I ended up using a combination the some menu items in FDCONFIG.SYS which in turn
launch batch scripts that use the CHOICE command. Works great. Thanks for
everyone's help.
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Op 26-1-2012 20:12, Michael schreef:
> I'm already somewhat familiar with syslinux, but the commands I use must run
> from FreeDos, does syslinux let me do that?
Only in the form of workarounds. The MEMDISK module allows to specify a
commandline, just as in GNU/Linux distributions. Syslinux cont
Bernd Blaauw home.nl> writes:
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>
> As for the menu, I'd indeed suggest using a batchfile.
> Alternatively, maybe the Syslinux menu system is worthwile, you can see
> it in action in for example PartedMagic (LiveCD)
>
> Documentation at:
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.
Op 26-1-2012 19:17, Michael schreef:
> Perfect. Thanks Jeffrey and Bret, for the suggestions and code.
> It looks like it should work for our environment.
> I'll go ahead and modify it and see how it goes.
Your situation might be a perfect occasion to experiment with the
'flashrom' tool (www.flas
Perfect. Thanks Jeffrey and Bret, for the suggestions and code.
It looks like it should work for our environment.
I'll go ahead and modify it and see how it goes.
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Bret Johnson wrote:
> Anyway, here it is (kind of long). I can also send it as an e-mail
> attachment if anyone cares.
Probably a good idea in any case. It shows by default in GMail will
all line breaks stripped out.
For anyone viewing the list in GMail, clic
As an extension to what Jeffrey suggested, at one time I used a simple batch
file with some of my utilities, along with CHOICE and ANSI, to set up a menu of
commonly used applications. I don't use it any more, but following is the
latest version I was using. It allows up to 36 options (26 lett
Hi Micheal,
> I'd like to get some recommendations of how to work around this, either within
> FDCINFIG.SYS or some combination of this and other files. The goal is to
> present
> a menu with the complete list of image types (or some way of drilling down
> into
> these items) and it's easy for t
Hello FreeDOS people,
At work I maintain CMOS images for a variety of different types of hardware.
When we have a new server going out the door, we boot up FreeDOS on this machine
and run a utility that flashes the correct image to the BIOS. Up to now, we've
been using the Menu command in FDCONFIG
