Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-10 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Apr 10, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > > I just tried an install with FDI-SLiM.img from my GRUB2 boot menu and it was > super fast. I forgot to go to the advanced menu (maybe the final should have > the options following the language menu?); so my GRUB got wiped but SUPER > GRUB

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-10 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Apr 10, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Don Flowers wrote: > > I just tried an install with FDI-SLiM.img from my GRUB2 boot menu and it was > super fast. I forgot to go to the advanced menu (maybe the final should have > the options following the language menu?); so my GRUB got wiped but SUPER > GRUB

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-10 Thread Don Flowers
I just tried an install with FDI-SLiM.img from my GRUB2 boot menu and it was super fast. I forgot to go to the advanced menu (maybe the final should have the options following the language menu?); so my GRUB got wiped but SUPER GRUB DISC fixed that pronto. Very cool to do it this way. On Wed, Apr

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-06 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello, > On Apr 5, 2016, at 12:58 PM, Louis Santillan > wrote: > > QEMU supports VNC like VirtualBox and VMware. > > http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html#sec_005finvocation > Thanks, I though of

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-05 Thread Louis Santillan
QEMU supports VNC like VirtualBox and VMware. http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html#sec_005finvocation On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello Don, > > > What QEMU version are you using? > > 2.5.0 for me (I'm on Xubuntu 16.04). > > Well, It is a bit of a pain f

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-05 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Don, > What QEMU version are you using? > 2.5.0 for me (I'm on Xubuntu 16.04). Well, It is a bit of a pain for me to run QEMU. Basically, I can only run it on my server. It is a 2 x XEON 3.0Ghz w/dual core cpus, 36GB RAM and Multi-TB RAID, running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with QEMU 2.4.0. Th

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Don Flowers
What QEMU version are you using? 2.5.0 for me (I'm on Xubuntu 16.04). On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > > On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. > wrote: > >> > >> I have tested under QE

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
> On Apr 4, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. > wrote: >> >> I have tested under QEMU on Linux and have detected the issue and its cause. >> >> It appears to be that SHSURDRV is locking up the system in DOSBox and QEMU. >> It

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > I have tested under QEMU on Linux and have detected the issue and its cause. > > It appears to be that SHSURDRV is locking up the system in DOSBox and QEMU. > It does not seem to have this issue on the native hardware I’ve teste

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Don Flowers
Jerome, Eric, and others, I used the SLIM image for a quick test on QEMU edited the FDITEMP.BAT file and now have a successful (basic) install. Will test the Full install with the 512 image later today. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > > > On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
> On Apr 4, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Thanks! I'll try it out tonight. > > I didn't see the link for the USB image, but I see that it is there. I saw > the link for Download and the link for Latest, then a bunch of text that I > didn't read. My bad. ;-) No problem. My CMS is on

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
Thanks! I'll try it out tonight. I didn't see the link for the USB image, but I see that it is there. I saw the link for Download and the link for Latest, then a bunch of text that I didn't read. My bad. ;-) On Monday, April 4, 2016, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello Jim, Don and Everyone,

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Jim, Don and Everyone, > On Apr 3, 2016, at 7:28 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > > Is anyone else testing using QEMU (virtual machine on Linux)? I'm not > getting anywhere. The installation seems stuck after 'Done processing > startup files FDCONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT'. > > The screen just hangs

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
No testing has been done on QEMU on linux. I will have to look into the issue. It may related to startup temp storage RAM drive creation. -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Free

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Don Flowers
I just tried it and got the same hang. I'll have to try it on another linux machine tomorrow. On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > Is anyone else testing using QEMU (virtual machine on Linux)? I'm not > getting anywhere. The installation seems stuck after 'Done processing > startup

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Jim Hall
Is anyone else testing using QEMU (virtual machine on Linux)? I'm not getting anywhere. The installation seems stuck after 'Done processing startup files FDCONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT'. The screen just hangs there. I've left it running for other fifteen minutes before shutting it down (installing

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Don Flowers
Cool - thanks for the tip! On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello Don, > > > Are you ready for a chuckle? My server drive is mapped to F: - the same > as the CDROM drive assignment . LOL > > no worries - I will modify it on my end. > > > > Well, you’ll probably like

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello Don, > Are you ready for a chuckle? My server drive is mapped to F: - the same as > the CDROM drive assignment . LOL > no worries - I will modify it on my end. > Well, you’ll probably like this then. If you have correctly configured FDNPKG.CFG. And basically, have switched to a packa

Re: [Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Don Flowers
Hey Jerome, Are you ready for a chuckle? My server drive is mapped to F: - the same as the CDROM drive assignment . LOL no worries - I will modify it on my end. On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: > Hello All, > > I just pushed another minor update to Preview 15. > > c

[Freedos-user] FDI Preview 15, update 2

2016-04-03 Thread Jerome E. Shidel Jr.
Hello All, I just pushed another minor update to Preview 15. changes: - Typo correction on Partition Drive Screen. - Automatic updating of installed FDNPKG drive letters to C: (some were pointing to D: after USB stick installation) Thanks, Jerome --