Re: [Freedos-user] Newbie Q - How do I get a USB flash drive operating please?

2013-02-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:23 AM, Andrew Robins wrote: > > grappling with conventional memory allocation issues along the way. How much do you need? Most games don't need 600,000 bytes. In fact, I know this is pure hyperbole, but I don't think almost anything needs quite that much (outside of

Re: [Freedos-user] SYSLINUX instructions

2013-02-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Jim Lemon wrote: > > I have been trying to set up an HP nx6320 laptop with FREEDOS and Fedora > Linux. While I have done this numerous times previously, by simply > installing FREEDOS and then Linux, this particular box is giving me no > end of trouble. I can i

Re: [Freedos-user] Newbie Q - How do I get a USB flash drive operating please?

2013-02-08 Thread Robert Riebisch
Rugxulo wrote: > I guess you could just quickly press the Pause key when/if needed (to > pause the BIOS), but that may not be quite good enough. > > EDIT: You could try the following (untested by me) quick hack if desperate: > > http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/tristar/debug/debug/InsertPause

[Freedos-user] SYSLINUX instructions

2013-02-08 Thread Jim Lemon
Hi, I have been trying to set up an HP nx6320 laptop with FREEDOS and Fedora Linux. While I have done this numerous times previously, by simply installing FREEDOS and then Linux, this particular box is giving me no end of trouble. I can install FREEDOS and it boots okay, but when I install Linu

Re: [Freedos-user] Handhold for nervous newbie

2013-02-08 Thread dos386
> I had thought to use FreeDOS to do the DOS work or play, then > reboot back into Windows for other things. Make space for FreeDOS: http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.PartErase > The ultra easiest way to play DOS games is DOSBox (emulator) Saves you from the

Re: [Freedos-user] Newbie Q - How do I get a USB flash drive operating please?

2013-02-08 Thread Andrew Robins
Hi Rugxulo, many thanks for your detailed reply. As it turns out, I have been plugging along sporadically with the SD-card FreeDOS OS integrating with USB flash drive (games repository). I've slowly been weeding out various games that I've downloaded holus-bolus from various "abandonware" sites, gr