Re: [Freedos-user] cannot boot installation media

2024-04-28 Thread Bob Pryor via Freedos-user
Post ls -l of your usb drive. As Jim mentioned, you can not just copy the .img file to a formatted usb. You have to burn the image to the drive to make it bootable. JP On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:27 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > To confirm, you're try

[Freedos-user] FD 1.3 startuup problem

2023-06-10 Thread Bob Yates via Freedos-user
Using menu option 1, 2, or 3 the process stops with message JemmEx v5.79 [02/02/20]. Options 4 and 5 work. Could the Shellhigh command be the problem? -- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance a

[Freedos-user] Retrograde magazine - pre-millennial PC hardware.

2022-07-25 Thread Bob Yates via Freedos-user
British special edition from Custom PC  just launched, part of the family of magazines from Raspberry PI group.  Free download of first issue. https://custompc.raspberrypi.com/books/retrograde ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourcef

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a single application

2022-07-10 Thread Bob Pryor
as C: or A:. Bob On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 5:05 PM Nico via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > hi, > I would like to create a minimal bootable image for a USB drive (or > other formats, maybe even floppies, but USB is the focus) that boots > into a sing

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

2022-02-26 Thread Bob Pryor
Once you have debugged ALL your batch files you can place `CTTY NUL' before the command(s) and `CTTY CON' after to avoid output to screen. See below to find how to chain/call another batch file. Place the 'CTTY CON' first so you don't forget! You need to be sure there are no interactive commands

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 qemu boot from USB

2022-02-24 Thread Bob Pryor
mounting both partitions rw in linux and booting FreeDOS 1.3rc5 in qemu with a graphics screen. When I saw that FreeDOS 1.3 final was available I immediately installed it from the live cd. First install completed but was unusable, second install was fine. Before each install, format C: /U /Q /S fro

Re: [Freedos-user] Problems with FDISK?

2021-01-04 Thread Bob Pryor
Greg Did the gparted computer partition the CF card as GPT? I believe FreeDOS only recognizes MBR partitions. On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:30 AM Greg Gerke via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I was having a similar problem during an install that I think might stem > from

Re: [Freedos-user] Casio Algebra 2.0 can Freedos be, installed?

2020-12-24 Thread Bob Yates
Thanks for the answers, I knew it was a long shot. I won several of these at auction, so have some for possibly destructive experiments. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/f

[Freedos-user] Casio Algebra 2.0 can Freedos be installed?

2020-12-22 Thread Bob Yates
This is supposed to have a V30 processor and Rom-Dos.  Haven't had time to check it out thoroughly yet. I should have asked if it can be installed by a clutz. Specs on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_Algebra_FX_Series ___ Freedos-use

Re: [Freedos-user] IDE <-> CF adapters

2020-12-21 Thread Bob Pryor
Remember FAT16 partitions are limited to 2GiB in MS/PC-DOS. So, drives are limited to 8GiB. Check out industrial Flash modules or DiskOnModule. Read a little about them here: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2010/12/16/xtide Note: Expensive compared to more modern SATA devices. https://www.amazon.com/s?

[Freedos-user] Dosemu on its own - does it exist?

2020-09-02 Thread Bob Yates
Some possibilities, haven't checked them out myself Concurrent DOS 386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiuser_DOS#CCP/M-86 https://winworldpc.com/product/digital-research-con/386-3x PC-MOS/386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-MOS/386 https://github.com/roelandjansen/pcmos386v501 Currently

[Freedos-user] Program installation from multiple floppy disk images

2019-11-06 Thread bob olbrich
Hello, I'm fairly new to FreeDOS. I'm running FreeDOS 1.2 under QEMU on a Linux installation. I found a DOS program to install which, after decompressing the .zip file, yields multiple floppy disk images (.ima extension). An Internet search for a relevant utility yielded several possible image e

Re: [Freedos-user] Sharing your open source story (off-topic)

2019-09-25 Thread Bob via Freedos-user
While I am new-ish to open source and don't have much of a story (yet), I now have some new stuff to read! Thanks for bringing this site to our attention! ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 5:01 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > Just wanted to share that OpenSource.com is alwa

Re: [Freedos-user] Hello, newbie here with a question :-)

2019-09-18 Thread Bob via Freedos-user
> Note that DOS has no support for USB- or wireless-net. Well that would be it then cause' I'm using wireless, oops. That's fine though, I mainly wanted it for the legacy software anyway ;) Thanks, -Bob ___ Freedos-user mailing

[Freedos-user] Hello, newbie here with a question :-)

2019-09-18 Thread Bob via Freedos-user
Hello all! First off, I'm fairly new to this whole FreeDOS thing, but I absolutely love the project. I never used DOS during it's hayday, but the technology has always interested me as I think text-based operating systems are awesome. Now with that out of the way, on to my question. I'm runni

Re: [Freedos-user] Difficulty with serial communications

2018-06-22 Thread Bob Pryor
o echo, then to com1. Unless the first ">" is part of your prompt I think you may have a syntax error. Just tested W7-64 and got the same responses. Bob On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 7:52 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 6/21/2018 5:36 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote: > > > I am cu

Re: [Freedos-user] FDNPKG v0.99

2015-09-02 Thread Bob Schwier
On Wed, 9/2/15, Mateusz Viste wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FDNPKG v0.99 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 1:37 AM On 02/09/2015 04:43, Ralf Quint wrote: > You are making a totally wrong assumptio

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-04-01 Thread Bob Schwier
Norton Utilities had programs that worked with DOS and the DOS underbelly of Windows 9X but not with the later windows including Windows N*. bs On Tue, 3/31/15, Rugxulo wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver! To: "Discussion and general q

Re: [Freedos-user] GridPad 1910

2015-03-15 Thread Bob
There is a limited subset of DOS in ROM. The hard drive had been cleaned of most of its contents, they did leave the on screen keyboard software loaded. Two 10meg flash cards came with it. At least that is what the label on them claims. -- But if any provide not for his own, and specially f

[Freedos-user] GridPad 1910

2015-03-13 Thread Bob
Does anyone know if Freedos would work on a GridPad 1910? For those that don't know this is a PC/XT tablet computer. 10 Meg hard drive in this one. No floppy, so install will be interesting. -- But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the f

Re: [Freedos-user] duplicate files in a directory

2015-02-09 Thread Bob Devries
Wouldn't the rename command just rename the first one it finds? Regards, Bob Devries Dalby, QLD, Australia On 10/02/2015 7:45 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: > I somehow got 2 files in the same directory with the same name. This > happened in a foxpro/dos program that I have been using fo

Re: [Freedos-user] To: freedos user n

2014-12-28 Thread Bob Schwier
Something wrong here. Server not found. bs On Thu, 12/25/14, bobjoe212x . wrote: Subject: [Freedos-user] To:freedos user n To: "freedos user" Date: Thursday, December 25, 2014, 2:12 AM http://palet-reklam.com/dh/ynxmqfkilqhzeqndhbplfkd

Re: [Freedos-user] HTML5/Javascript/Flash (was: Re: Quickview ver 2.60)

2014-12-19 Thread Bob Schwier
I'll miss copper because it continued to serve in a black out. Without power there is no fiber optic. bs On Fri, 12/19/14, dmccunney wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] HTML5/Javascript/Flash (was: Re: Quickview ver 2.60) To: "Discussion and gen

Re: [Freedos-user] MetaDOS floppy distro - XFDOS - DOS4WIN64 Qemu environment

2014-12-07 Thread Bob Schwier
Some of us are hobbyists trying to make 20th century computers function. bs On Sun, 12/7/14, dmccunney wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] MetaDOS floppy distro - XFDOS - DOS4WIN64 Qemu environment To: "Discussion and general questions about Free

Re: [Freedos-user] Quickview ver 2.60

2014-12-07 Thread Bob Schwier
The complete format does have one virtue. It wipes the disk if you need to make sure the previous information is gone. bs On Sun, 12/7/14, TJ Edmister wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Quickview ver 2.60 To: "Discussion and general questions about

[Freedos-user] off topic Re: For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

2014-11-26 Thread Bob Schwier
On Mon, 11/24/14, Ralf Quint wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed? To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Monday, November 24, 2014, 7:35 PM On 11/23/2014 10:49 PM, Dennis Holierhoek wrote: > > I

Re: [Freedos-user] chkdsk for fat32!

2014-04-20 Thread Bob Schwier
Is there a repository for eight bit DOS and utilities? On Sat, 4/19/14, dmccunney wrote: Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] chkdsk for fat32! To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." Date: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 5:47 PM On Sat, Apr 19,

Re: [Freedos-user] HTTP_PROXY?

2013-10-07 Thread Bob Schwier
This is neat. I can use it. I have a computer upstairs which runs the printer and is occasionally used on line. It is currently on hardy heron as I have an install disk for that and am afraid to upgrade on the reason that I think a real upgrade would be beyond the capacity of this turn of th

Re: [Freedos-user] Bios limitation at 8 gb, and new hdd

2013-02-09 Thread Bob Schwier
Hey neat.  I used Ontrack Disk Manager back in the eighties. bs From: Marco Achury To: sakura kinomoto ; Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Bios limitation at 8 gb, and new hd

Re: [Freedos-user] New standard FreeDOS text editor - what it should be (voting)?

2013-01-31 Thread Bob Schwier
At 10:56 AM 1/30/2013, dmccunney wrote: >I'm actually more interested in what editors people *do* use under >FreeDOS, and why they use them than I am in some hypothetical new >product. Well, I am using the same editor(s) that I have always/long time used in M

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Bob Cochran
Hi Eric, Thanks a lot for teaching me more about how the different DOS'es and BIOS'es work with respect to disk partitioning. This is a very interesting thread for me to follow. Bob On 11/12/12 3:20 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Karen, (Bob: please see below...) > > imp

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Bob Cochran
c DOS knowledge...I confess I've always wanted to write a device driver but neverinvested the time to re-learn assembly language and carefully read the documentation. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On 11/11/12 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi, > Last one I am answering t

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Bob Cochran
ldout. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On 11/11/12 9:42 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > very interesting points, basically translating into what she is willing to > try. > the reference to 286 made me laugh out loud, my own desktop is a Pentium 3 > with 784 meg of memory but I had

Re: [Freedos-user] Serial port or USB/PCMCIA modem support

2012-09-02 Thread Bob Cochran
vary, and at least one online store will identify the chipset for each of the adapters sold. Again, and to be clear...I do not know if FreeDOS supports these adapters. Bob Cochran On 9/2/12 10:52 PM, Aman Singer wrote: Hi, All. I have a laptop on which I would like to install Free DOS.

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS, pythond, and icmp

2012-06-22 Thread Bob Tanner
eback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? socket.error: protocol not found >>>socket.getprotobyname("udp") 17 Is this limitation in PythonD or FreeDOS? Thanks. -- Bob Tanner | Phone : (952 943-8700 http://www.real-time.com, Linux, OSX, VMware

Re: [Freedos-user] edit partition through usb 3

2012-04-20 Thread Bob Cochran
diskmgmt.msc On 4/20/12 2:42 PM, kurt godel wrote: > Amazing; never knew this capability existed in XP: > 1. )right-click 'my computer'; > 2.) click 'storage; > 3.) click 'disk management'. > shows 'drive 0(C drive) and drive 1(usb hdd); > Under 'actions', you can delete/create new/format, works

Re: [Freedos-user] Website Home Page Suggestion

2012-04-01 Thread Bob Cochran
On 4/1/12 12:56 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 1-4-2012 18:22, Bob Cochran schreef: > >> Yesterday, I did a lot of work aimed at making a bootable FreeDOS USB >> key. I looked through the FreeDOS website to find help for creating such >> a key. Others on this forum ha

[Freedos-user] Website Home Page Suggestion

2012-04-01 Thread Bob Cochran
S website will soon be able to find quick instructions for creating bootable USB drives in addition to the normal install directions. Thanks Bob Cochran -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 da

[Freedos-user] Modern Uses For FreeDOS

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Cochran
ating system compared to other operating system choices. I would like to understand the user base for FreeDOS better. Are there many users, or just a small base of users, or somewhere in between? Thanks Bob Cochran --

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-22 Thread Bob Cochran
stcount=88 I assume the person who did the update and is talking about a "boot floppy" means a "DOS boot floppy." Thanks Bob On 1/22/12 4:36 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:30 PM, TJ Edmister wrote: >> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:07:01 -0500, dmccunn

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-22 Thread Bob Cochran
e I'm testing FreeDOS on has 16 Gb of memory installed. Many thanks! Bob On 1/21/12 11:44 AM, Bret Johnson wrote: >> My motherboard BIOS update program afud3410.exe (made by MSI) seems >> to freeze up when I try to start the BIOS update. The directions for > ? using it say nev

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-21 Thread Bob Cochran
are connected to a used Dell brand, PERC 5/I controller I bought on Ebay which has the LSISAS1068 chipset on it. Thanks Bob On 1/20/12 12:41 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 20-1-2012 14:39, Bob Cochran schreef: >> which is my immediate goal. I also need to be able to update the >> firmware

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-20 Thread Bob Cochran
help from isolinux. One question. You seem to be saying that if I load eltorito.sys, it will run both my CD/DVD drive and my USB keyboard for me and I do not need to load other drivers? Thank you! Bob On 1/19/12 4:12 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 19-1-2012 21:46, Alain Mouette schreef

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-20 Thread Bob Cochran
eltorito.sys and thereby have access to both the CD/DVD drive and USB devices? Since my keyboard is USB based this is an important question. Thanks Bob On 1/19/12 3:52 PM, Eric Auer wrote: Hi Bob, not sure about your plans but... How about installing DOS directly to some disk / SD / USB / CF without

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-20 Thread Bob Cochran
Hi Alain, Thanks for responding. I think that Eric's post in this thread also answers your question about putting FreeDOS on an SD card. With all the feedback I should be able to create a successful FreeDOS boot CD this evening or weekend. Bob On 1/19/12 3:46 PM, Alain Mouette wrote:

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-18 Thread Bob Cochran
the initrd= argument to isolinux. Am I right about that? In other words, isolinux takes the FreeDOS.img file, loads it into memory, and then passes control to it? Clearly, I need to read up more about using isolinux. I am very grateful to all of you for your help and advice. I'm making p

Re: [Freedos-user] Bootable FreeDOS CD or USB Drive for Flashing Motherboard BIOS

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Cochran
not a mainboard but a PCI Express adapter card. I vaguely remember searching for an ASPI driver in some context from a long time ago, I was helping my wife with something to do with her quite old computer. Bob On 1/17/12 6:22 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 18-1-2012 0:04, Bob Cochran schr

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Cochran
Hi Alain, Thank you very much for this, I downloaded it. I'll play with it and see if I can get this BIOS flashing to work. It is clear that I need to develop technical knowledge of FreeDOS if I want to learn how to flash some motherboards properly. Again, many thanks! Bob On 1/17/12

Re: [Freedos-user] Big bootable disk for CD

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Cochran
file. Thanks so much! Bob Cochran On 1/17/12 2:27 PM, Alain Mouette wrote: > I have done this some time ago, it may help. It is for CD, but it would > be nice to convert it to SD-card... > > Alain > > Em 15-06-2011 11:51, Alain Mouette escreveu: >> How can I make a big (6M

Re: [Freedos-user] Bootable FreeDOS CD or USB Drive for Flashing Motherboard BIOS

2012-01-17 Thread Bob Cochran
n how to really do it. I will fiddle with Alain's suggestion, I did something close to that a few months ago in a very similar effort but evidently missed some important step. Bob On 1/17/12 1:49 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: > Op 17-1-2012 7:15, Rugxulo schreef: > >> You can convert

[Freedos-user] Bootable FreeDOS CD or USB Drive for Flashing Motherboard BIOS

2012-01-16 Thread Bob Cochran
there an easy way to do this with FreeDOS? I'd prefer to create a bootable CD that has the BIOS firmware file and *.exe flashing program right on it. I searched your Wiki and the freedos.org site for advice or an FAQ on this question. Help with this is deeply appreciated. Thanks Bob Co