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

2024-10-30 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Yup. This is exactly what I was thinking, except you're a good one or two steps ahead having a better understanding of EFI/UEFI structure than I. I was thinking, booting into a stripped down or minimal Linux kernel, and if required runit environment, then into qemu. With the NesUEFI method likely

Re: [Freedos-user] Moving towards FreeDOS 1.4

2024-10-28 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Wish Intel would create a BIOS emulation layer for booting DOS/FreeDOS via EFI/UEFI. Ridiculous EFI/UEFI has no emulation layer for booting older operating systems! Also wishing for better comprehensible EFI/UEFI documenation. (Could be just me getting older, but documentation seems lacking in s

Re: [Freedos-user] Dos on raspberry pi.

2024-10-20 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 02:19:51PM +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > >Hi Michał, > >> Hi, >> >> > I'm still looking for an inexpensive X86 type SBC that can be used to >> build a dos only machine. >> >> I have one word for you - weeCee. > >This is interesting, sort of a DIY designed d

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

2024-10-14 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:24:41AM -0400, 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. Howev

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

2024-10-08 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
As with likely all of us with experience from DOS and the early Windows years prior to ACPI IRQ sharing, very likely an IRQ conflict with the effect of add-on hardware not working as intended. Although your other two possible resolutions could possibly also cause similar, however unlikely, but not

Re: [Freedos-user] Is FreeDOS exactly like MSDOS? Let me explain.

2024-10-03 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
/www.amazon.es/dp/B0CMNWWCPG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title > > > Gabriel González González > > > El jue, 3 oct 2024 a las 6:03, Roger via Freedos-user > () escribió: >> >> > On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 04:51:13PM +0100, Gabriel González via >> > Freedos-

Re: [Freedos-user] Is FreeDOS exactly like MSDOS? Let me explain.

2024-10-02 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 04:51:13PM +0100, Gabriel González via Freedos-user > wrote: ... >Really I'm studying how to develop a Kernel ( I'm reading a book about this >, it is a guide to writing the Kernel code on C and at the same time theory >and explanations ) . This Kernel is a "baby MSDOS"

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

2024-10-01 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
I have an old Dell 8100 Inspiron (~2008) laptop with am nVidia graphics card. As I recall, the laptop graphics card requires enabling something called "quirks" option for the Linux nouveau (DRM) graphics driver before being able to use the DRM/X/Xorg interface, else the graphics card emits a blank

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

2024-09-01 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
After manually removing and manually installing the previously stated package name using fdnpkg tool, still was getting the error. However, upon rebooting and then running fdnpkg checkupdates, now seeing zero packages needing updating. So somehow it magically fixed itself. Looks like I'm good to

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

2024-08-31 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Although I've just successfully updated a clean install FD13 LiveCD image (with all packages, no sources) using fdnpkg, only one of the many packages failed. Oddly with the same error first mentioned on this thread! nethack, local version 3.4.3a updating to 3.6.7 again, only stdout or a prompt st

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

2024-08-31 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Just installed freedos using the typical recommended FD13-livecd media image within qemu, and no problems with fdnpkg echoing "removing..." and then "installing ..." updates. Since I had no prior knowledge of fdnpkg stdout, I did not even notice the missing "removing ..." stdout. I do not think I

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

2024-08-31 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 11:23:28PM -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > > >> 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, a

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

2024-08-31 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
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:" If I'm not mistaken, fdnpkg will not automatically upgrade already installed pac

Re: [Freedos-user] How to compile FreeDos. There is some tool with all already done?. Help

2024-08-09 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
I tend to agree with avoiding wasting tons of time rebuilding code, code already built and easily obtained. I found I could easily get lost (down a rabbit hole) with building and maintaining build scripts, with lots of time wasted just compiling code. After a decade, moved from using Gentoo (sour

Re: [Freedos-user] How to compile FreeDos. There is some tool with all already done?. Help

2024-08-09 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Could also check-out Gentoo Distribution's ebuild scripts for compiling dosemu and other dos emulation applications. Gentoo is a compile from source distribution, and most of the work for manually compiling applications is already contained within each application's ebuild (build) script.

Re: [Freedos-user] Wordstar 7 archive

2024-08-04 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Since we're mentioning publishers of exquisite books, books about programming during the bare metal assembler programming era, a recent popular book was published (about a decade ago) regarding learning assembly language programming. Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett Publisher: O

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

2024-08-02 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Ebay.com is increasingly becoming a gamble. Many are using the online service(s) for making easy money, rather than selling a legitimate product. (eg. drug activity, other nefarious activities, ...) Also, there's really no more Ebay.com customer phone support, likely with Ebay.com simply relying

Re: [Freedos-user] Wordstar 7 archive

2024-08-01 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
I think, you would be crazy not to ask for an interview from a programmer (or "WABits") from this era! > On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 01:11:16PM -0500, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: >On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 9:51 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-user > wrote: >> >> From Canadian SF novelist Robert J Sawye

Re: [Freedos-user] Lousy NTFS...

2024-07-24 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Cannot really tell who's exactly at fault. Closed source and proprietary code. We are not pushing blame around, just citing we don't have the problem. On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 11:50 PM andrew fabbro via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM M

Re: [Freedos-user] Lousy NTFS...

2024-07-24 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Me too, except since the downfall of Gates, about a decade ago or so, upon the realization their statements of Linux being evil fell through, there has been a steady influx of Windows developers into the world of open source and Linux ever since. Heard Southwest Airlines was the only airline worki

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wiki is temporary offline

2024-06-27 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
A hint, microsoft employees are mad, and they're trying to make a living! On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:38 AM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I just realized that someone started spamming our wiki yesterday. So I've > taken that down until I can clean it out

Re: [Freedos-user] DOG version 0.8.4b released

2024-06-21 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
"DOG is a DOS SHELL, or command interpreter. DOG works on most, if not all flavors of DOG." So, this is pun at DOS for being a dog? ;-) This is found on the Github page. Think you meant to state, "DOG is a DOS shell or command interpreter. DOG shell works on most, if not all flavors of DOS." Ad

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Actively Used Scenarios

2024-06-03 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
I finished reading the "Why We Love FreeDOS" book a few nights ago. A really good read, and led myself to a similar conclusion, DOS/FreeDOS is a really good platform for learning and implementing initial experimental engineering for experimental or working hardware due to simplicity and bare metal

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Actively Used Scenarios

2024-06-01 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
ent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email. > >On Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at 2:51 AM, Roger via Freedos-user >freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> Would be really interesting to hear, how people continue actively using >> DOS today, including their

[Freedos-user] DOS Actively Used Scenarios

2024-05-31 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
Would be really interesting to hear, how people continue actively using DOS today, including their hardware/software environment. Of course, not including testing environments, as these can get really exquisite! And, I already realize one of the environments DOS is still used, for engineering and

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

2024-05-15 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
>Microsoft is not willing to go to even the minimal effort of searching >its own archives for the other versions to release them, but if someone >else finds the code, it will permit the release under a permissive > licence. Excuse #1, there's no money being acquired for going over code for releasi

Re: [Freedos-user] documentation update

2024-05-13 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
>I have found that the best DosBox for this kind of thing is "DosBox-X". > >It supports applications better than the original DosBox. Relooking over dosbox-x, yup, seems to have everything anybody might need, including all of their wants such as networking. Focused on other things that really mat

Re: [Freedos-user] documentation update

2024-05-10 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 04:43:06PM +0100, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote: >On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 22:20, Roger via Freedos-user > wrote: > >> >They also have pre-compiled packages for Fedora and OpenSUSE. >> >No manual compilation is needed for either of the

Re: [Freedos-user] documentation update

2024-05-09 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
https://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/Main_Page How do I install FreeDOS? FreeDOS for everyone: "We recommend using a PC emulator or virtual machine to install FreeDOS. If you don't want to install, you can boot the LiveCD to try it out." And What do I need to run FreeDOS? "If you are new to DOS, we reco

Re: [Freedos-user] documentation update

2024-05-09 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
> On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 09:52:39PM +0200, 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, this >

[Freedos-user] documentation update

2024-05-09 Thread Roger via Freedos-user
MY EXPERIENCE INSTALLING FREEDOS Took a week or so trying to install a DOS enviroment along with an install of Word Perfect, quickly reading/scanning through all available Internet documentation as of 2024/05 date. Some key bits of information were from Jim Hall's FreeDOS book, detailing an instal