Mark, >> where are the easiest to install (and use) >> drivers for freedos? > > Depends what you need/want. > > * Modern IDE/PATA/SATA over PCI/PCIe: > http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html > > Others: > * Ancient PATA over various busses: no idea > * Ancient IDE/PATA over ISA/PCI: oakcdrom.sys/vide-cdd.sys (win98) > * SCSI/USB/Firewire/Serial/Parallel: no idea > * bootCD: Eltorito.sys , part of Syslinux bootloader suite > * RAM-CD: no idea. > * Disk-CD: no idea (Isohybrid) > * CD-images: SHSUCDX suite
I am the author of the UIDE caching disk/CD/CDV driver, available from <http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html> (Johnson Lam is my "partner" since 2004 and hosts my drivers on his site). UIDE is part of the "base" FreeDOS system, thus it is also available from <http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/cdrom/uide>. Both sites provide the latest drivers, now dated 23-Mar-2012. Bernd's comments (above) are correct with one exception: UIDE is able to run "ancient" IDE/PATA over ISA/PCI, or any "ancient" CD/ DVD drives, better than the OAKCDROM.SYS or VIDE-CDD.SYS drivers. They do not provide CD/DVD caching (HUGE speed improvement!), nor do they use UltraDMA I-O, present in all CD/DVD drives from about 1999 onward. UIDE does both. Any questions re: UIDE usage/installation/etc., feel free to send me an E-Mail, and I shall be glad to help! Jack R. Ellis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
