> Oh, I thought that the liveCD would do something like look somewhere on > the > C: drive for a specific autoexec file and then execute that if it's > present. I just assumed that it would have that capability. I can't say > that I understand why it doesn't do this, but obviously there must be > some > reason for this restriction.
Apparently no one saw a need for that. For symmetry, you would have to provide a writeable (FD)CONFIG.SYS file too (which is harder to accomplish). In both cases, these files should probably _replace_ the ones on the CD. Additionally, your drive C: could be some read-only device (or one you don't want to modify) too, or maybe there isn't a drive C:, or whatever. Even something as simple as saying that we always execute the file "C:\FDOS\CDAUTO.BAT" (for example) if it exists, does not appear reasonable to me. > I'll just have to write my own batch file and > remember to execute it manually on startup each time. That's the best workaround you'll get with the CD as is. > Yes, it does need to run natively. It needs real-time access to the real > hardware, and it needs to be in an environment in which nothing else is > going to steal cycles. Then I suggest you install a whole FreeDOS installation (or only the boot disk of the CD, or only a small installation containing everything you need) on your R/W storage (hard disk) and boot that. The live CD isn't intended for this usage. You can update the writeable installation with newer programs then, too. Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
