[Freedos-user] Sound on thinkpad

2008-06-17 Thread mikkel meinike
Hallo I am new on this list. I have a Linux system on my thinkPad 390 there are some problems with Linux sound and that laptop series. I have made the laptop play sound on the Linux sys with sb-16 but I can not record sound. Now want to try with freedos. I have installed the one floppy odin system.

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-17 Thread iw2evk
I've the same problem with usb drivers Devload \h C:\usb\usbaspi.sys devload \h C:\usb\usbcd.sys All the drivers remain in low memory. as702 SHA-1 wrote: > > > just wondering if you could shed some light on a problem i'm having > with FreeDOS (this work is based off of Modboot/NwDsk 3.42 F

[Freedos-user] poll dos drivers for touchpad or new mouse

2008-06-17 Thread Eric Auer
Hi everybody, I have a fun suggestion for a DOS driver for all sorts of mouse and touchpad and similar devices, but I would first want to know which devices are actually in use out there today, so please let me know what you use - unless it is a "boring" PS2 mouse with max 3 buttons and 1 wheel.

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-17 Thread Eric Auer
Hi again, well if you can compile devload at all (you need tasm or the free arrowasm "asm", www.dunfield.com/downloads.htm ) then you can help yourself with a patch / workaround: mov bx,0fffh; never desire > 64k of UMBs Change this line to use 3ffh instead of 0fffh,

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-17 Thread as702 SHA-1
wow! thanks for the lengthy reply, Eric :) ye, it sounds like an inherent problem of devload. i've tried many other memory managers with identical results (qhimem, himemx, himem, with and without UMBPCI/EMM386 etc). as it stands, my machine assembly is a bit rusty from university so it's unlik

Re: [Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-17 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! Hmmm you could try japheth.de jemm instead of xmgr umbpci lowdma ;-). Or try himemx plus jemm386, more classic than jemm, same page. Problem is that devload asks DOS for the highest location which has 64k, without checking how much your driver really needs: It is sys, no exe header so "needs

[Freedos-user] devload and UMB problem

2008-06-17 Thread as702 SHA-1
just wondering if you could shed some light on a problem i'm having with FreeDOS (this work is based off of Modboot/NwDsk 3.42 FreeDos) i cannot for the life of me get devload to function using the /H switch. whenever i try to load a device into UMB, it always dumps the device into conventional ra

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Riebisch
Chris Williams wrote: > The mode command is not understood in the version of FreeDos that I'm > running. Is there a way to add this? Are you sure, you've read the web site? What did you type exactly? What result was displayed? Btw: Please don't top-post! Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http:/

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Chris Williams
The mode command is not understood in the version of FreeDos that I'm running. Is there a way to add this? Thanks - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Robert Riebisch Sent: Tue, 6/17/2008 1:28pm To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Riebisch
Chris Williams wrote: > Thanks Mateusz, > Would you happen to know how to change the baud rate that you use? Use the "mode comX baud=" command: http://www.computerhope.com/modehlp.htm Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Chris Williams
Thanks Mateusz, Would you happen to know how to change the baud rate that you use? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mateusz Viste Sent: Tue, 6/17/2008 3:16am To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Console On Tuesday 17 June 2008

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem installing FreeDOS together withWin98SEusing metakern

2008-06-17 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Robert, > > Especially bad result for people who think that backing up > > their MBR would also backup the beginning of their partition > > table, of course. So I suggest to stop masking :-) > > But how to handle "/AMBR" (write MBR from file) then? > Function Create_Alternate_MBR() also skips

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem installing FreeDOS together withWin98SEusing metakern

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Riebisch
Eric Auer wrote: > Especially bad result for people who think that backing up > their MBR would also backup the beginning of their partition > table, of course. So I suggest to stop masking :-) But how to handle "/AMBR" (write MBR from file) then? Function Create_Alternate_MBR() also skips partit

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Chris Williams wrote: > Does anyone know how to get console redirection working in FreeDos? I'm > assuming that this is possible but I haven't been able to find any > information on it. I want to be able to control FreeDos via the serial port. Hi, there are some infos I

Re: [Freedos-user] Console

2008-06-17 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Chris Williams wrote: > Does anyone know how to get console redirection working in FreeDos? I'm > assuming that this is possible but I haven't been able to find any > information on it. I remember that it was possible in MS-DOS, it was even required when installing Lap