> GPT support? Do people also work on UEFI integration? ;-)
GPT support is actually easy; just less then 100 lines in the disk
initialisation. In contrast, UEFI would be hard. Really hard.
Hpwever not impossible.
> (That would be *mad*, if only for the cool factor.
> Except that many DOS apps wou
Hi Davide ,
> 4) A:
> 5) from A: I run "dir > dir.txt"
> 6) from A: I run "type dir.txt" that returned an unexpected content as
> following:
> \00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\
Hallo Herr tsiegel--- via Freedos-user,
am Dienstag, 12. November 2024 um 16:39 schrieben Sie:
> To solve the whole time/date problem, I never understood why they don't
> separate the two. Time could then be a regular integer, since there's only
> 86,400 seconds in a day. Then simply make the
Davide,
thanks for this as it makes the bug (almost) reproducable.
almost, because you didn't specify config.sys/autoexec.bat
is this reproducible with both empty/hitting F5?
> Volume in drive A has no label
> Volume Serial Number is CF38-00D8
> Directory of A:\
> DIR TXT
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 branch which is the version provided with FreeDOS 1.3.
so, the unstable kernel 1.3 is exactl
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 branch which is the version provided with FreeDOS 1.3.
so, the unstable kernel 1.3 is exactl
Hi Eric,
>>> Is it possible to know if the next FreeDOS release will be compatible
>>> with Windows 3.1, please? I read an article a few months ago and if
>>> I am not wrong, I remember that it talked about this feature.
>> From the email that started this thread: no, this 1.4 release will not
>
Hi Eric,
>>> Is it possible to know if the next FreeDOS release will be compatible
>>> with Windows 3.1, please? I read an article a few months ago and if
>>> I am not wrong, I remember that it talked about this feature.
>> From the email that started this thread: no, this 1.4 release will not
>
Other things missing from anext major release: GPT support. Essentially done,
but blcoker by our beloved chief maintainer.
Tom
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autodetetion of network cards.
When a packet driver is available, load it.
When not, load it via MS LANMANAGER
NDIS
NDISPKT
available in the public since 2001 (!), but apparently not sexy enough for
anybody to pick up.
and saves so much of "Try this, try that"
it would also be cool
Hallo Herr Eric Auer via Freedos-user,
am Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2024 um 22:02 schrieben Sie:
> 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.
DEFINITIVELY N
> But DIV is slow enough (or irrelevant?) that many RISC cpus don't
> include a hardware DIV instruction. So it is an actual slowdown that
> is, in many cases, not strictly needed. Right?
Beside the fact that this discussion abou DIV is completely irrelevant to the
" Minor performance anomaly "
> But DIV is slow enough (or irrelevant?) that many RISC cpus don't
> include a hardware DIV instruction. So it is an actual slowdown that
> is, in many cases, not strictly needed. Right?
Beside the fact that this discussion abou DIV is completely irrelevant to the
" Minor performance anomaly "
>> > After boot the first time I run a `DIR` command e.g.
>> > The directory list returns quickly, but the number of bytes free takes
>> > another 30 seconds to appear.
>> > Subsequent `DIR` commands return immediately whether in the same directory
>> > or elsewhere.
> In particular, if you say
Hallo Herr Trevor Campbell via Freedos-user,
am Mittwoch, 14. August 2024 um 01:10 schrieben Sie:
> I have Freedos installed on 8086 hardware using an SD Card with a 1Gb FAT-16
> partition. (I have so far been unable to get a FAT-32 partition to work)
> After boot the first time I run a `DIR` c
> Hi , I'm studing Operative Systems . I was trying to compile FreeDos but
> looks like a hard job, I think I can do it but maybe exists some tool with
> all already done on it, and just doing some command all is compiled.
> So , that is my question. Thank you guys.
The question is remarkably u
> I'm unsure about this...
> https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/resource-center/definitions/boot-sector-virus
> I cite:
> "An infected floppy disk or USB drive connected to a computer will
> transfer when the drive's VBR is read, then modify or replace the
> existing boot code."
You somehow managed to
> 1. The computer powers on and does a Power On Self Test ("POST") to
> verify that the hardware is working, then loads the kernel (FreeDOS)
Nope. The computer (the BIOS) reads the first sector from the firat hard disk,
and jumps to it. Usually, but not necessarily, this happens to have some cod
> I think, applying Hanlon's Razor here, that this was a chance
> discovery by someone else, and led to the release. 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 pe
Hallo Herr Davi Ramos via Freedos-user,
am Sonntag, 28. April 2024 um 05:28 schrieben Sie:
> So, as I said in another message, I have a computer where I wish to install
> FreeDOS. It is a *Compaq Presario 427, Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB RAM, SSD
> 240GB, and a 14" screen.*
> Unfortunately, I canno
> Eh... I tried every single BIOS setting
at least on my Dell notebook there is no such *setting*.
instead I have to hit F12 while booting, this then sends me to a "select boot
device",
where I can tell it to boot from USB
Tom
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> Indeed, I'm using an old-school program called Qmodem.
> My question now is – would I be able to use the Internet using the emulated
> modem?
yes (if you had any idea what you are doing). But definitively not with QMODEM.
Tom
> Brandon Taylor
>
> From: Jim
om
> Regards,
> Manuel
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM tom ehlert via Freedos-user <
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Same problem, don't think that there is a solution.
>>
>>
>> The current MKEYB should have th
> Same problem, don't think that there is a solution.
The current MKEYB should have this problem resolved.
https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb/releases/tag/v0.52
Tom
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Hi Jim,
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 6:26 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-user
> wrote:
> [..]
>> There are good reasons that DOS went away some 35 years ago. It has
>> its uses but not being able to flip to another window or another
>> screen to consult documentation, or try something out, or look it up
Hallo Herr tsiegel--- via Freedos-user,
am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2024 um 23:41 schrieben Sie:
> On 2/8/2024 3:34 PM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user wrote:
>> only problem would be that your typin speed is now limited to 1 haracter per
>> e.g. 500 milliseconds.
>> not very
Hallo Herr Thomas Cornelius Desi via Freedos-user,
am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2024 um 13:18 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
> is it possible in DOS (using BIOS?) to implement a tsr or so which allows the
> following:
> holding a key longer to return a SHIFT-key on screen?
> Example:
> press key »a« an
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 12:31 PM Ralf Quint via Freedos-user
> wrote:
>>
>> In which way is "FreeDOS" limited to 2GB sized files? (Sorry, never
>> bothered wit such large files on DOS (any DOS)? The file size entry in
>> the FAT32 directory entry is a 4 byte integer. As a filesize can't be
>> ne
Hi,
> i' m from Portugal and i'm aware of the portuguese layout for 43 years.
> When i press that key produces a A with a ring on top.
it helps if you say "the key right of 'P' should produce '+' and '*' in shifted
state.
and indeed mkEYB has this wrong (for whatever reason).
i just filed this
Hi,
> It's been a while since i use freedos on asus eeepc with portuguese from
> portugal and if i recall i can't write the * with shift and *+" key and
> since there is no numeric keypad.
a) what keyboard driver are you using?
b) IIRC (20 years later) there was 'portuguese' and 'portuguse brazil
Hallo Herr Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user,
> What is LIDOS?
> (Couldn't find any reference on the Internet)
it might help to use the intended spelling "Lidux"
Tom
> Aitor
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 at 17:08, Alain Mouette wrote:
>> Due to zero interest in the VM with Linux+FreeDOS that I up
>> The alleged 4 GB file size doesn't work on some OSes (FreeDOS, Windows
>> NT?), only on old Win9x. So you're only guaranteed 2 GB individual
>> file sizes, universally.
> Wrong. You can use files of up to 4GB size on any Windows version that
> supports FAT32. So does any reasonable version of
> Newer version of Windows seem to have problems with accessing
> drives/partitions over 32GB as well.
I would be seriously surprised. Windows refuses to *format* drives above 32GB
as FAT32, but simply
works with it up to maximum capacity of (2^32 * sectorsize) which is usually
2TB.
FreeDOS
> I have it myself already, unless there has been a update, but wanted to ask.
please explain this.
Tom
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