Re: [Freedos-user] Tip: FreeDOS on a USB Stick

to target a different drive. It was super simple and easy. LOL. No need for me to make some complex batch script to restructure the USB install media into a Portable OS Install. > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > <mailto:freedos-user@lists

[Freedos-user] Tip: FreeDOS on a USB Stick

As you are aware, we have provided a version of the FreeDOS install media as a drive image for USB Sticks for some time. While this is technically FreeDOS on USB, it is configured to be an installation source and not as a portable version of FreeDOS. But, this is extremely easy to change. :-) 1

Re: [Freedos-user] Meanwhile on BTTR

Hi, > On Dec 15, 2024, at 10:11 AM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > > [..] > There is some talk on updating SBMIX a bit: > > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=22146&page=0&order=time&category=0 > FYI, I wrote an SBP Mixer Interface program back in the early 90s. Tha

Re: [Freedos-user] OpenWatcom error E3033 while compiling C code

Hi, I just want to point out a few things that you may or may not already know. First, do not every mount the diskette on the host system when it is still attached to the virtual machine. Personally, I have forgotten to disconnect a diskette or hard disk image from VirtualBox and opened it on

Re: [Freedos-user] Moving towards FreeDOS 1.4

Hi Tom, Correction! > On Nov 1, 2024, at 3:25 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi Tom > >>> On the other hand, the unstable branch of FreeCOM contains a test version >>> of the command shell which is using the same version number as the p

Re: [Freedos-user] R: Running Freedos on bare metal in the future ?

Hi Eric, > On Nov 1, 2024, at 7:41 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > But back to the bare metal topic: If you run a simulation of a 486 CPU on > some FPGA, the result still is just a simulation. Not in software like QEMU > and all those other virtual computer apps, but in hardware.

Re: [Freedos-user] Moving towards FreeDOS 1.4

Hi Tom > On Nov 1, 2024, at 1:09 PM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hallo Herr Jerome Shidel > >> Also, FreeCOM and Kernel are using Unstable branches on the Interim Build. > >> There have not been any commits to the unstable Kernel branch. So, it

Re: [Freedos-user] Running Freedos on bare metal in the future ?

There is no need to clone an 8086. You can run the entire system or just a CPU in an FPGA. There are versions for several of the older CPUs out there. Even 486 equvilants. Just google ‘FPGA 8086 CPU” or similar. For example, https://hackaday.com/2017/11/03/386-too-much-try-a-186-in-an-fpga/ <

Re: [Freedos-user] Moving towards FreeDOS 1.4

As a reminder, Interim Test Builds pull from the nnstable branch of projects when it exists. Release builds only pull from the master branch of the projects. Although the ERROR.LOG issues warning messages regarding which projects are using their unstable branch, I want to provide a note for th

Re: [Freedos-user] Moving towards FreeDOS 1.4

Well, I have been preparing all of the changes for the upcoming T2411 build. This is a very big change. Much more was involved with getting it ready than for T2410. For example, there are packages like the FDINST package (a subset of the FDNPKG) which do not actually exist anywhere but on the i

Re: [Freedos-user] A new mTCP is available ...

Hi Mike, > On Oct 24, 2024, at 6:36 PM, jer...@shidel.net wrote: > > > >> On Oct 23, 2024, at 9:08 PM, Michael Brutman via Freedos-user >> > > wrote: >> >> I'd like to ensure that you get it for the next test releases, but yes, I'd >> like to have s

Re: [Freedos-user] A new mTCP is available ...

partial manual included that covered the more common things. Which could point to the online PDF for more detailed or additional information. But, it is probably simpler and safer to just include a note that says “go here” to read the manual. :-) > > > -Mike > > > On Wed,

Re: [Freedos-user] A new mTCP is available ...

Hi, > On Oct 23, 2024, at 6:20 PM, Michael Brutman via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Version 2024-10-20 is available. It has a few bug fixes. It also allows > mTCP programs to operate at the same time NetDrive is active. (If you know > how packet drivers work, that is no small track.) :-) :-)

Re: [Freedos-user] Demo video on Youtube

> On Oct 23, 2024, at 4:03 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi! > > I agree that the monthly releases have many good updates. > For FreeDOS 1.4, we should finally add WfW 3.11 compatible > kernel and related tools (maybe share exe etc.?) as well. > > Regards, Eric Don’t know

Re: [Freedos-user] Demo video on Youtube

Hi Liam, > On Oct 23, 2024, at 11:28 AM, Liam Proven via Freedos-user > wrote: > [..] > "Installing FreeDOS with OpenGEM, SEAL and Ozone GUI" > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS6iTNccgi4 > I watched his video. First, for whatever reason, hi

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking stopped working in VirtualBox after upgrade (jer...@shidel.net)

> On Oct 16, 2024, at 5:19 AM, Michael Bernardi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Thank You Jerome > That worked perfectly. If I had run a “FDNPKG update” prior to running the > VirtualBox update, would this have resolved the issue in advance? Yes. :-) > Thanks again > Michael > > > _

Re: [Freedos-user] not pleased with 1.3 installer

> On Oct 15, 2024, at 10:35 PM, Robert Thorpe via Freedos-user > wrote: > > May I suggest installing FreeDOS to a USB flash drive. That is to one > of those little USB pendrives/ USB keys. > > I don't mean installing from a pendrive, I mean installing *to* one. > For FreeDOS you really don'

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking stopped working in VirtualBox after upgrade

Correction > On Oct 15, 2024, at 9:41 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > >> On Oct 15, 2024, at 5:56 PM, Michael Bernardi via Freedos-user >> > <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: >> >> I installed FreeDo

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking stopped working in VirtualBox after upgrade

> On Oct 15, 2024, at 5:56 PM, Michael Bernardi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I installed FreeDos 1.3 on VirtualBox a few months ago and everything worked > fine (including the packet driver network connection). However on updating to > VirtualBox 7.12 when booting I now get the following me

Re: [Freedos-user] not pleased with 1.3 installer

> On Oct 14, 2024, at 9:47 PM, Felix Miata via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Felix Miata composed on 2024-10-14 20:47 (UTC-0400): > >> After at least 3 decades, one might think a DOS disk partitioner, or the >> FreeDOS >> installer, might have acquired an ability to not disturb anything that is

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

Hi, > On Oct 14, 2024, at 11:41 AM, Felix Miata via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  >> >>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 Daniel Doran wrote: >>> I got an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX AGP graphics card (256MB RAM), it’s in my >>> Compaq Presario 6207EA PC. FreeDOS won’t boot with it installed, it just >>> freezes

Re: [Freedos-user] Issues when installed on an Acer Aspire One

> On Sep 7, 2024, at 1:04 PM, Lyn Thomas via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi all > > Having not played around with FreeDOS for several years I have decided to try > to install on an Aspire One. Having managed the install via the boot disk > and then via the full install disk (via a usb drive)

Re: [Freedos-user] fdnpkg - Error: Package contains a file...

I do recall there was at least one package that was on the 1.3 install media that contained some erroneous files. This was not a problem during installation. But, it could cause a file collision with other packages. I forget which package that was. Also, I have seen that sometimes FDNPKG would

Re: [Freedos-user] fdnpkg - Error: Package contains a file...

> On Aug 31, 2024, at 11:54 PM, Roger via Freedos-user > wrote: > [..] > Yikies that was a long typed-up explanation post! Yup, LOL. Long posts are a great way to avoid playing “20 questions”. :-) > > However, read threw it and as soon as I realized fdnpkg should have been > removing packag

Re: [Freedos-user] fdnpkg - Error: Package contains a file...

> On Aug 31, 2024, at 9:11 PM, Roger via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Using FreeDOS 13, first installed within Qemu (host Linux) using FreeDOS > Full USB image, and getting the following error with fdnpkg: > > c:\ fdnpkg update > > "Error: Package contains a file that already exists locally:"

Re: [Freedos-user] Running software in freeDOS

Hi, > On Aug 22, 2024, at 6:37 PM, Kevin Gordon via Freedos-user > wrote: > > [..] > Floppy and CD drive seem to function properly. > Nothing is plugged into the expansion slots. > It is perhaps helpful to know that the floppy installer does not fully work, > (failing on the fourth disk) nor

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on a Dell Inspiron 1150: safe-mode only?

JEMM has been updated since FreeDOS 1.3 was released. I recommend updating that program. Or, try using the monthly interim test build of FreeDOS. The interim test build contains the latest versions we have of the programs provided with the OS. > On Aug 21, 2024, at 5:05 PM, Nicholas Bernhard

Re: [Freedos-user] Infected website warning when downloading FreeDOS live CD

Out of curiosity, I submitted the download URL to VirusTotal. 1 out of 96 online scanners flagged it as "Malicious" That was Sucuri SiteCheck. So, I went over to their site and directly submitted the same URL there. It comes back as "Medium Risk" and the only reason it gives Scan failed,

Re: [Freedos-user] Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS

Have you considered using EtherDFS or NetDrive? https://etherdfs.sourceforge.net/ https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/mTCP_NetDrive.html If you have networking support, they are both great options. They both come wi

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing for 8086 CPU on SD Card.

Hi Eric, > On Aug 8, 2024, at 4:29 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi Jerome, Trevor, Mateusz etc. :-) > > Thanks for explaining how to turn 386 installs into 8086 ones! > > I hope the CPU detection is now working, so the installer > will create an 8086 install when used on 80

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing for 8086 CPU on SD Card.

I’m glad you got it working. :-) > On Aug 8, 2024, at 6:51 AM, Trevor Campbell via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > I don't know. I have no experience with FreeDOS before this, but I think the > FloppyEdition installs only the 8086 compatible files when you run "setup adv > 8086" and just copie

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing for 8086 CPU on SD Card.

> On Aug 7, 2024, at 12:33 AM, Trevor Campbell via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I also tried using the Floppy edition but ended up just the same. > The problem is that you are installing into a 386+ machine expecting it to work on an 8086. The Floppy Edition can install to an 8086 with EGA

Re: [Freedos-user] help troubleshooting a time / date issue?

Hi, > On Aug 3, 2024, at 12:09 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user > wrote: > > You can check the cmos battery. This battery is round and thin and is what > keeps the date and time from resetting. May be some other issue, but that is > one place ya can start. Some laptops use the main battery

Re: [Freedos-user] PCI parlallel port card....

> On Aug 1, 2024, at 8:12 PM, Roderick Klein via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On 18-05-24 21:54, Roderick Klein wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Are there any PCI cards that live at IO adress 378 so they are >> compatible with DOS ? > > I asked this a few months ago. Somebody pointed me at a PCI card of

[Freedos-user] PGME Update

Hi, An update to PGME is coming Friday. !! WARNING !! Make sure you backup your existing Menus (*.MNU) and Configuration (*.CFG) files located in PGM’s directory. When updating the package, it will replace the existing files with those provided in the package. The minor delay is to

Re: [Freedos-user] capturing or redirecting content?

Hi Karen, > On Jul 17, 2024, at 7:31 PM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi all, > Let me outline what I mean. > In an effort to duplicate a sucessful ssh2d386 connection I make regularly, a > server manager wants to see the actual content, i. e. what shows on the > screen when

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi, > On Jul 1, 2024, at 4:15 PM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  >> On 7/1/2024 7:46 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: >> >> Hi Jerome, >> I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the use

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

> On Jul 1, 2024, at 3:47 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi Jerome, > >>> I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to >>> "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the user >>> run FDISK interactively and then returns to the installer. >> It

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi ECM, > On Jul 1, 2024, at 12:51 PM, E. C. Masloch via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On at 2024-06-30 23:32 +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > >> Remember that Jeremy first posted in 2021-07-26 about his proof >> of concept demo of a Windows 386enh install on FreeDOS kernel. >> Kernel ve

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

> On Jun 30, 2024, at 7:35 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi Jim, > > *Installer* > >> the installer tries to do everything for you; the user should >> just be able to respond to prompts. > > I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to > "auto-fdisk & au

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi Jim, > On Jun 29, 2024, at 5:03 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Join us today for the VCF Live Stream, hosted by Jeff Brace from the > Vintage Computer Federation. > I was tied up (figuratively). So, I missed the first couple minutes. I was thinking it was going to be another

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Eric, > On Jun 30, 2024, at 5:33 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > […] > > Unfortunately, the rolling monthly release apparently > uses very OLD FreeDOS core components: > > A 2021 kernel with a copyright message saying 1995-2012 > and a 2021 shell version 0.85a :-( What? Those are

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing FreeDOS on a Lenovo idea pad 110S

You can try this… Boot the install media (CD, USB or Floppy). Quit the install. Simply run FDISK without any options or parameters. It should default to the internal hard drive when booted from CD or Floppy. If you booted from USB, Drive C (aka drive 1) will be the USB Stick and the internal dr

Re: [Freedos-user] "fdnpkg update" not working

> On Jun 4, 2024, at 7:33 PM, Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user > wrote: >  > I've tried several times lately to run fdnpkg update​, but the command hangs > repeatedly at Loading > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/base...​ > ` and no progress is ever

Re: [Freedos-user] the msdos 4.0 sources has some multitasking code

Personally, I have zero interest in any on the versions of DOS that Microsoft has open sourced. Versions 1.25, 2.0 and 4.0. Really? Those aren’t even the good versions of MS-DOS. I think if they were serious, they would release 3.3, 5.0 and 6.22. It feels like they are only placating to the op

[Freedos-user] Future FreeDOS [was documentation update]

Hi > On May 9, 2024, at 6:31 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi! > > Turns out I only had some 2020 Bochs and no boot "disk" > for it, so I could not easily test any hotkeys :-o But: > >>> What if the DOS distro installer can be improved, so it no >>> longer matters which emul

Re: [Freedos-user] documentation update

Hi, > On May 9, 2024, at 3:53 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi! >> Initially I tried Bochs, but found Bochs either cannot go full screen >> using SDL2, or I just haven't found the magical incantation... > > A quick google says "try alt-enter" (to go full screen). In 2011, th

Re: [Freedos-user] Missing CDROM drive

Hi,On Apr 7, 2024, at 6:46 PM, dnashmcp--- via Freedos-user wrote:I have a Thinkpad X301 (I think a perfect fit for FreeDOS). I was able to install to C: from the FD-13LIVE CD and it loads a driver for the CDROM as ELTORITO, but when I boot after installation it fails on the first attempt to load

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Hi, > On Apr 6, 2024, at 8:40 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user > wrote: > > One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would go most > of the way through the install then without any reason and no explanation as > to why, it just stops and says there is a problem so reboo

Re: [Freedos-user] How to try FDT2404 (Latest test version) on QEMU

Hi Paul, Just a side note about installing using the FullUSB. One of my DOS test machines is an Acer One netbook with a 1Ghz Atom processor and an ancient 30Gb SSD. This machine has no CD/DVD drive. It does boot from the FullUSB when written to a flash drive. It takes about 5 minutes from start

Re: [Freedos-user] QEMU - Max size of Linux access folder

Hi, Since you said, the source code is about 640MB and is on an old XP machine…. Why not just boot the FreeDOS Live CD, enable LFN support by installing the driver to the Live Environment and running it. Then install the compiler to the Live Environment. Then just compile the source directly f

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

Hi Ralf, > On Feb 9, 2024, at 2:16 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Are you guys trying to have DOS behave like macOS? 😛 > > Beside that any trickery with the keyboard controller would only work on an > AT keyboard, where the controller chip is actually on the motherboard of the

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

Well, If I were making something to support typing those extra/alternate characters, the driver would probably behave like this… Normal typing and continuous key press would behave as normal. This includes key repeating at the set typographic rate. I would implement some of the techniques use

Re: [Freedos-user] AUTO SHIFT keyboard on DOS??

Hi, > > To fake shifts, one can just modify the flags at 40:17 and 18. > It will not update the keyboard LEDs, but that is acceptable. > The BIOS itself uses 40:96 and 97 to track its own status. > It has been a very long time. But, if I recall correctly, I’m fairly sure you can programmatica

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

> On Jan 30, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > > Perfect! Thanks for the pointer to that VSTR utility! > > wOOdy Your welcome :-) > > Von: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <mailto:freedos-user@lists.source

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

Hi, > On Jan 30, 2024, at 7:00 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm currently facing some users which seem to have a bad BIOS battery and > therefor aren't using the current date. > Those users aren't even noticing that wrong date on their printed invoices of

Re: [Freedos-user] Is networking unsupported on QEMU? Pilot error suspected.

Hi, > On Dec 27, 2023, at 1:04 PM, andrew fabbro via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Greetings! > > I'm a bit perplexed trying to get networking working for FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU. > My physical host is an M1 Mac (Apple Silicon). > > FreeDOS installs and boots fine, but I get this message: > >

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

During the DOS years, I used XTree a lot for moving things and general file management. During the early DOS years, I used Professional Write. Eventually, I moved on to the Lotus Suite. But as with the platforms that came before, I spent most of my time in DOS writing code. Mainly that consi

Re: [Freedos-user] HIMEMX zip file dates

Hi Jim, > On Oct 1, 2023, at 7:05 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Eric wrote: >> You can also find updates for JEMM and HIMEMX on Japheth's GitHub "Baron von >> Riedesel", even his HIMEMSX to use more than 4 GB RAM :-) > > Mercury Thirteen wrote: > [..] >> Looks like I fell behind

Re: [Freedos-user] Announcement: lDebug release 6

Hi ecm, > On Aug 28, 2023, at 3:50 PM, C. Masloch via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On at 2023-08-26 11:30 -0500 , Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: >> Great news, thanks! I've been following the feature request discussion >> on the tracker, so it's great to see the new version with the cool new >>

[Freedos-user] Online Get-together

I think the monthly online get-together is today. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

> On Aug 6, 2023, at 5:48 PM, Mateusz Viste via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On 8/6/23 23:34, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user wrote: >> DOS is using *text *mode, you just can't select a*graphics *mode and expect >> to get text output in that mode. > > BIOS text output functions still work in most g

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

> On Aug 6, 2023, at 5:25 PM, EdzUp via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I was testing in virtualbox. Like PC speaker emulation…. I don’t think provides any support for higher resolution text modes. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sou

Re: [Freedos-user] How do I change screen resolution?

First… There seems to be a general misunderstanding that DOS only supports 80x25 columns. While it is possible that an extremely lazy programmer would hard code for that resolution, most did not. Even back in the early days the display could be in 40x25, 80x43, 80x50 and numerous other text res

Re: [Freedos-user] the freedos 1.3 floppy install edition.

Hi Eric, First… The Standard Install Media (CD, USB, LiveCD, etc) require a 386 or better. There are several reasons I have mentioned before why those require a 386. But for those who may have missed or forgotten why those require a 386, these are the primary reasons. USB did not exist on sub

Re: [Freedos-user] the freedos 1.3 floppy install edition.

Hi, > On Jul 20, 2023, at 5:47 PM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi folks, > did the obvious and visited the readme for the download section of freedos. > While there is indeed a floppy only install, I understand one should over > ride the 286 assumption with a switch to allow

Re: [Freedos-user] gitlab change notifications lack commit messages

Hi Eric, > On Jul 18, 2023, at 3:31 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi! > > Today I have gotten more than 60 notifications about packet updates, > NONE of which mentioned why the affected package got updated. First, sorry about all the notification messages. Earlier today,

Re: [Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS Be Installed By Means Of UNIX Commands?

> On Jul 16, 2023, at 10:21 AM, Jay F. Shachter via Freedos-user > wrote: > [..] > If the answer to the first question is Yes, then I can continue this > narrative, otherwise the remainder of this posting is moot. I copied > FD13FULL.img to a USB stick, stuck it into the above-described > comp

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

Hi, > On Dec 13, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Roderick Klein wrote: > > On 13-12-22 17:26, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not >> UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS >> s

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

> On Dec 13, 2022, at 11:46 AM, Walter Vermeir wrote: > > p 13/12/2022 om 17:26 schreef Jerome Shidel: >> Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not >> UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS >> s

Re: [Freedos-user] failing to create bootable install media (or at least boot from it)

Are you certain that the machine you are trying to install FreeDOS is not UEFI only and supports BIOS (Legacy) boot? And, that is enabled in the BIOS settings? Most modern Linux installers can boot both ways. Unfortunately, UEFI is not an option for FreeDOS at present.

Re: [Freedos-user] UDVD2: Invoking STOP AUDIO twice should first pause, then stop audio, as some games expect

Hi, I’ll reply to the GitLab Issue as well... > On Dec 10, 2022, at 2:55 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > [..] > I'd say fixing it should be straightforward, but would unfortunately add > quite a bit of complexity in that bit of the code, which right now is elegant > in its simplicity. I could have

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Interim Builds

Hi everybody, I’m not sure if everyone is aware or not. So, I figured I mention this here… We’ve been releasing FreeDOS Interim Builds for about 6 months now. I build them on the 1st of the month and push them up to the server for testing. These builds include the latest versions of our package

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.3

Hi, > On Oct 17, 2022, at 10:43 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > > I recently tried to download Freedos 1.3 and had a problem. > I used XPsp2 ; the download failed with a " unable to complete > secure transaction". Your download source is too restricted. > > > > cheers > DS This is probably

Re: [Freedos-user] can't see DVD reader

> On Sep 18, 2022, at 2:53 PM, Glenn Holmer via Freedos-user > wrote: > > [..] > There's a script that gets called from FDAUTO that tries several drivers > -- why wouldn't that work? And why did it work during install? There CD also has an ELTORITO.SYS driver it will try to use. For several,

Re: [Freedos-user] djgpp bash and autoconf for dos, new gcc

Hi, > On Sep 9, 2022, at 7:21 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! As Paul has asked for a DOS version of BASH, > > http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/ > > has version 4.2 of that. The zip unfortunately is called BSH... > because the website unnecessarily limits itself to 8.3 names. >

Re: [Freedos-user] Ré : Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

> On Sep 15, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Ralf Quint wrote: > > On 9/15/2022 2:44 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >> >>> It seems I have broken packages - got networking now but having a lot >>> of problems otherwise. Any easy way to square it all up again? >> >> 42 >> > +1 > > Ralf > > (and now, that doesn't

Re: [Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

> On Sep 8, 2022, at 4:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2022 at 15:57, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >> Just letting you know, I spent a little time this morning and did a minor >> update to PGME. >> >> Mostly, it improves compatibilit

Re: [Freedos-user] FD-NLS, was Announce: VMSMOUNT 0.6 preview release

> On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > [..] > After any bug fixes or you feel it is ready, we can merge that into the > "master” branch at GitLab for the eventual next FreeDOS Release. > > Great, thanks :) +1 > > I've seen that some of the translations are maintained in thei

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

Hi, > On Sep 6, 2022, at 11:43 AM, Phil Reynolds > wrote: > > I had FreeDOS 1.2 working quite nicely, networking included, on qemu, > but I am lost as to (a) how I originally achieved it (b) how I might do > likewise with 1.3 - is there any specific documentation I can follow? By default duri

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: VMSMOUNT 0.6 preview release

Hello, > On Sep 5, 2022, at 5:23 PM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > > Hi, > > I've made a preview release of the upcoming VMSMOUNT 0.6 version, so that > anyone who wants to can try it and report any feedback. I'm not adding more > features to this release, I'll just fix any bugs that come out and m

Re: [Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

> On Aug 21, 2022, at 4:01 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > [..] > Oh hurrah! Thank you. Your welcome. :-) In no particular order, here are a couple tips I don’t think are in the DOCS or help… When you change text in an edit field, you must confirm the change by pressing enter. Otherwise, the text

[Freedos-user] Minor Update to PGME

Hi all, Just letting you know, I spent a little time this morning and did a minor update to PGME. Mostly, it improves compatibility with mouse drivers other than CTMouse. For example, the old MS-DOS 6.x mouse driver should be detected and usable now. https://fd.lod.bz/repos/current/pkg-htm

Re: [Freedos-user] CD drive always gets the letter H: - can't change

> On Aug 2, 2022, at 8:14 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! > > To be a bit more productive than just complaining, how about this? > > /* Automatically partition the selected hard drive */ > void Automatically_Partition_Hard_Drive() > > could be patched using: > >> --- FDISKIO.C.bak2022-

Re: [Freedos-user] CD drive always gets the letter H: - can't change

> On Aug 2, 2022, at 6:26 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > A word to the install wizard app, if it were a person: > > That was a great way of shooting yourself in the foot :-D > > Running out of drive letters by trying to avoid FAT32. In 2022. I’m getting kind of tired of explaining this… But, he we

Re: [Freedos-user] PGME [was: DOSshell replacement]

> On Jul 31, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 00:08, Jim Hall wrote: >> >> There's PGME (Program Manager Eternity) which we include in FreeDOS. >> It's on the LiveCD under Applications. It gets installed to C:\PGME > > OK, so, now I have tried this. I have enc

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

Hi, > On Jul 14, 2022, at 12:28 AM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 10:20 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >>> On Jul 13, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Rugxulo wrote: >>> >>>> FDAUTO.BAT >>>> —— >>>> set DOSDRV

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

Hi, > On Jul 13, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:09 AM Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >> FDCONFIG.SYS >> >> !LASTDRIVE=Z > > You probably don't actually need that many drives, I'd su

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a simple text editor

Hi, My 2 cents worth… Like Mateusz mentioned… There is no guarantee that the BIOS will permit disk writes to a booted USB stick. However since you intend on supporting only your personal machines, you can just do a quick test and not worry about that. A quick and dirty test would be to burn t

Re: [Freedos-user] FD13 floppy installation attempts

Hi, > On Jun 27, 2022, at 6:47 PM, Pierre LaMontagne wrote: > > > First of all, I think FreeDOS is an outstanding replacement for the > discontinued MS-DOS!!! > > I've been a happy camper & been a big fan of FreeDOS since v1.1. I use it > mainly on my 'ancient' PC. This PC has been around si

Re: [Freedos-user] Need help with networking

Also, if your connection is just to a Linux box. EtherDFS works great. You do need to run it’s server on the linux Box. > On Jun 18, 2022, at 2:26 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote: > >  > Hi, > >> I would very much like to get the networking setup so that I can create >> shares to be able to excha

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Fonts

Like Aitor mentioned there are some basic tools for it. (Like GNU and Display) Also, there are some others. V8PowerTools VFONT.COM can load the normal raster fonts (like GNU load font) temporarily. When the video mode is reset (or changed) the fonts will revert back to their previous state. Im

[Freedos-user] SBPmixer

Hi All, Today, I released the NASM port of my ancient (Turbo Pascal) Sound Blaster Pro (and compatible) Mixer driver. It is a program-loadable device driver for adjusting mixer settings like volume levels. The driver can also be compiled into executables. The release also includes a 2.5K comman

Re: [Freedos-user] SoundBlaster volume control for the distro

> On May 31, 2022, at 4:06 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! I just noticed that I had mailed you off-list, > but given that you say the release is not official > yet, how can we get the news back to the public > freedos-user list where e.g. Stas can see it? :-) > > Eric Stas was following the

Re: [Freedos-user] SoundBlaster volume control for the distro

Hi, > On May 11, 2022, at 4:09 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi! > > It seems our distro has no volume control or mixer tool yet, > so it would be nice to add one. We can start with the command > line tool SBMIX, although something with Text-graphical user > interface would of course be even mor

Re: [Freedos-user] FDCONFIG.SYS

Hi Daniel, > On May 17, 2022, at 5:45 AM, Daniel wrote: > > This may be a crazy or even insane thing to ask, nevermind do, but is it > possible to create a new config file and use that. For instance rename > fdconfig.sys to the MSDOS config.sys? You can use either FDCONFIG.SYS or CONFIG.SYS

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Rufus

Hi All, A first time user reported having issues booting the 1.3 LiveCD after creating a USB stick with Rufus. Other than a few minor things, I don’t use windows. So if one of you are familiar with the tools they are using, they could probably use some help or at least some pointers on getting

Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.

Hi Tom, > On Apr 4, 2022, at 12:56 PM, tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > >>> On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >>> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. >>> >>> Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. > > I forgot to

Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.

Hi Tom, > On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. > > Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. > now he has a 700 byte keyboard driver, saving 2.3 KB wrt XKEYB > and 5 KB wrt. MS KEYB. > > annou

Re: [Freedos-user] [freedos:news] FreeDOS 1.3 discussion

> On Mar 13, 2022, at 5:49 PM, Ruben Figueroa > wrote: > > The above notes :"the return of networking" I installed FreeDOS as the OS > which has a ethernet port. After installing what I thing I need and reboot I > get this message "Physical hardware networking is not supported at this > t

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