On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:53:30 +0100, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user wrote:
> What process can I use to boot off of the logical partition?
Apparently, `chainloading.'
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88985
"I formatted a large 400GB logical partition at the end of a disk as
FAT32 from a Lin
Hello,
You say you can enter DOS commands, so then you should not need to do
any further installation.
But generally, all you need to do to install DOS is to boot and then
use the command "sys X:" where X: is the drive you want to install to.
If by "installing FreeDOS" you mean getting all the s
On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:04:30 +0200, Lyn Thomas via Freedos-user wrote:
> [...] As once the FreeDOS is installed the USB is not recognised.
> Ideally Id like to add programs from the bonus disk.
>
> Any suggestions?
As others have pointed out, what probably happens is that if the USB
is not inser
On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:15:15 +0200, Joey V via Freedos-user wrote:
> Does anyone have any ideas?
Do the partitioning in Linux.
(And if D: is a 2nd partition, which seems likely, as multiple hard
drives are rare in laptops, then it makes sense that it did not work,
whatever it was you thought you
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:05:13 +0200, hms--- via Freedos-user wrote:
> The point I am trying to make is about the unexpected behaviour of the
> DIR command [...]
The sources are available, no? Fix it yourself?
I just tried it in Dosbox and it seems to stop even earlier, not
listing any deeper file
On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:59:00 +0200, Jose Senna via Freedos-user wrote:
> Anyway, you will still need a modem driver for DOS. There used to be
> many of them in old software repositories as the Crynwr collection.
Network card =/= modem.
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:08:49 +0200, Michał Dec via Freedos-user wrote:
> So I would try to get regular DOS drivers for that modem if I were you.
There were no DOS drivers for modems? There were "winmodems" that
needed drivers, maybe that is what you are thinking of.
/Tomas
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:10:24 +0200, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote:
> LLM bots are not "AI", they are marketing BS.
True.
> [...] and they emit total nonsense
Well, not always. It's like 50/50.
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:49:15 +0100, Joao Silva via Freedos-user wrote:
> [...] don't think that there is a solution.
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM Manuel Sobral via Freedos-user wrote:
> I think there's an error with the Portuguese keyboard layout. When
> I press "shift + *", is it suppose
On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:43:28 +0100, Tomas By via Freedos-user wrote:
> It's more useful to count the number of semicolons (in C and related
> languages).
I get 6283 for the FreeDOS kernel (the C files).
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:26:49 +0100, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
> All *.c and *.h files: 29,510 lines
> (these are C language files)
> That also includes blank lines, though.
It's more useful to count the number of semicolons (in C and related
languages).
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On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:51:40 +0100, Thomas Cornelius Desi via Freedos-user
wrote:
> Question to [Jim]: Do you know how many LINES the FREEDOS Kernel has?
MS-DOS 2.0 seems to have around 50k loc (just the number of newlines,
not sure if that makes sense for assembler). To convert to C, divide
by
On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:44:56 +0100, Charles Hudson via Freedos-user wrote:
> [...] However, I seem to have blitzed my Linux installation as the
> GRUB2 bootloader no longer appears nor loads Fedora 39. [...]
> Supposing that this may have happened to some other user, I am
> posting a question here,
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:17:06 +0100, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
> Basic idea is that I should be able to print from a DOS program to a
> file, then feed that file into this emulator so I can view the
> output. Specifically looking for graphics mode printing (like charts
> from a spreadsheet, e
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:00:29 +0200, Tomas By via Freedos-user wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:47:37 +0200, Tomas By via Freedos-user wrote:
> Ok, %config%...
(On a different machine so I cannot easily copy-paste.)
I have
|menuoption 1,60
|menu 1 this
|menu 2 that
in the fdconfig.sys, an
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:47:37 +0200, Tomas By via Freedos-user wrote:
> Is it not possible to have a boot menu in autoexec instead of
> fdconfig?
Ok, %config%...
Is there some up to date description of how this works somewhere?
I am using version 0.84-pre2, apparently.
Hi all,
(I tried to google this for a minute or two and got nowhere.)
Is it not possible to have a boot menu in autoexec instead of
fdconfig?
I just want to run a couple of different commands depending on chosen
option.
It would be tedious to have to have different batch files or whatever.
/To
On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 11:31:05 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> If you have access to some other machine [...]
Another thing you can try is to boot FD from USB and then format the
SD card from there + do "sys d:", or whichever drive it is.
Generally it is best to format and partition from th
On Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:17:22 +0100, Walter Vermeir wrote:
> I am trying install FreeDOS on my computer (not virtual) now for a
> while and failing long enough to acknowledge that I need to ask for
> help.
If you have access to some other machine you could install FreeDOS on
the card from that one
On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 11:11:43 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> One possibility is that DOS cannot understand the format of the card.
Well, no, that does not make sense.
But it sounds like card not readable if it just goes back to the menu.
/To
On Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:17:22 +0100, Walter Vermeir wrote:
> I am trying install FreeDOS on my computer (not virtual) now for a
> while and failing long enough to acknowledge that I need to ask for
> help. [...]
> When I write the FreeDOS ISO to the SD-cards or the FreeDOS USB
> version , the IMG f
On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:33:34 +0100, Louis Santillan wrote:
> What does ‘mem /c’ output?
No idea. Please read the rest of the thread also.
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:14:55 +0100, Jeremy Leonard via Freedos-user wrote:
> Did you use the two disk install from archive.org?
No actually I used the files from
http://id3486.securedata.net/fprado/armorsite/tanks.htm
> Here is how I got it to work:
> 4. Run install from C:\TANKSIN
> C:
>
On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:32:19 +0100, tom ehlert wrote:
> am Montag, 28. November 2022 um 16:41 schrieben Sie:
> > Am using HIMEMX.EXE and JEMM386.EXE.
>
> run without JEMM386
It then says "Not enough EMS memory available".
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:03:55 +0100, John Vella wrote:
> What's the game you're trying to run
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Wargame_Construction_Set_II_-_TANKS_1994
> and how much RAM do you have?
More than 640k (1GB?).
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:32:19 +0100, tom ehlert wrote:
> run without JEMM386
I think I tried that, and then it complained about needing more
memory.
(The machine is not available right now.)
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Hi all,
I am trying to run an old DOS game and get the following:
|Mel Fatal Error #: 25 Trap #: 15
|Mel Real Mode Version 2.2.5, 4/2/94
Am using HIMEMX.EXE and JEMM386.EXE.
Does anybody recognise this? Anything else I can try?
(The game works in Dosbox, but I would like to use the Freedos mac
On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:41:38 +0100, Brandon Taylor wrote:
> is there any way I can use Git on FreeDOS [?]
Yes, apparently:
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/NOTES-DJGPP.md
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 09:36:46 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:41:38 +0100, Brandon Taylor wrote:
> > is there any way I can use Git on FreeDOS [?]
>
> Yes, apparently:
> https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/NOTES-DJGPP.md
Hmm, no I was too quic
On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:18:44 +0100, Joseph Norton wrote:
> What are the considerations in using FreeDOS with LFN support?
`Don't bother unless you need it' ?
It is not something that requires deep thought and mature
judgement. There are no downsides that have to be carefully weighed
against the
On Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:19:23 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> Anyone has an idea if USB ports have a sequence or so?
Of course they do. `lsusb' in Linux lists the `device numbers.'
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> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 10:51 PM joseph turco
> wrote:
> > i'm looking at installing freeDOS on an older (XP era)
> > computer. [...] I read somewhere that USB drives are not read by
> > the OS while it's already booted, but WILL read USB drives if it's
> > inserted upon boot. Is this correct?
On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:44:01 +0200, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
> "The command didn't complete.", or "The command hung.".
No, hang means stop in the middle, so typically it would not then complete.
> "or it might complete unsuccessfully (disk is not usable)."
> "The command failed."
Well, you can sa
(This is probably not the right forum for this, but whatever.)
On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:22:03 +0200, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
> I read "The command completed successfully." This seems to me
> programmer-speak, and verbose. Why not simplify that to "The command
> succeeded."?
Because it might be a le
On Thu, 20 May 2021 20:17:55 +0200, Ralf Quint wrote:
> > Also vetusware.com, winworldpc.com
>
> None of those do actually have any DOS "SOURCE CODE"...
Hmm, ok, but was that really what OP meant?
Also, to be pedantic, I found e.g. the Microsoft C compiler on
Vetusware, and it has quite a bit o
On Thu, 20 May 2021 19:16:11 +0200, Eric Auer wrote:
> > Are there any good lists of DOS software available
> > (or that used to be available)?
>
> I guess you mean commercial software, not just this?
> Or at least shareware, freeware etc.? All old stuff? [...]
Also vetusware.com, winworldpc.com
On Mon, 10 May 2021 12:05:06 +0200, Felix G. wrote:
> 2. I'd love to go native with DOS [...] I lose my speech synthesizer
> emulator as this is Windows-hosted.
You could use two machines?
> a) Can FreeDOS boot from a flash drive?
You're going to get different answers. Empirically, yes it works
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:24:13 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> If I called Linux "a kind of DOS" and tried to discuss the difference
> between MS-DOS, FreeDOS and Torvalds DOS we would all get very
> confused and we could not effectively communicate.
Well, this is not really true in tech, though. It wo
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:39:00 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> [...] I wrote an article for the Register about a decade back with 25
> alternative OSes for x86 machines
> https://www.theregister.com/Print/2013/11/01/25_alternative_pc_operating_systems/
Just a comment, Open Genera 2.0 (not tried it):
h
On Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:29:22 +0200, Rugxulo wrote:
> Sorry if this isn't a perfect answer (I don't use Latex), but it
> should give you some rough idea of what to do.
Yes, thanks. IIRC, it worked (ie moved on to next problem) when just
making sure to use the Unix commands, and starting over from
Etcher has a validation step also, which I find reassuring.
There is a linerar relationship between the length of the source code
and the number of bugs, so it is probably not quite as bad as X1000.
Perhaps X100.
/Tomas
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:02:51 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> Balena Etcher is
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:30:43 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> My „dream“ was it to „marry“ FreeDOS with a portable USB Stick
> (Backup and Carrying), whilst booting from a Harddisk and working on
> C:. But maybe this is n’t so important after all
It should work (unless I misunderstand it): work in Fre
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:54:35 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> Any particular Linux flavor you suggest for this?
> (I would go for a „comand line interface“ only.)
Ubuntu should be fine, but Linux flavour not important. Also, don't
bother with changing the defaults. Use a graphical desktop and start a
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:44:13 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> [...] Any ideas?
I think A and B are Windows debris.
You probably just formatted C to get rid of Windows. You could have
partitioned the disk first.
I don't know that BIOS.
But start over from the beginning, make two partitions of equal s
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:09:34 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> The stick is not recognised when booting from HD with stick inserted.
> In this case, the Freedos startup screen (shall I say?), prints „3
> disks available - no disk assigned“.
Maybe you could report the name/version of the BIOS, and then s
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:25:37 +0200, Thomas Desi wrote:
> [...] USB Stick on a FreeDOS [...] This is absolutely crucial to me,
> otherwise how would I be able to get something out or in to the
> computer??
By dual-booting and reading the Freedos FAT partition from Linux or
Windows...
> I just ins
On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:26:30 +0200, Stephanos wrote:
> [...] I ran it. It looked promising, but alas, alack, no.
> -Start to flash ……. [ Y / N]: Y
> - Error: Problem getting flash information
> [...]
> I then tried Tomas’ suggestion: “start a shell (command window) as
> administrator (important)
Hi,
Ok, one more thing you can try is to start a shell (command window) as
aministrator (important) and then run the exe from there. If that just
fails silently then you probably have the wrong bios file.
I checked your previous msg again, and it sounds like you have not yet
managed to boot Freed
On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:08:58 +0200, Stephanos wrote:
> Wait to hear
Did you try running it from Win 7 as administrator?
Or just boot the stick and run the .EXE. I'm sure you can do it.
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On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:50:53 +0200, Stephanos wrote:
> So I decided that it was slightly easier to put back Windows 7.
> [...] I copied the BIOS update version A05 file onto the HDD.
> I executed it with a double click. I got the usual messages about
> closing all other programmes. I clicked OK. No
On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:23:33 +0100, Jim Hall wrote:
> That is a good question. [...] Can you tell us what is new in this
> area?
No, I just discovered it was available. Am going to try to install it.
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Hi all,
Am just wondering if this is the current status of the "pcgeos"
package:
"cannot get this to compile, and there isn't a pre-compiled
open-source version available to use."
http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Releases/1.3/Packages
And/or is this likely to change?
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Haha, yes, it's only ten thousand files or whatever.
(For the record, no that did not seem to work either. "ls" shows the
long name, for the renamed file, not all of them, it seems.)
/Tomas
On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 18:36:47 +0100, TK Chia wrote:
>
> Hello Tomas,
>
> > The "dir" command only shows
Hello,
Am trying to use Latex (from DJGPP) in Freedos, and get errors
seemingly having to do with long file names.
The "dir" command only shows 8+3, and when I manually rename using
"move", the name gets truncated (rather than getting the tilde plus
number).
"doslfn" is loaded.
Any known work-a
Simon,
I can read from a USB stick without any extra tricks, as long as it is
inserted before booting (which usually means I have to make sure the
bios is set to boot from disk 1st; I find it easier to write the files
to the Freedos disk from inside Windows, if I need to do that).
However, I'm no
Hi all,
Am just wondering if this is the current status, or some old comment:
"Wireless devices connected via USB can not yet be used with FreeDOS."
(http://freedos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/WiFi)
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:24:32 +0100, ZB wrote:
> Did you try to google for "freedos numlock"?
Not google, as I have no barge pole handy, but duckduckgo does not
find that page.
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:16:19 +0100, ZB wrote:
>
> http://home.mnet-online.de/willybilly/fdhelp-internet/en/hhstndrd/cnfigsys/numlock.htm
Thanks. Maybe this should be under freedos.org somewhere, and
available for search engine indexing...
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Hi all,
Is there a way to set num lock at start-up? Like this:
http://www.easydos.com/numlock.html
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:00:50 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:54:26 +0100, bobby wrote:
> > Which image do I want to use to only do Live boot, and not install?
>
> Just use the latest? Something like 13FLOPPY.IMG
So this was wrong (I guess). You need to use a USB
On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:54:26 +0100, bobby wrote:
> Which image do I want to use to only do Live boot, and not install?
Just use the latest? Something like 13FLOPPY.IMG
And write with "Balena Etcher" on Linux.
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On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:54:03 +0100, bobby wrote:
> But when I try to boot from it, the client freezes up. I tried the
> USB on my server and my client laptop, and the same results. What
> could this mean?
It probably means the USB is not bootable (or not the right kind of
bootable).
It is pret
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:42:29 +0100, ZB wrote:
> It's actually pretty usual if you're trying to install some old software.
> "Back in the day" the world without floppy drives was beyond comprehension,
> it seems
Haha, and you think we live at the zenith of technical evolution?
I 10-20 years time
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:46:13 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/subst.htm
> (gives a directory a drive letter)
Ah, yes, SUBST.
> However, you might be able to just copy the contents of
> ALL floppies into ONE directory or drive:
Tried that, but unfortunately there were f
Hi all,
If I have a PC with Freedos as OS, and a USB drive with a series of
directories, each containing the files from one floppy of a
multi-floppy program distribution, so that e.g. there is an
INSTALL.EXE on the first floppy, and at some point it is going to say
please insert floppy 2, then is
Hi all,
When trying to run cc:Mail, I get this error when running FreeDOS as
the main OS:
and when running FreeDOS inside QEMU I get this:
| Error [35]: Unexpected interrupt 001E in D:\ADMIN.EXE at 0158:3F60
| code SS=01CB DS=01C8 ES=01C8 load base=0100
| AX=0F00 BX=440B CX= DX=0120 SP
Hello everybody,
I just want to let people know that I followed these instructions
https://opensource.com/article/17/10/run-dos-applications-linux
but replaced Freedos 1.2 with 1.3, and it failed.
It might have something to do with disk partition/format, as that
seems to be where it stopped.
(
Hi all,
I just want to say I am impressed by the package managment system, and
grateful to everyone who contributes to Freedos, as it is a great
thing to have.
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On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:46:39 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> Looking around on the internet a bit, it seems that if
> you use Linux, you can install a PXE TFTP server [...]
Yes... of course, but I needed Serva for Windows, so it is easier to
get everything in the same menu.
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In case anybody needs this in future,
LIVE & LGCY are USB images, so that is apparently just not compatible
with Serva.
After formatting the disk and SYS'ing it, I can boot and read the USB
drive, so can get the files in that way.
/Tomas
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:10:19 +0100, Tomas
Hi again,
I tried these:
FD13FULL.IMG: print dots for a long time, then back to menu
FD13LIVE.IMG: immediately back to menu
FD13LGCY.IMG: immediately back to menu
FD13FLOP.IMG: boots ok, fails at HIMEMX.EXE
With the last one I can boot, and then format the disk (ie Freedos
partition), but try
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:25:10 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> It MUST not be bootable if you want Windows to stay the
> main operating system. If you were able to run Linux, it
> would be easier to insert a boot menu.
Yes... Linux creates a boot menu, I thought that was obvious.
> Another thing is that
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:17:42 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> Would it be a good idea to format the Freedos partition from Windows 7?
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:52:42 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> [... boot LINUX where GPARTED can allow you to resize the Windows
> partition without destroying it. And
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:52:42 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> Could also be himemx and probably exe, not sys. But if
> you cannot find it on "the disk", maybe you mean ISO
> image?
ok; yes
> In that case you should use Serva to boot LINUX [...]
yes of course. unfortunately that does not work either (b
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:45:35 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:39:53 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> > Regarding your partitioning problem: Use FDISK in
> > manual mode at the DOS prompt to make a bootable
> > FAT32 partition.
>
> Yes, I did that. As I said
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:39:53 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> You can press F5 or F8 while DOS boots to skip
> all or some of the DOS drivers,
I tried that.
The line that triggered the error was (I believe) calling
"himem.sys". I could not find a himem.sys on the disk.
> Regarding your partitioning pr
Hello,
It would help if people tried to understand the context.
Serva is a windows program. You put a .img/.iso file somewhere and
that's it.
There is no `line with boot options' that I mess with. Theoretically,
I guess I might open the .img, mess a bit, put it back together, but...
/Tomas
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I managed to boot with the `x86 floppy' version.
`Automatic partitioning' failed; fdisk seems to work but refuses to
set the windows partition to bootable (sigh); the disk (ie the Freedos
partition) is not recognised; format says `illegal drive.'
Would it be a good idea to format the Freedos part
On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:36:55 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> [...] you can pick your own os, so we can expect a minimum
> of compatibility even with dos.
It seems to be a normal PC. Am running Win 7 on it.
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:09:10 +0100, dmccunney wrote:
> What he is trying to install FreeDOS *on* using it would be nice to know.
It's an `Aopen Digital Engine.'
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The `legacy' .iso file also fails (different error).
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:41:14 +0100, Tomas By wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Am trying to install Freedos using Serva. The machine does not allow
> boot from USB (and there is no other removable media).
>
> Am getti
Hi all,
Am trying to install Freedos using Serva. The machine does not allow
boot from USB (and there is no other removable media).
Am getting `Invalid Opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 ...'
Have tried 1.2 and 1.3, the floppy.img files. This seems to be a
requirement of Serva. I also tried
Hi all,
Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work?
The mode command says there is no serial port (the usb adapter was
there before booting), and the machine does not have a RS232 port.
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 16:27:28 +0100, Marv wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on setting up a multi-boot menu with
> my FreeDOS setup? At
> this point, I feel lucky that both operating systems still boot and run ok by
> swapping drives in my BIOS!
Installing Linux last has always w
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:46:29 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> If FreeDOS is the only operating system on your
> FAT partitions, GRUB can automatically find and add it to the
> boot menu when you run update-grub in Linux, as far as I know.
Yes, that works fine in my experience.
> In both cases, FreeDOS
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:05:58 +0100, tom ehlert wrote:
> [...] however you have to install it manually as the intended multi
> boot environment.
>
> the installer has no way to install it as a multi boot choice.
I guess you mean (whatever it's called) in Linux?
Yes, I am aware of that, and have
Hi all,
Is this correct:
"Because FreeDOS has the same basic FAT limitations of MS-DOS, the
largest you can create is a 2,055-MB partition."
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/configure-it-quick-use-freedos-as-a-replacement-for-ms-dos/
Also, are there any limitations on the location of the pa
On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 02:10:03 +0200, ZB wrote:
> Did you have any Soundblaster-like sound on that gear?
It just says "onboard audio" in the BIOS.
Apparently the version I have is too old for copy to support the /S
switch, so was not able to test an old game I have.
/Tomas
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> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 12:17 AM dmccunney wrote:
> I'd install a low resource requirement version of Linux on ext4, carve
> out a separate FAT partition for FreeDOS, and multi-boot.
>
> I wouldn't try to make FreeDOS the primary OS.
On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 01:32:24 +0200, Joao Silva wrote:
> T
On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:33:03 +0200, Richard Wegner wrote:
> I would like to some BASIC programming but don't know what to use. [...]
Here are some options:
https://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/basic/00_index.txt
(It seems to be mostly source code, but I counted a
Hi,
CVS and RCS (at least) are available in DJGPP:
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
/Tomas
On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 19:26:03 +0100, Andy Stamp wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've starting working on a game and some small dual monitor (VGA +
> MDA) utilities but have run into issues where the code used to work
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