virus? Just wipe the disk and put the image back. > > As you do not always notice the virus at once, you > better also keep older images. Or maybe you keep a > few generations of backups of your program folders > and separate backups of your data files. Makes it > easier to restore programs without rewinding data.
That's a part of every good backup strategy. >> I just want to know, is FreeDOS IPv6 compatible? > > No DOS uses any internet at all - only DOS programs > do... Argh... that's what I meant. It's not a big deal for me tho. Just "nice to have". >> I have an ancient laptop, small and light enough to >> carry around, and with reasonable battery life. I'll >> make it my netbook avant-la-lettre. I just >> have to get the network card working. > > If it is ancient, it should be possible :-). Modern > PCI / PCIe / onboard network also has reasonable > support, better than ISA / PCMCIA I would say. Just > wireless everything has very missing drivers in DOS. I think I have a promblem with the PCMCIA. I will investigate further, and if I don't find it, I'll start a new thread. >>> - zip -r x:\everyth.zip c:\ (same idea as above but compressed) >>> - use doscdroast GUI or mkisofs/cdrecord (iso9660 CD or DVD) > >> ... I prefer 7zip. It has superior compression rates. > > If you have enough RAM and a suitable CPU (Pentium MMX / better?) > to make 7zip work at acceptable speed, yes ;-) Ancient laptop, but still Celeron and 192 MiB RAM. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
