I have a Wyse VX0 V10LE and I admit I haven’t tested FreeDOS on it. If I am able to get anothe DOM (Disk On Module), I would love to see if it works on the system.
The cpu is 1.2ghz, RAM is 1gb, and the DOM is 16gb. Originally came with a Windows 98/XP dual boot. Currently running Windows 98 (mainly in DOS), and a vm running OS/2. Although I am unable to natively install OS/2, Windows 98 and DOS runs perfectly and putting a usb stick is available to DOS without needing any drivers in DOS which is a plus. One downside is CD off USB is a big issue when trying to install an OS. On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 18:02 <freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freedos-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Video complains that DOS should not be maintained (Wengier W) > 2. Re: Now it gets odd Re: FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE > controller? (Louis Santillan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:46:34 +0000 (UTC) > From: Wengier W <wengie...@yahoo.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Video complains that DOS should not be > maintained > Message-ID: <1457277452.1987137.1640385994...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I certainly hope to see more people using DOS/FreeDOS as the only (or > primary) operating system. However, without things like full support for > Internet and modern hardware (modern sound card, USB devices, etc) this > cannot occur, unfortunately. IMO, DOS/FreeDOS need to support things just > like a typical "modern" OS (e.g. Linux) does, so that the general public > won't consider DOS a "legacy" OS, or a system that is limited to very > specific uses. > Wengier > On Friday, December 24, 2021, 05:35:06 p.m. EST, John Vella < > john.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm going to make it my new year project to finish getting the 80486 pc > working, and once I've upgraded the memory, (4 Meg isn't going to be > enough, is it?) I'll be using freedos as the only operating system for my > distraction free writing pc.? > On Fri, 24 Dec 2021, 22:00 Jim Hall, <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 2:11 PM Jon Brase <jon.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > They're not talking about it in the context of log4j itself, they're > > talking about it in the context of other open source projects, that > > don't have something like the Apache foundation behind them, that > > are critical infrastructure, but have one or two maintainers working > > on them as a labor of love alongside a day job, and the potential, > > as such projects become legacy software, for them to still be > > half-maintained (and maybe maintain a significant user base) long > > after an institutionally maintained project would have officially > > been EOLed. > > > > And there is something of that kind of risk with any DOS variety > > still in use. Any remote execution vulnerability, through any > > network-aware DOS software, is basically automatically a remote root > > vulnerability by the nature of the system. Now, most FreeDOS users > > are probably using it for retrogaming and such and not for anything > > business-critical, but anybody using it in an embedded setting needs > > to be really careful about exposing it to the network. > > > > I really wonder how that would effect DOS, after all there is no > > web interface, nor any Java in (Free)DOS. So (without having watched > > this rather long video yet), any such conclusion seems to be a bit > > far fetch IMHO... > > > The statement in the video (starts at about 24:00, for others who want > to watch it) was awkwardly made. This person makes the statement that > some open source projects should just shut down rather than keep going > (I'm paraphrasing broadly here). And gives the example of "If MS-DOS > were open source" he opines that it shouldn't go on. > > Putting aside the fact that Microsoft did eventually release (early > versions of) MS-DOS under an open source license, this guy is just > wrong. Lots of people use DOS and FreeDOS to do useful things, like > running classic DOS games or applications, and supporting some > embedded systems or control systems. > > I usually try to see the other person's point of view - but in this > case, he's off base. Whatever. > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:02:02 -0800 > From: Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Now it gets odd Re: FreeDOS workaround for > hidden IDE controller? > Message-ID: > <CAB9Rao_FpYxmAH33xZ4wP95YSeRLLS3fkN2hO=v70tUtEwcr= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Apologies for the zombie thread revival. > > I recently bought 3 of these Wyse SX0 thin clients and I can confirm that > FreeDOS 1.3-RC5 (and worse!) and FDISK are buggy on it. I think the > reality is that BIOS and USB boot code is only partially complete and just > enough to boot into a more modern OS (ThinOS/Linux, Linux, Windows XPe, > Windows CE, etc). > > The only FreeDOS image this BIOS is able to boot is a converted to RAW VMDK > image from the LiteUSB zip. FullUSB slowly prints 2 dots but then gets > seems to get stuck there. > > However, MS DOS 7 exhibits the same behavior. Floppy Images, Bootable ISO > images do not boot on the Wyse SX0 BIOS. It is probably more accurate to > say this BIOS seems to have a heavy preference for HD based booting (USB or > 44-pin IDE). > > As for HD hiding, FreeDOS, FD FDISK, MS DOS 7, MS FDISK are confused by > what the BIOS presents as the drive info usually found in lower areas of > memory and/or what is presented via BIOS calls. When FD boots from the > VMDK image via USB drive, FDISK will say that there are no fixed disks > present...which is physically true though as users, we would like the USB > drive to be treated as a fixed disk. Worse, Gregg was correct in that 44 > pin IDE DOM HDD is hidden or atleast obscured from being completely visible > to FDISK. FDISK still complains there are no fixed disks and the DOM > should definitely be marked a fixed disk by the BIOS. And there may be a > drive enumeration error there when booting off USB with a 44-pin IDE DOM > HDD together. USB is mounted as C: while the DOM becomes D:. > > I say there is a bug above because while MS DOS 7 and tools like MSD & > HWiNFO get all kinds of facts about the system incorrect, MS DOS 7 FDISK, > FORMAT, SYS are still able to complete the tasks of initializing a drive > partition table, formatting, and transferring a bootable MBR, and then > transferring the minimal set of files required to boot a system. You can't > quite boot & install from USB as a casual DOS user would expect. Instead, > you need to initialize the drive, transfer setup files to the new drive, > reboot w/o USB, then install with a half baked drive. Having MS DOS 7 > still be able to install with a half working BIOS while FreeDOS (or atleast > FD FDISK) is not able to is the bug. > > I'll do some testing with MS DOS 6.22 and see if it is an LBA vs. BIOS > partition type thing, or maybe a FAT32 vs. FAT16 thing. > > > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 4:08 AM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > > > Hi! As said, I can imagine that the BIOS of your > > system has problems if the USB stick and DOM both > > count as harddisks. But you already have bootable > > DOS installed from floppy now, so I suggest ways > > which are easier: > > > > You can connect the DOM instead of the normal disk > > to a "bigger" PC with CD-ROM and powerful BIOS and > > install there, then put the DOM into the small PC > > again. > > > > You can use the ability of FreeDOS drivers to use > > ISO files instead of physical CD/DVD drives and > > then run the installer from that virtual CD ROM. > > > > Read the SHSU* driver documentation or check the > > contents of the normal ISO for examples of how to > > load and configure the drivers. > > > > You can use older versions of FreeDOS boot images > > because those only use FLOPPY type boot areas and > > avoid the conflict of the current virtual HARDDISK > > boot image. Then, upgrade to a newer version using > > the installed version, or just keep things as-is. > > > > So there are many ways to have a guilt-free DOS :-) > > > > Regards, Eric > > > > PS: Yes, you can use USB drives formatted ZIP style > > to boot from with various - but not all - BIOSes. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2142, Issue 5 > ********************************************* >
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