Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 09/27/2012 10:50 PM, dmccunney wrote: > Every user will have a preferred organization. One size will not fit all. Yes indeed. That's why I believe the way to go will be using so,e env variables to store installation paths to software (dosdir, gamesdir, appsdir, develdir for starters, other m

Re: [Freedos-user] USB mobile,Broad Band device

2012-09-27 Thread Garry Ricketson
Hello, everyone, Dose anyone know if a USB mobile broad band device can be used with FreeDos,? Also if any other "browsers" are available? I have been trying with ARACHNE, but no luck, If anyone can help on this, it would be greatly appreciated. I am using a older computer, also with a alternat

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > Marcos, Dennis - thanks for your valuable input. I see with only two > answers that we already have two very different point of view (Marcos > using a more 'classic' DOS-ish directory structure, while Dennis prefer > to unixify his environn

Re: [Freedos-user] adding files to the FreeDOS live image

2012-09-27 Thread Nicolas Bock
Great, thanks! I will give that a try. nick On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Tom Ehlert wrote: > >> I am trying to create a FreeDOS USB stick to flash a BIOS. Using >> UNetbootin I succeeded in installing FreeDOS 1.0 (fdboot.img) on the >> USB stick. I am having a hard time figuring out though

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello, Marcos, Dennis - thanks for your valuable input. I see with only two answers that we already have two very different point of view (Marcos using a more 'classic' DOS-ish directory structure, while Dennis prefer to unixify his environnement). This makes me think that we definitely must ha

Re: [Freedos-user] adding files to the FreeDOS live image

2012-09-27 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I am trying to create a FreeDOS USB stick to flash a BIOS. Using > UNetbootin I succeeded in installing FreeDOS 1.0 (fdboot.img) on the > USB stick. I am having a hard time figuring out though how to add > files to the live session. Since the live session seems to mount the > floppy image ubnin

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > Another question: how are you storing your files on your FreeDOS > systems? As far as I'm concerned, I usually store games in a separate > directory, and other stuff under a 'programs' directory. But maybe other > categories would be needed?

[Freedos-user] adding files to the FreeDOS live image

2012-09-27 Thread Nicolas Bock
Hello list, I am trying to create a FreeDOS USB stick to flash a BIOS. Using UNetbootin I succeeded in installing FreeDOS 1.0 (fdboot.img) on the USB stick. I am having a hard time figuring out though how to add files to the live session. Since the live session seems to mount the floppy image ubn

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS packaging rules / paths

2012-09-27 Thread Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
Mateusz Viste on 27 Sep 2012 08:16:47 +0200: > Another question: how are you storing your files on your FreeDOS > systems? As far as I'm concerned, I usually store games in a separate > directory, and other stuff under a 'programs' directory. But maybe other > categories would be needed? (like 'dev

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot floppy image files

2012-09-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi :-) > So, roughly speaking, the main (bootable) disk would be: > > KERNEL, FreeCOM, XMGR, JEMMEX, UIDE, CTMOUSE, DOSLFN, UNZIP16, > 7ZDECODE, EDIT, SYS, FDISK, FORMAT, DISKCOPY, FDXMS286, HDPMI16, > CWSDPMI, DOS32A, CWSTUB, XCOPY, SHCDX33F, RDISK, That is at least a reasonable set of dr