From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:01:08 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 885 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 11 July 2004 Number 885 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : STEVEN DAHARI" 2 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : Ed Durrant 3 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : Robert Traynor (BobT)" 4 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : Kris Steenhaut 5 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : Kris Steenhaut 6 Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD : Robert Traynor (BobT)" 7 Booting from USB flash drive : Peter Rehfisch" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:42:36 -0400 From: "STEVEN DAHARI" Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD

Hello,

Is there a PC DOS 7.1 or does anyone interested in these new features have to barter with Bill.

Thanks,

Steven

>From: "Robert Traynor  (BobT)" <rtraynor at optusnet dot com dot au>

>Reply-To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au
>To: "os2genau at os2 dot org dot au" <os2genau at os2 dot org dot au>
>CC: "Gavin Miller" <drumextreme at impulse dot net dot au>
>Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD
>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:59:11 +1000
>
>Hi gavin and All,
>
>This may be of some interest, you can download a version
>of Fat32 supporting dos 7.1 that installs from a bootable CD.
>I have just been trying it out in M$ VPC and it all appears to
>work ok.
>
>http://www.fullprograms.co.uk/articulo.php?sid=2255
>
>MS-DOS 7.10 ISO: There are many enhancements, new features and bugfixes in
>MS-DOS 7.10 since MS-DOS 6.x:
>
>- FAT32 and FAT32X drives support
>- Extended FAT16 (a.k.a. FAT16X, type 0E, usually being the primary partition)
>    drives support
>- Large hard disk and LBA ExtendedX (Int 13x) partition (type 0F) support
>- Long File Names (LFN) support
>- Full Y2K (Year 2000) compliant and supports 4-digit years (e.g. DIR /4)
>- Large memory (>64MB) and XXMS 3.0 support
>- Euro sign support (Code Page 850, Right Alt+5)
>- The protection that keeps the stability of DOS
>- Efficient use of UMB memory (The DOS kernel and COMMAND.COM are loaded high
>    automatically).
>
>http://newdos.yginfo dot net/dosware/dos71cd.zip
>
>The link above to the d/l is very slow, about 2.6kb/sec.
>File is just over 8mb in size.
>
>Regards,
>Robert Traynor (BobT).
>9 July 2004   18:57
>
>
>On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:22:43 +1000, Gavin Miller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone out there has any idea on how to create a PCDOS
> > 6.3 installation CD.  I have the floppies, however the machine I need to
> > create a DOS BOX out of has no floppy drive (or one that works to put in
> > it) so a CD would be ideal.
> >
> > Cheers
> > G
>
>
>
>
>
>    ,-._|\       Robert Traynor        (BobT)
>  /  Oz  \      email            rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au
>  \_,--.x/
>
>
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>

MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups – now 2 months FREE! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 07:50:12 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD I believe the last DOS version was PC DOS 2000 from IBM. Cheers/2 Ed. STEVEN DAHARI wrote: > > > Hello, > > Is there a PC DOS 7.1 or does anyone interested in these > new features have to barter with Bill. > > Thanks, > > Steven > > >From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" > >Reply-To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au > >To: "os2genau at os2 dot org dot au" > >CC: "Gavin Miller" > >Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD > >Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:59:11 +1000 > > > >Hi gavin and All, > > > >This may be of some interest, you can download a version > >of Fat32 supporting dos 7.1 that installs from a bootable > CD. > >I have just been trying it out in M$ VPC and it all > appears to > >work ok. > > > >http://www.fullprograms.co.uk/articulo.php?sid=2255 > > > >MS-DOS 7.10 ISO: There are many enhancements, new > features and bugfixes in > >MS-DOS 7.10 since MS-DOS 6.x: > > > >- FAT32 and FAT32X drives support > >- Extended FAT16 (a.k.a. FAT16X, type 0E, usually being > the primary partition) > > drives support > >- Large hard disk and LBA ExtendedX (Int 13x) partition > (type 0F) support > >- Long File Names (LFN) support > >- Full Y2K (Year 2000) compliant and supports 4-digit > years (e.g. DIR /4) > >- Large memory (>64MB) and XXMS 3.0 support > >- Euro sign support (Code Page 850, Right Alt+5) > >- The protection that keeps the stability of DOS > >- Efficient use of UMB memory (The DOS kernel and > COMMAND.COM are loaded high > > automatically). > > > >http://newdos.yginfo dot net/dosware/dos71cd.zip > > > >The link above to the d/l is very slow, about 2.6kb/sec. > >File is just over 8mb in size. > > > >Regards, > >Robert Traynor (BobT). > >9 July 2004 18:57 > > > > > >On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:22:43 +1000, Gavin Miller wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Just wondering if anyone out there has any idea on how > to create a PCDOS > > > 6.3 installation CD. I have the floppies, however the > machine I need to > > > create a DOS BOX out of has no floppy drive (or one > that works to put in > > > it) so a CD would be ideal. > > > > > > Cheers > > > G > > > > > > > > > > > > ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) > > / Oz \ email > rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au > > \_,--.x/ > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To Subscribe/Unsubscribe go to > http://www.os2site.com/list/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups > – now 2 months FREE! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:17:20 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD Hi Leigh, You are missing the point, which is Gavin was trying to INSTALL DOS from a bootable CD and the url you referred to below is a bootable CD TEST suite of DOS test programs and DOS utilities. The CD you refer to does not INSTALL Dos. The ISO of:- is FREE and claims to be MS Dos 7.10. It works too. Regards, Robert Traynor (BobT). 10 July 2004 16:09 On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:54:40 +0930, Leigh Bunting wrote: > Gavin Miller wrote: > > wondering if anyone out there has any idea on how to create a PCDOS > > 6.3 installation CD. > > Had a look at:: > > http://www.ultimatebootcd dot com > > -- > Leigh Bunting > Colonel Light Gardens > South Australia ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:09:55 +0200 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD Gavin Miller schreef: > Hi all, > > Just wondering if anyone out there has any idea on how to create a > PCDOS 6.3 installation CD. I think it is a mission impossible. Remember, in order to have Dos (even PC Dos 7) recognized a CD drive, mscdex most be loaded in the config.sys and/or autoexec.bat (don't recall which one exactly). Meaning, the kernel files (ibmbio dot com and ibmbio dot com, or the windy alikes) never can be loaded directly from CD. -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:11:21 +0200 From: Kris Steenhaut Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD Robert Traynor (BobT) schreef: >The emphasis on Airboot is because I upgraded Air-Boot >bootmanager to v1.02 and it is very buggy. > Why? > > -- Groeten uit Gent, Kris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:40:37 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: Re: OT: Creating DOS installation CD Hi Kris, I am currently assisting Martin Kiewitz, the author of Air-Boot with problems with the latest version 1.02. This latest version is on hobbes and I advise anyone to wait for a possible next version OR use the older, trouble free, 1.01 which is NOT on hobbes, but is available elsewhere. From memory it is available from the os2site dot com (not checked). I do not wish to go into detail yet as to what the problems are. But one problem occurred was that when I upgraded to v1.02, I found I could not revert to v1.01. Enough of 1.02 was detected by 1.01 to prevent an older version (ie 1.01) from being loaded to the MBR. I had to find a means of easily going back to the earlier version. A quick kludge, since I was doing a lot of testing, was to load an early beta 0.25b which unconditionally loaded itself, REGARDLESS of the version that was already installed. I then was able to "upgrade" from 0.25b back to 1.01 again. So I made a cd that allowed me to boot from CD and install ANY version of AirBoot I desired. I have since also discovered some very good dos tools that clean the MBR from an old PowerQuest (now Symantec) site, if anyone is interested try this FREE download:- WipeTrkD.exe wipes the MBR except for the partition data and seems safe to use. YMMV. Regards, Robert Traynor (BobT). 11 July 2004 23:35 On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:11:21 +0200, Kris Steenhaut wrote: > Robert Traynor (BobT) schreef: > > >The emphasis on Airboot is because I upgraded Air-Boot > >bootmanager to v1.02 and it is very buggy. > > > Why? > -- > Groeten uit Gent, > > Kris ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:28:03 +1100 From: "Peter Rehfisch" Subject: Booting from USB flash drive Has anyone been able to work out how to boot from a USB flash drive? My config.sys includes the lines - BASEDEV=os2dasd.dmd BASEDEV=ibm1flpy.add BASEDEV=danis506.add BASEDEV=daniatap.flt BASEDEV=IBMINT13.I13 BASEDEV=usbohcd.sys BASEDEV=usbuhcd.sys BASEDEV=usbehcd.sys BASEDEV=usbd.sys /I13 /REQ:USBUHCD$,USBOHCD$,USBEHCD$ BASEDEV=usbhid.sys BASEDEV=usbmsd.add and all the drivers seem to load but then the message- OS/2 is unable to operate your hard drive or diskette. Anyone with a suggestion? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------