Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Thanks for that! On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Rugxulo [via FreeDOS] < ml-node+s10956n23527...@n7.nabble.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I know this thread is old, but on the (very rare) chance that this tip > helps, > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Rugxulo <[hidden email] >

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi, I know this thread is old, but on the (very rare) chance that this tip helps, On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Marlon wrote: >> >> I've decided to follow the steps here: >> http://bitcheese.net/freedos%2Finstall > >> Then he goes on

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi :-) >> Thanks guys! Sorry for the late response, and Eric I will consider the >> xharbour, thank you! > > I never used it, but that old XHarbour is (AFAIK) abandoned (for DOS) > and somewhat hard to use (and IIRC needs a C compiler for backend). > Don't pin too many hopes on it. Well Clipper

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi, On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Marlon wrote: > Thanks guys! Sorry for the late response, and Eric I will consider the > xharbour, thank you! I never used it, but that old XHarbour is (AFAIK) abandoned (for DOS) and somewhat hard to use (and IIRC needs a C compiler for backend). Don't pin

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Thanks guys! Sorry for the late response, and Eric I will consider the xharbour, thank you! For now though, if anyone can enlighten me further.. I've decided to follow the steps here: http://bitcheese.net/freedos%2Finstall The author shows us the "pioneer way" and the "optimal way." I'm goin

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi again, On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > >> 2. I can run an old Clipper program but the program has to be in the same >> drive/partition as FreeDOS; I cannot access other drive/partition when I'm >> in FreeDOS. Is this normal? > > This might be not normal. DOS only supports

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi, (I know Eric already answered some of this, but it's too tedious to avoid redundancy here.) On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:43 AM, Marlon wrote: > > Rugxulo!!! Thanks for replying! Before anything else, why didn't I receive > your reply thru email?? I use Lubuntu and when I ask something thru the

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi Marlon, > I edit autoexec.nt with Windows Notepad and insert this line at the very > top: > SET CLIPPER=F99 You can also type that command at the prompt before running Clipper. Of course it would be easier if you put the line in the autoexec.bat file of your DOS ;-) If the F99 is related to

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hello Eric, I edit autoexec.nt with Windows Notepad and insert this line at the very top: SET CLIPPER=F99 I edit config.nt with Windows Notepad as well and insert this at the very top too: FILES=99 Both .nt files are located in C:\Windows\System32 if I am not mistaken. Once I edit them, I no

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi Marlon, >> Why that old one? A quick double-check online shows "fd11src.iso" as newest: >> >> http://www.freedos.org/download/ >> >>> mount it on a virtual drive, installed it in the second partition... > Anyway, I've managed to install and boot from freedos using the tips here: > http://marc

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Rugxulo gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Marlon Ng gmail.com> wrote: > > > > First partition, drive C:, of hard disk is Windows 7. Second partition > > (50MB), drive H: , is for FreeDos. > > It's been a while since I've installed FD from .iso (mostly under > em

Re: [Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi, On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Marlon Ng wrote: > > First partition, drive C:, of hard disk is Windows 7. Second partition > (50MB), drive H: , is for FreeDos. It's been a while since I've installed FD from .iso (mostly under emulators), but I'll try to help. > I downloaded the FreeDos i

[Freedos-user] Help with installing FreeDOS on second partition

Hi! First partition, drive C:, of hard disk is Windows 7. Second partition (50MB), drive H: , is for FreeDos. I downloaded the FreeDos iso file "fdbasecd.iso", mount it on a virtual drive, installed it in the second partition (drive H:). The files are in H:\FDOS, not in the root directory H:\. Is