Re: [Freedos-user] Two CD drives PCDOS

2006-01-24 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Carl Spitzer schreef: SHSUCDX /D:CDROM,,1,1 /D:CDRW,,2,1 or DEVICE=C:\DOS\XCDROM.SYS with XDMA under certain conditions. in the config.sys file. The hardware is a Gigabit PII with an IBM and WD hard disks. How do I test whether XDMA is needed. both are necessary: a config.sys cdrom driver

[Freedos-user] Two CD drives PCDOS

2006-01-24 Thread Carl Spitzer
Actually the first is a generic Atapi cdrom the second a Liteon CDRW. The drives are as follows: IDE1 MASTER drive 1 IDE1 SLAVE cdrom IDE2 MASTER cdrw IDE2 SLAVE drive 2 I trashed the driver on C: and lost the source disk and url. So I am looking into XCDROM and SHCDX33A. For now I am just t

Re: [Freedos-user] Unshield ported to DJGPP/DOS

2006-01-24 Thread Blair Campbell
> Umm, is this your site? I didn't see a name on the pages. Yeah -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya --- This SF.net email is sponsored by:

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers

2006-01-24 Thread Mark Bailey
Hi: I'm using a graphical front-end to ntfsresize called GParted. Resizing the partition is just a few mouse clicks and does not affect the data in the partition at all. I had understood Johnson to want it automatic. What I'm doing is shrinking the ntfs partition, creating a brand new FAT32 pa

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers

2006-01-24 Thread Schumacher, Gordon
Mark Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:32:55 -0500 # From: Mark Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net # Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers needed # # I was thinking a bit more about automating this.

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers needed

2006-01-24 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:38:02 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mark, >Not if the free alternatives work and are just as easy to use... >and they are! Grab a new WindowsXP machine and do this >procedure...you will be very happy with the result. :-) Not exactly, don't estimate the stupidity of human, in my c

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers needed

2006-01-24 Thread Johnson Lam
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:25:46 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mark, >The new machine comes with WindowsXP pre-installed >and configured. Often, people immediately add >software and spend a lot of time configuring it... >I sure do. Yes, I did the same time consuming job, so I can understand adding FreeDOS w

[Freedos-user] Announce: APPEND 5.0.0.6

2006-01-24 Thread Eduardo Casino
Dear all, I'd like to announce the availability of version 5.0.0.6 of FD APPEND, the command that enables programs to open data files in specified directories as if those files where in the current directory. With this version it is possible to call the resident append (i.e., after the first i

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers needed

2006-01-24 Thread Mark Bailey
Hi Johnson: Johnson Lam wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:32:55 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mark, > ...Partition Magic discussion...deleted If it's 100% reliable, still worth to pay them, but it's not! Not if the free alternatives work and are just as easy to use... and they are! Grab a new Window

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot WindowsXP and FreeDOS - Alpha testers needed

2006-01-24 Thread Mark Bailey
Hi Johnson: The new machine comes with WindowsXP pre-installed and configured. Often, people immediately add software and spend a lot of time configuring it... I sure do. My experience suggests that people would rather use an old, dedicated machine than spend hours re-installing WindowsXP. I h

Re: [Freedos-user] Unshield ported to DJGPP/DOS

2006-01-24 Thread Robert Riebisch
Blair Campbell wrote: > Unshield (extracts InstallShield .CAB files) has been ported to DOS. Hehe! :-) > Check out www.cow-net.com/kjbca for more details. Umm, is this your site? I didn't see a name on the pages. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/