DOS ain't dead - GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS

GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 21.12.2007, 23:13

> > > YES, some installers do crash (1.0 also ?
> > Yep.
>
> Manual install. Try Rugxulo's bootdisks. You need just KERNEL.SYS
> and FREECOM.COM - and SYS.COM maybe.

Even those bootdisks I need to update eventually (been kinda busy lately).

ke2007sep15.zip has the latest kernel (bin/KWC8632.SYS is "Watcom C"-compiled for 8086 w/ FAT32 support), just rename that to KERNEL.SYS, put it and any COMMAND.COM (4DOS? FreeCOM?) in the destination root dir, and run "SYS C: BOOTONLY" (or whatever). This assumes your destination is a valid, active, primary FAT partition pre-formatted (so first run FDISK, reboot, FORMAT if not). FAT32 may be misdetected by SYS (i.e. CHS or LBA), and so far there is no workaround besides recompiling SYS itself (which is easy, though, ask me if needed).

Reminds me of yet more to do (update BARE_DOS, add QEMU FreeDOS image, etc). Oh well, one of these days .... ;-)

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Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 18.12.2007, 17:01 (Announce)
- Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 00:05
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 00:55
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 01:39
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 01:52
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 02:36
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 19.12.2007, 03:04
        GVFM -- Windows detection - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 03:16
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 03:31
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 19.12.2007, 11:02
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:46
        Windaube :-((( - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 04:01
        Windaube :-((( - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 04:24
        Windaube / HDPMI=??? / GVFM - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 20:54
        Windaube / HDPMI=??? / GVFM - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 22:40
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 23:41
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 01:09
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - DOS386, 20.12.2007, 01:37
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 11:16
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 11:57
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 18:24
        "A" bug : some results / BP7 / "a" and "p" - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 12:23
        FreeDOS a bad DOS? - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 12:36
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 09:56
        "A" bug / BP7 / screenshots - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 11:53
        GVFM source - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 12:03
        GVFM source - rr, 20.12.2007, 17:27
        GVFM source - Laaca, 20.12.2007, 21:49
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 20.12.2007, 23:16
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 01:05
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 02:55
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 11:35
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:53
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 21.12.2007, 23:13
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 23:37
        Updating kernel - Laaca, 22.12.2007, 10:25
        Updating kernel - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 14:27
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 22.12.2007, 14:48
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 23:24
        GVFM / BP7 / FreeDOS -- drive A: bug?? - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 14:22
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 01:22
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 01:45
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:01
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 02:49
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - DOS386, 19.12.2007, 03:42
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 12:24
    - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 13:08
      - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 13:51
        Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 14:33
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 15:39
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 15:52
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 18:01
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 20.12.2007, 19:51
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 20.12.2007, 20:20
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 13:34
        VESAMTRR v1.3 - jaybur, 21.12.2007, 13:50
- Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 (under DOSBox) - Rugxulo, 19.12.2007, 02:53
  - Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 (under DOSBox) - jaybur, 19.12.2007, 03:19