Re: [Freedos-user] question about your web site You made it secure

> On Jul 11, 2025, at 9:19 PM, Felix Miata via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Jerome Shidel composed on 2025-07-02 11:02 (UTC-0400): > >> There is sprat subdomain that points to the same repositories on that >> server. It allows >> both HTTP and HTTPS. It works great in DOS using the Lynx text o

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

ybe someone there can get it > working. If I did find a way in the end I will share it here :) > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 18:24 Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > <mailto:freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: > > >> On Jul 9, 2025, at 12:22 PM, jer...@shidel.net &

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

> On Jul 9, 2025, at 12:22 PM, jer...@shidel.net wrote: > > Well, if there is usable RAM above 650k, you may be able to get some working > UMBs. > If there is usable RAM above 640k… :-)___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.n

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

> On Jul 8, 2025, at 10:16 PM, Lutalli via Freedos-user > wrote: > > What version of TAR did you try? > > In one of the replies, you mentioned two links to two different versions of > TAR: > > So, either use the latest Interim Test build of FreeDOS available at > https://www.ibiblio.org/pu

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

en it is the journey, not the destination that makes the adventure worthwhile. :-)On Sat, Jul 5, 2025, 18:41 Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:On Jul 5, 2025, at 12:24 PM, Lutalli via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:PocketDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

> On Jul 5, 2025, at 12:24 PM, Lutalli via Freedos-user > wrote: > > PocketDOS only recognizes HDD and DSK as far as I tested. > > I also tried installing FreeDOS on VirtualBox into an HDD using LiveCD > instead of Floppy Edition, then sending the HDD to my device. That didn't > work either

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

> On Jul 4, 2025, at 9:45 PM, Lutalli via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Update: I tried again and now it shows "Non-system disk or disk error". > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2025, 03:28 Lutalli > wrote: > I'm happy to hear that I don't have to worry about VASK being used by the

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

complaints it installs slow even on faster hardware (like a PentiumPro). Things like “it’s slow, it took 3 times longer to install than MS-DOS 6.2” … But, it’s nearly 4 times the size. So, that is actually faster. LOL.Good luck.:-)On Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 04:48 Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <freedos-u

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

Yup, that will work.While the full set of V8PT is installed, most are not used by the OS at that point.Post install, I think only VECHO (provides nice colored text), VINFO, VFDUTIL and VSTR are used a present. So, no worries about accidentally running VASK, VCHOICE or VPAUSE once installed. On Jul

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

Just reread your email.The is no need to recompile the Floppy Installer. The installer itself is a Batch file that relies on external tools. The logic is all batch based on the responses from those tools. Most of which is handled by V8Power Tools. But, other utilities like FDISK play a big part in

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

There is a 3rd possibility. It could be an issue with VASK regarding CGA. It is possible that not being at least EGA, it may have a problem. Like I said, almost no testing on Sub-EGA hardware.But honestly, you are probably better off installing to a standard VM like VirtualBox or QEMU. Creating a b

Re: [Freedos-user] A few questions about installing

> On Jul 2, 2025, at 11:00 AM, Lutalli via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Thanks for the replies! Sorry for not providing the context, and yeah > PocketDOS is an emulator for WindowsCE, so mainly for pocket PCs / handheld > PCs. > > Website of PocketDOS: http://pocketdos.com

Re: [Freedos-user] question about your web site You made it secure

On Jul 2, 2025, at 10:19 AM, sunbeamcar--- via Freedos-user wrote: > > Why did you make FREEDOS.org a secure site. > That greatly limits what you can use on the site. > All OLD computers are locked out. While I cannot speak to why FreeDOS.org specifically is forcing a secure connection, I ca

[Freedos-user] Official Download and Software Update Repos

Hi All, The Official Download and Software Update Repositories on IBIBLIO now support multiple languages. This would have been available at the launch of the new FDRepo a few days ago. However, there was some unusual behavior by the HTTPD server which required a workaround. That workaround h

Re: [Freedos-user] Gaming Controller

> On Jun 25, 2025, at 10:55 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On 6/25/2025 6:46 PM, david--- via Freedos-user wrote: >> >> Does FreeDOS14 have a driver for USB connected gaming controllers? >> >> Apologies if this is a stupid question - but some DOS games can use a >> joystick.

Re: [Freedos-user] Download Repository ISO images

his is all available!   Best Regards, Bill Allen On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: Hi, After reading your reply, I think I may need to clarify what is meant by the repository ISO. The ISO files to which I

Re: [Freedos-user] Download Repository ISO images

Hi, > On Jun 24, 2025, at 12:50 AM, Roger via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 02:15:48AM -0400, Jerome Shidel via >> Freedos-user wrote: >> Hi, >> >> After reading your reply, I think I may need to clarify what is mean

Re: [Freedos-user] Download Repository ISO images

hing. > > ISO images are the first thing I look for when downloading new operating > systems I want to try, and I'm sure it's similar for plenty of others. > > >> On 6/22/2025 9:14 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: >> Earlier today FDRepo was deplo

[Freedos-user] Download Repository ISO images

Earlier today FDRepo was deployed to the Official Download and Update Repositories on IBIBLIO. https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/ That transition has gone very well. But, there are a few

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

Hi Tom, > On Jun 22, 2025, at 8:55 AM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hallo Herr Thomas Desi via Freedos-user, > > am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2025 um 12:57 schrieben Sie: > >> When > >>> Am 22.06.2025 um 00:23 schrieb Jerome Shidel via Freedos-use

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 22, 2025, at 6:57 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > When > >> Am 22.06.2025 um 00:23 schrieb Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user >> : >> >> running “QFNTLD40.EXE PGM826.FNT” > > my screen goes black, and a generic message on t

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 21, 2025, at 4:12 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > This doubles the width, not the hight: (at least on my machine/display) > > what does „co“ stand for? > >> Am 20.06.2025 um 23:29 schrieb tsiegel--- via Freedos-user >> : >> >> mode co40 >> >> should do the trick fro

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 21, 2025, at 1:38 PM, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > >>>> On Jun 21, 2025, at 4:10 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user >>>>

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 21, 2025, at 4:10 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I just stumbled over a website with DOS Software from 2023 (! yes, 2023) > > https://www.inverary.net/campbellware/dos.php > > where they offer a Utility to set the text resolution in DOS: It says > > "DOS Set Text Re

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:59 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > >> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:44 PM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user >> wrote: >> >> On my VGA machine I get something useful for me: >> >> C:\>mode con line

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:44 PM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On my VGA machine I get something useful for me: > > C:\>mode con lines=21 > > Mentioned in the mode /? page is „possible values depend on your hardware“. > Does it make sense to try more values…? Or is there some ra

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:44 PM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On my VGA machine I get something useful for me: > > C:\>mode con lines=21 > > Mentioned in the mode /? page is „possible values depend on your hardware“. > Does it make sense to try more values…? Or is there some ra

Re: [Freedos-user] change number of Rows (Lines?) in system font in cga

> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:03 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > Hi! > >> How can I make the system font bigger? >> (e.g. setting the display to 20 lines instead of 25) >> I am using cga. > > Hmm. CGA. Not even EGA or VGA. In VGA, you would get: > > C:\>mode con lines=42 > Lines mu

Re: [Freedos-user] FDRepo

> On May 15, 2025, at 2:25 PM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user > wrote: > > For what it's worth, lynx 2.8.4 (the latest one I have on windows) only shows > the first page where you can select a language, > > I can't get past that page. > > However, on linux where I have version 2.9.2 installed

[Freedos-user] FDRepo

Hi All, If you follow the developer mailing list, you would have heard me mention the development of the new version 3.x of FDRepo. For those who don’t follow that list, FDRepo is the server side software that manages the FreeDOS software download and update repositories. Those repositories ar

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media, > doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from between > Qemu or a bare metal PC, as hardware configuration (eg. autoexec.bat) between > th

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation problems

> On May 7, 2025, at 2:37 PM, Tomas By via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On Wed, 07 May 2025 20:30:11 +0200, Jeffrey Adams via Freedos-user wrote: >> I downloaded Freedos 1.4 (FD14-FullUSB) and wrote a USB stick >> I booted fd1.3, switched to the D:USB drive, and ran setup.bat. > > > Try bootin

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

> On May 7, 2025, at 4:17 AM, Alex via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a USB > stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system. Message contains instructions on how too easily convert the FullUSB Install imag

Re: [Freedos-user] Import DOS executable to FreeDOS 1.4 over Virtual Box

> VMSMount: https://github.com/eduardocasino/vmsmount > > (I've never tried it) > > EtherDFS: http://etherdfs.sourceforge.net/ > > (Mount a sharable disk image on the local network) > > NetDrive:

Re: [Freedos-user] Import DOS executable to FreeDOS 1.4 over Virtual Box

> On May 6, 2025, at 6:38 AM, John Thomas via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I have gotten FreeDOS 1.4 up and running over Virtual Box over an Ubuntu > linux host. Now I want to import a DOS executable into my FreeDOS1.4 Virtual > Machine so I can execute it. > > I have a directory on my linuxn

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot

Hi, > On Apr 26, 2025, at 9:15 PM, Dylan Kolb via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Thanks for the response! I moved everything important to an SD card, and I > have a few ISOs on a ventoy flash drive for windows and different LTS > versions of Ubuntu , and FreeDOS. While it would be ideal to avoid

Re: [Freedos-user] Dual Boot

Hi, > On Apr 26, 2025, at 7:22 PM, dkolb2056--- via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hello! > > I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu both installed to dual boot. I would also like > to dedicate 1-2 GB for a FreeDOS booting partition, so I can choose to boot > it as well. > > However, as far as I have see

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

Hi Eric, > On Apr 9, 2025, at 7:52 AM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hello :-) > >> I've counted that the two images of FreeDOS 1.4, live and bonus, amount to >> 355567 sectors. This is still within the realm of possibility to fit it all >> on one CD, as 80 minute CDs can hold 360

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

> On Apr 9, 2025, at 6:14 AM, Michał Dec via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I've counted that the two images of FreeDOS 1.4, live and bonus, amount to > 355567 sectors. This is still within the realm of possibility to fit it all > on one CD, as 80 minute CDs can hold 360k se

[Freedos-user] News travels fast.

News of the FreeDOS 1.4 release is already making its way around the world. For example, Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/

Re: [Freedos-user] FreePascal 3.2.2 crashed with 0000

Hi, > On Mar 20, 2025, at 9:07 PM, Bill Allen via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hello everyone! I am running FreeDOS 1.4rc3 and have run into an issue trying > to start the FreePascal IDE fp.exe. From both the FPC install in DEVEL from > the distribution and from a freshly downloaded zip of the

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4-GM

Hi All, The FreeDOS 1.4 “Gold Master” is now available for download at: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/ If all is as expected, the plan is this build will become the offic

Re: [Freedos-user] USB external floppy drive and freedos?

> On Mar 26, 2025, at 6:35 AM, molngab via Freedos-user > wrote: > > How can I access a USB external floppy drive from freedos? I can issue > the: command and it seems to work, but it doesn't take me to the > external floppy. Depends on whether or not it is supported by your BIOS and it will

Re: [Freedos-user] Info on setting up FDNPKG, FDINST etc in a DOS ?

> On Mar 26, 2025, at 4:47 AM, Stu via Freedos-user > wrote: > > I started looking at FDINST and friends, and realised that in DOSEMU2, > although packages are installed, that is done in Linux. > > I'd like to investigate installing these in DOS itself, but once I installed > FDNPKG, FDINST

Re: [Freedos-user] Info on creating Freedos packages?

to eventually have it support multiple online repositories and many other improvements. But, other items related to FreeDOS have been a much higher priority. Hopefully, someday work on the next version of it will continue. :-)JeromeOn Tue, 25 Mar 2025 at 21:54, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <fre

Re: [Freedos-user] Info on creating Freedos packages?

> On Mar 25, 2025, at 4:45 PM, Stu via Freedos-user > wrote: > > There are two things I want to do - > > One is to create a package for Animator (which used to be known as Autodesk > Animator or AnimatorPro) > > I have a script I started here > https://github.com/stuaxo/animatorpro-fdpkg/

Re: [Freedos-user] Info on creating Freedos packages?

Forgot to include the link… [1] https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/OS/pkgdevel/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Info on creating Freedos packages?

Hi, > On Mar 25, 2025, at 10:43 AM, Stu via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi all, >Is there info on how to package software for FreeDOS ? > In particular info around conventions around stuff like environment > variables, naming etc ? Not really. There used to be a document on LSM metadata f

Re: [Freedos-user] Issue

> On Mar 20, 2025, at 2:55 PM, Alex via Freedos-user > wrote: > > @echo off 1)GIGARAID\n 2)Si3114 BASE Driver\n 3)Si3114 RAID Driver\n 4)VIA > 6410 RAID\n 5)Promise 20779 SATA Driver\n 6)Promise 20779 SATA RAID Driver \n > 7)Intel Matrix Storage Manager 32 bit \n 8)Intel Matrix Storage Manag

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up fdconfig.sys and fdauto.bat

Correction… The next FreeDOS 1.4-RC3 will be released the day after tomorrow (March 1st). The release candidate (like the monthly interim test builds) are usually released on the 1st of the month. The current release candidate can be download through the link on the Download Page of the Free

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Process

I think some users favor Rufus for such things. :-) Jerome > > Thanks > > Larry > From: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:21 AM > To: FreeDOS Users > Cc: jer...@shidel.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Process > &

Re: [Freedos-user] Installation Process

HI, > On Feb 27, 2025, at 2:01 PM, Larry Miller via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi: > > I am trying to repurpose a HP Pentium 4 PC (3.4 GHz processor, 2 GB memory, > originally OS Windows XP). Note: the hard drive has been wiped with Drive > Scrubber 2. > > I downloaded FreeDOS 1.3 Legacy CD

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up fdconfig.sys and fdauto.bat

gt; > :-) Jerome > > ---- Mensaje original > El 27/2/25 14:57, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user ha escrito: > Hi, > > While the USB media is technically a running version of FreeDOS, > > the USB install media is not configured to be used as a portable

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up fdconfig.sys and fdauto.bat

Hi, While the USB media is technically a running version of FreeDOS, the USB install media is not configured to be used as a portable installation of FreeDOS. It is configured for the single purpose of installing the OS and not for general usage. If you do not want to install FreeDOS onto a

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 is the >> same as the master bran

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

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