Hi,
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 7-6-2011 23:46, Rugxulo schreef:
>
>> VirtualBox may?? support USB booting (or at least reading) nowadays,
>> but I've never bothered.
>
> My idea is indeed to find a boot environment for USB flash media, and
> test the following:
> * i
Op 7-6-2011 23:46, Rugxulo schreef:
> VirtualBox may?? support USB booting (or at least reading) nowadays,
> but I've never bothered.
My idea is indeed to find a boot environment for USB flash media, and
test the following:
* is USB seen as A: or C:
* can I boot it directly
* can I boot DOS throug
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 7-6-2011 21:01, Mike Eriksen schreef:
>
> I've never managed to succesfully create & test any bootable USB flash
> disc. I'm not aware of any emulation/virtualisation software supporting
> USB booting for easy testing, and my motherboar
Op 7-6-2011 21:01, Mike Eriksen schreef:
> If Linux counts as "a more powerful/modern" OS I yet haven't failed to
> make a bootable USB key. It may require some brute force like wiping
> the entire disk out with zeros and then start from scratch -
> partitioning, putting on a MBR, formatting and ev
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> The problem ofcourse is getting a more powerful/modern operating system
> on a internet-connected yet stand-alone machine. Resorting to making USB
> sticks bootable (any 100% way to do so?) and testing them, or getting
> SATA optical drives is
Op 7-6-2011 20:05, Willi Wasser schreef:
> I really didn't expect to trigger so much controversy with my initial
> questions. And i found it interesting to learn that companies like HP and
> DELL still offer DOS. But if one takes a closer look, it becomes soon clear,
> that DOS for them is more
I really didn't expect to trigger so much controversy with my initial
questions. And i found it interesting to learn that companies like HP and DELL
still offer DOS. But if one takes a closer look, it becomes soon clear, that
DOS for them is more like the "compact spare wheel" of modern cars tha
On Jue 02 Jun 2011 03:42:04 Willi Wasser escribió:
> > Some developers may not be too happy
> > about the license choice, especially
> > those who would like to grab your code
> > and try to make money from it by making
> > it part of an unfree software.
>
> Let's be serious! Is there still a mark
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
> On 6/2/2011 1:42 AM, Willi Wasser wrote:
>>> Some developers may not be too happy
>>> about the license choice, especially
>>> those who would like to grab your code
>>> and try to make money from it by making
>>> it part of an unfree software.
>> Le
On 6/2/2011 1:42 AM, Willi Wasser wrote:
>> Some developers may not be too happy
>> about the license choice, especially
>> those who would like to grab your code
>> and try to make money from it by making
>> it part of an unfree software.
> Let's be serious! Is there still a market for any kind of
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Bret Johnson wrote:
>> Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a
>> DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as
>> often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there.
>
> You'd probably be amazed at how many
> Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a
> DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as
> often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there.
You'd probably be amazed at how many embedded and industrial control systems
are based on DOS.
>
> I've seen a lot of drive-through video screens using DOS in some form or
> another.
>
Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a
DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as
often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there.
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On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Willi Wasser wrote:
>> Some developers may not be too happy
>> about the license choice, especially
>> those who would like to grab your code
>> and try to make money from it by making
>> it part of an unfree software.
>
> Let's be serious! Is there still a market for any kind
> Some developers may not be too happy
> about the license choice, especially
> those who would like to grab your code
> and try to make money from it by making
> it part of an unfree software.
Let's be serious! Is there still a market for any kind of DOS out there? Does
it have any commercial va
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