Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS utility to insert keystrokes in the keyboard buffer?

2006-03-20 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a Merino
Hi, KEYB implements such a "bigger secondary buffer" whenever you use STRINGS, as 16 characters is too few to decently support placing strings. True that you need the overhead of the STRING subsystem if you want this secondary buffer. I'd study to allow you to use the secondary buffer independ

Re: [Freedos-user] Instructions for making USB key bootable. . .

2006-03-20 Thread TechFan
Unfortunately, I tried to setup my usbkey and the computer just ignores it though it boots of usb floppy just fine. - Original Message - *From:* Johnson Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net *Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:37:47 AM *Subject:* [Freedos-user]

[Freedos-user] Re: This is not a bootable disk...

2006-03-20 Thread Marvin Stark
Eric Auer wrote: Hi, that sounds like the virtual boot diskette which you use is not bootable. How did you create it? I created it the same way like I created the fdbootcd.iso 8< dd if=/dev/zero of=fdboot-new.img bs=1K count=650 mkfs.ext3 fdboot-new.img (maybe this is the mistake?) mo

[Freedos-user] Re: Modify Freedos ISO

2006-03-20 Thread Marvin Stark
Eric Auer wrote: Hi, as far as I can tell, you did not copy the boot loader. You did not tell where fdboot.img came from, by the way... I defined that in isolinux.cfg. The core problem is probably that you forgot to install the isolinux boot loader. Our ISO uses it as the main menu which h

[Freedos-user] Modify Freedos ISO

2006-03-20 Thread Marvin Stark
Hi List. Today I downloaded the fdbootcd.iso and wanted to modifiy it. I included an other program in the fdboot.img, which worked fine. After that i had to rebuild the fdbootcd.iso because I can't write in the iso file. I did this the following way: 8< dd if=/dev/zero of=fdbootcd-new.