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From: Karen L. <kle...@sh...> - 2025-11-06 21:34:44
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Thanks Eric for providing both options. Speaking very personally, there is no such thing as generalized screen reader friendly. This is because many factors impact what specific screen reader programs provide across environments if that resonates. I am thankful therefore to discover which option suits my individual desires. Best, Kare On Wed, 5 Nov 2025, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > > Hi! > > All FreeDOS packages in the monthly test distro releases > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html > > are linked as individual zip for download: > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/rcal.zip > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/foxcalc.zip > > Note that foxcalc has a text-mode pop-up interface, > while rcal is a prompt-based interactive text thing. > > Eric > > > >> Hi there, >> Can they be downloaded on their own? >> I do not run freedos itself as of yet. >> Karen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > |
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From: Mateusz V. <ma...@vi...> - 2025-11-05 21:32:37
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On 11/5/25 21:26, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Can they be downloaded on their own? > I do not run freedos itself as of yet. You asked for a "program for DOS shared via freedos", hence my understanding was that you look for something that ships with FreeDOS. In any case, both programs can be downloaded from their respective homepages. rcal: https://rcal.sourceforge.net/ FoxCalc: https://sourceforge.net/projects/foxcalc/ Mateusz |
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From: Eric A. <e....@jp...> - 2025-11-05 20:31:56
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Hi! All FreeDOS packages in the monthly test distro releases https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html are linked as individual zip for download: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/rcal.zip https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/unstable/util/foxcalc.zip Note that foxcalc has a text-mode pop-up interface, while rcal is a prompt-based interactive text thing. Eric > Hi there, > Can they be downloaded on their own? > I do not run freedos itself as of yet. > Karen |
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From: Karen L. <kle...@sh...> - 2025-11-05 20:26:19
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Hi there, Can they be downloaded on their own? I do not run freedos itself as of yet. Kare On Wed, 5 Nov 2025, Mateusz Viste via Freedos-user wrote: > On 11/5/25 06:10, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: >> or what is likely a third party calculator program for DOS shared via >> freedos? >> seeking one that can do things like percentages as in more than add or >> subtract. > The two calculators I created are "FoxCalc" and "rcal". Both are distributed > with FreeDOS. > > They are both relatively basic calculators, yet more capable than just > addition/subtraction. rcal is probably much more screen-reader friendly than > FoxCalc, and has the advantage of keeping history of operations on screen. > > Mateusz > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > |
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From: Roger <rog...@gm...> - 2025-11-05 17:54:33
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... (likely) faster than booting UEFI itself. Glad seeing a workaround. On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM Dan Schmidt via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > Did I actually search on the subject before asking? Well, perhaps not > enough. Repenting of that great evil, I found the answer to most of > my questions here: > https://forums.grc.com/threads/using-csmwrap-to-get-bios-on-uefi-only-systems.2129/ > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM Dan Schmidt <hel...@gm...> wrote: > > > > Very briefly, my question is if this would work with freedos and, if so, roughly how many seconds would it add to boot time? The project has me very curious as it purports to do what my humble understanding thought was impossible. > > > > https://github.com/FlyGoat/csmwrap > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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From: Mateusz V. <ma...@vi...> - 2025-11-05 16:57:32
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On 11/5/25 06:10, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: > or what is likely a third party calculator program for DOS shared via > freedos? > seeking one that can do things like percentages as in more than add or > subtract. The two calculators I created are "FoxCalc" and "rcal". Both are distributed with FreeDOS. They are both relatively basic calculators, yet more capable than just addition/subtraction. rcal is probably much more screen-reader friendly than FoxCalc, and has the advantage of keeping history of operations on screen. Mateusz |
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From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2025-11-05 06:01:29
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And I just realized there's a port of gnu bc, which is a plain text calculator that may interest you, depending on what you need. For example, I use dc from the Linux command line whenever I need to calculate a quick value. You can download it from the gnuish archive: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/mirrors/gnuish/gnubc.zip > On Tue, Nov 4, 2025, 11:30 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user < > fre...@li...> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> or what is likely a third party calculator program for DOS shared via >> freedos? >> seeking one that can do things like percentages as in more than add or >> subtract. >> I use pure DOS. >> Thanks, >> Kare >> >> |
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From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2025-11-05 05:49:11
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Yes, there's foxcalc, which you can find in Utilities on the BonusCD. Or on the FullUSB is you installed from that. Here's the info page about it: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/html/en/util/foxcalc/20250409.9/index.html On Tue, Nov 4, 2025, 11:30 PM Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user < fre...@li...> wrote: > Hi all, > or what is likely a third party calculator program for DOS shared via > freedos? > seeking one that can do things like percentages as in more than add or > subtract. > I use pure DOS. > Thanks, > Kare > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > |
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From: Karen L. <kle...@sh...> - 2025-11-05 05:29:07
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Hi all, or what is likely a third party calculator program for DOS shared via freedos? seeking one that can do things like percentages as in more than add or subtract. I use pure DOS. Thanks, Kare |
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From: Dan S. <hel...@gm...> - 2025-11-05 03:19:41
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Did I actually search on the subject before asking? Well, perhaps not enough. Repenting of that great evil, I found the answer to most of my questions here: https://forums.grc.com/threads/using-csmwrap-to-get-bios-on-uefi-only-systems.2129/ On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM Dan Schmidt <hel...@gm...> wrote: > > Very briefly, my question is if this would work with freedos and, if so, roughly how many seconds would it add to boot time? The project has me very curious as it purports to do what my humble understanding thought was impossible. > > https://github.com/FlyGoat/csmwrap > > Thanks |
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From: Dan S. <hel...@gm...> - 2025-11-04 23:13:00
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Very briefly, my question is if this would work with freedos and, if so, roughly how many seconds would it add to boot time? The project has me very curious as it purports to do what my humble understanding thought was impossible. https://github.com/FlyGoat/csmwrap Thanks |
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From: Victoria C. <sp...@jo...> - 2025-11-03 22:54:53
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the package can be found here https://4ch.su/freedos/repos/1.4/html/en/net/fdnpkg16/ or here https://github.com/sparky4/fdnpkg16/blob/0.99.8249a/fdnpkg16.zip use fdinst install fdnpkg16.zip to install it it is a 16 bit networking package manager if you can install packages remotely from a repository and be able to upgrade and work on things just run fdnpkg16 or fdnpkg16 /? for a help guide! :D if your still stuck let me know! :D On 11/3/25 2:12 PM, Matt Newell via Freedos-user wrote: > OK! > Where do I get these packages? > What are we trying to do? > How will I know if it works or not? > As I said I am a hard person to get to doing something unless I have a > good idea of what, where, how, and possibly when. > > Have a good day. > > Matt > > On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:29:39 AM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via > Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > > Oh FDNPKG16? > > u just need 3 things > > fdnpkg16.exe > > httpget.exe > > and fdnpkg16.cfg > > in a directory on path or in current directory > > just keep them together > > wait which instructions? > > > I should make a video on how to use it? > > FDNPKG16 [action] [packages] > > just keep in mind of of the stuff above > > > > On 11/2/25 3:45 PM, Matt Newell via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi Victoria, > > I don't know if I can be any real help for you, but I will try if you > want. I will tell you right up front that I expect some instructions > on how to install and run whatever you want to test. I will try to > follow your instructions and will complain if I can't for some reason > (My middle son knows about that when he asks me to test out something > he has done). Anyway, I'll leave it up to you to make the decision. > > Matt > > On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 12:26:07 PM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via > Freedos-user <fre...@li...> > <mailto:fre...@li...> wrote: > > > i wanna talk to you guys! <3 > > > i wanna see how the program i worked is working i need some feed back xD > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > <mailto:Fre...@li...> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user> > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... <mailto:Fre...@li...> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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From: Matt N. <mat...@ya...> - 2025-11-03 20:12:50
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OK!Where do I get these packages?What are we trying to do?How will I know if it works or not?As I said I am a hard person to get to doing something unless I have a good idea of what, where, how, and possibly when.
Have a good day.
Matt
On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:29:39 AM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote:
Oh FDNPKG16?
u just need 3 things
fdnpkg16.exe
httpget.exe
and fdnpkg16.cfg
in a directory on path or in current directory
just keep them together
wait which instructions?
I should make a video on how to use it?
FDNPKG16 [action] [packages]
just keep in mind of of the stuff above
On 11/2/25 3:45 PM, Matt Newell via Freedos-user wrote:
Hi Victoria,
I don't know if I can be any real help for you, but I will try if you want. I will tell you right up front that I expect some instructions on how to install and run whatever you want to test. I will try to follow your instructions and will complain if I can't for some reason (My middle son knows about that when he asks me to test out something he has done). Anyway, I'll leave it up to you to make the decision.
Matt
On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 12:26:07 PM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote:
i wanna talk to you guys! <3
i wanna see how the program i worked is working i need some feed back xD
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From: Victoria C. <sp...@jo...> - 2025-11-03 19:28:13
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Oh FDNPKG16? u just need 3 things fdnpkg16.exe httpget.exe and fdnpkg16.cfg in a directory on path or in current directory just keep them together wait which instructions? I should make a video on how to use it? FDNPKG16 [action] [packages] just keep in mind of of the stuff above On 11/2/25 3:45 PM, Matt Newell via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi Victoria, > > I don't know if I can be any real help for you, but I will try if you > want. I will tell you right up front that I expect some instructions > on how to install and run whatever you want to test. I will try to > follow your instructions and will complain if I can't for some reason > (My middle son knows about that when he asks me to test out something > he has done). Anyway, I'll leave it up to you to make the decision. > > Matt > > On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 12:26:07 PM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via > Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > > i wanna talk to you guys! <3 > > > i wanna see how the program i worked is working i need some feed back xD > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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From: Liam P. <lp...@gm...> - 2025-11-03 11:42:07
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On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 19:30, peter--- via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > Aim to take the CF card over to a PC 20+ years old and run FreeDOS and > Oberon there. Currently the machine has no working system. Installing > Linux and Qemu there would be another project. Hi Peter. I am not sure of the exact question here -- Gmail has broken this thread into about 20 pieces for me. For what it's worth: I am dual booting DOS and Oberon on a Thinkpad X61 here. Specifically, IBM PC-DOS 7.1, the final OS in the original MS-DOS family, and A2 with Bluebottle. I blogged how to get PC-DOS 7.1 here: https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/59703.html A2 I am sure you know. Specifically I am quadruple booting: DOS, A2, Haiku and Linux. The Linux part is important. Under Linux I ran VirtualBox, and in that, ran the A2 installer against the real partition on the real physical disk partition. But you may know how to bypass the need for that. As a DOS boot manager, I highly recommend PowerQuest BootMagic. After Symantec acquired PowerQuest it made BootMagic freeware. Not FOSS, but small-f free. It is _the_ best DOS boot manager I know. I tried XOSL and it deleted partitions. However, it is FOSS. https://sourceforge.net/projects/xosl-ow/ I tried GRUB under Linux and found it a massive pain. However, it's the default, so we must live with it. Ditto IBM OS/2 Boot Manager, which worse still, needed its own primary partition, but that's a historical footnote now. I will not attempt to link to any questionable downloads, though. I suggest: 1. Install DOS first. 2. Use Gparted from a live USB or PartitionMagic under DOS to shrink DOS and make space for Oberon. Make an unformatted partition for it. 3. Install your boot manager. Get it working while there is only 1 option and it can be fixed as easily as "fdisk /s". 4. Install Oberon. 5. Add it to the boot manager. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven ~ LinkedIn/X/FB: lproven Email: lp...@ci... ~ Google: lp...@gm... IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 |
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From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2025-11-02 22:50:48
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On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 2, 2025, at 4:49 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > [..] > > On my desktop PC, I use this: [..] > > Jim, I think this may be your next book. > > Titled “Jim's QEMU command line” :-) This topic keeps coming up every month(?) so I sort of repeat it and refine it. |
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From: Michał D. <mo...@gm...> - 2025-11-02 22:20:11
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Holy cow! You know, at some point someone might consider to put that in libvirt to get that out of their way and have the peace of mind ;) Would libvirt even support "-device sb16 -device adlib"? Cause I remember very well, that QEMU's sb16 only emulates the sound core - no music core. Best regards, Michał W dniu 2.11.2025 o 22:49, Jim Hall via Freedos-user pisze: > To install, you first need to create a virtual disk with qemu-img: > > $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 freedos.qcow2 500M > > > Then boot QEMU with the virtual disk and the LiveCD installer: (this > uses the T2511 monthly test release, that Jerome announced yesterday) > > $ qemu-system-i386 -hda freedos.qcow2 -cdrom T2511LIVE.iso -boot order=d > > That's the same command line I use to install on my desktop PC (which > is Intel) but without the -enable-kvm command line option. > > > After the installation is done, you can boot FreeDOS from the virtual > disk. You can add all kinds of options here to emulate specific > components like a sound card. The most basic invocation is: > > $ qemu-system-i386 -hda freedos.qcow2 > > > On my desktop PC, I use this: > > qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -m 32 -rtc base=localtime -audiodev > pa,id=snd -machine pcspk-audiodev=snd -device sb16,audiodev=snd > -device adlib,audiodev=snd -global i8042.kbd-throttle=on -drive > bus=0,unit=0,media=disk,file=freedos.qcow2 -drive > bus=0,unit=1,media=disk,file=/home/jhall/virtualmachines/files.qcow2 > -drive bus=1,unit=0,media=cdrom,file=T2511LIVE.iso -drive > bus=1,unit=1,media=cdrom,file=T2511BNS.iso > > > But on a Raspberry Pi, you must omit the -enable-kvm option. > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM Jim Hall <jh...@fr...> wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM Matt Newell via Freedos-user >> <fre...@li...> wrote: >>> Hi Jim, >>> >>> I am working with primarily arm computers (Raspberry Pi primarily) >>> and as of now the virtualization is poor to nonexistent. >> >> I disagree. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B and I use QEMU on it to boot >> FreeDOS. It works very well, although installing is very slow (partly >> because all CPU instructions are emulated in software, and partly >> because of the slower I/O on my microSD card). But it works fine after >> installing, and not any slower than a '486 or '386 of the era. >> >> You can find lots of articles about installing FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi >> using QEMU, like this one: >> https://windowsreport.com/how-to-run-dos-on-a-raspberry-pi/ >> >> I wrote about it on Opensource.com in 2018: >> https://opensource.com/article/18/3/can-you-run-dos-raspberry-pi > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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From: <je...@sh...> - 2025-11-02 22:00:05
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> On Nov 2, 2025, at 4:49 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > [..] > On my desktop PC, I use this: > > qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -m 32 -rtc base=localtime -audiodev > pa,id=snd -machine pcspk-audiodev=snd -device sb16,audiodev=snd > -device adlib,audiodev=snd -global i8042.kbd-throttle=on -drive > bus=0,unit=0,media=disk,file=freedos.qcow2 -drive > bus=0,unit=1,media=disk,file=/home/jhall/virtualmachines/files.qcow2 > -drive bus=1,unit=0,media=cdrom,file=T2511LIVE.iso -drive > bus=1,unit=1,media=cdrom,file=T2511BNS.iso > > > But on a Raspberry Pi, you must omit the -enable-kvm option. Jim, I think this may be your next book. Titled “Jim's QEMU command line” Pages 1 through 8, why I like QEMU. Pages 9 through 128, The command line itself. Pages 129-1024, A breakdown of what those options mean. Plus, the print version can contain a CD or Floppy Insert on the back cover. It could contain just a script with your command line to launch QEMU. LOL. Jerome |
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From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2025-11-02 21:49:36
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To install, you first need to create a virtual disk with qemu-img: $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 freedos.qcow2 500M Then boot QEMU with the virtual disk and the LiveCD installer: (this uses the T2511 monthly test release, that Jerome announced yesterday) $ qemu-system-i386 -hda freedos.qcow2 -cdrom T2511LIVE.iso -boot order=d That's the same command line I use to install on my desktop PC (which is Intel) but without the -enable-kvm command line option. After the installation is done, you can boot FreeDOS from the virtual disk. You can add all kinds of options here to emulate specific components like a sound card. The most basic invocation is: $ qemu-system-i386 -hda freedos.qcow2 On my desktop PC, I use this: qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -m 32 -rtc base=localtime -audiodev pa,id=snd -machine pcspk-audiodev=snd -device sb16,audiodev=snd -device adlib,audiodev=snd -global i8042.kbd-throttle=on -drive bus=0,unit=0,media=disk,file=freedos.qcow2 -drive bus=0,unit=1,media=disk,file=/home/jhall/virtualmachines/files.qcow2 -drive bus=1,unit=0,media=cdrom,file=T2511LIVE.iso -drive bus=1,unit=1,media=cdrom,file=T2511BNS.iso But on a Raspberry Pi, you must omit the -enable-kvm option. On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM Jim Hall <jh...@fr...> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM Matt Newell via Freedos-user > <fre...@li...> wrote: > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > I am working with primarily arm computers (Raspberry Pi primarily) > > and as of now the virtualization is poor to nonexistent. > > > I disagree. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B and I use QEMU on it to boot > FreeDOS. It works very well, although installing is very slow (partly > because all CPU instructions are emulated in software, and partly > because of the slower I/O on my microSD card). But it works fine after > installing, and not any slower than a '486 or '386 of the era. > > You can find lots of articles about installing FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi > using QEMU, like this one: > https://windowsreport.com/how-to-run-dos-on-a-raspberry-pi/ > > I wrote about it on Opensource.com in 2018: > https://opensource.com/article/18/3/can-you-run-dos-raspberry-pi |
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From: Matt N. <mat...@ya...> - 2025-11-02 21:45:24
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Hi Victoria,
I don't know if I can be any real help for you, but I will try if you want. I will tell you right up front that I expect some instructions on how to install and run whatever you want to test. I will try to follow your instructions and will complain if I can't for some reason (My middle son knows about that when he asks me to test out something he has done). Anyway, I'll leave it up to you to make the decision.
Matt
On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 12:26:07 PM PST, Victoria Crenshaw via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote:
i wanna talk to you guys! <3
i wanna see how the program i worked is working i need some feed back xD
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From: Matt N. <mat...@ya...> - 2025-11-02 21:37:55
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Hi Eric,
Actually I have had pretty good luck with dosbox-x. I have got win98 to run on it and have used that to load other dos programs. I saw the other day where a guy actually got winxp to run on dosbox-x, but it requires some health work to get it to run. I tried to use my x86 system to get winxp to run on the x86 using vdos and it actually did run. I had to give it up as I actually want to run programs which require a true dos base and winxp does not meet that requirement. I have installed dosbox-x on the x86 and then win98 on that machine and have got quite a few programs transferred and running on it.
Matt
On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 12:56:00 PM PST, Eric Auer via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote:
Hi Matt,
you cannot boot DOS natively on Raspberry Pi, but maybe
somebody wants to work on the following "virtual" ticket:
https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2/issues/2277
I know that the ticket is closed, but basically dosemu2
now simulates the x86 CPU anyway, so people who have
Raspberry Pi hardware could work on compiling dosemu2
for Raspberry Pi. It should be portable enough already.
DOS cannot run natively on ARM CPU, only on x86 CPU.
Regards, Eric
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From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2025-11-02 21:36:55
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On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM Matt Newell via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > I am working with primarily arm computers (Raspberry Pi primarily) > and as of now the virtualization is poor to nonexistent. I disagree. I have a Raspberry Pi 3B and I use QEMU on it to boot FreeDOS. It works very well, although installing is very slow (partly because all CPU instructions are emulated in software, and partly because of the slower I/O on my microSD card). But it works fine after installing, and not any slower than a '486 or '386 of the era. You can find lots of articles about installing FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi using QEMU, like this one: https://windowsreport.com/how-to-run-dos-on-a-raspberry-pi/ I wrote about it on Opensource.com in 2018: https://opensource.com/article/18/3/can-you-run-dos-raspberry-pi |
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From: Eric A. <e....@jp...> - 2025-11-02 20:53:43
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Hi Matt, you cannot boot DOS natively on Raspberry Pi, but maybe somebody wants to work on the following "virtual" ticket: https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2/issues/2277 I know that the ticket is closed, but basically dosemu2 now simulates the x86 CPU anyway, so people who have Raspberry Pi hardware could work on compiling dosemu2 for Raspberry Pi. It should be portable enough already. DOS cannot run natively on ARM CPU, only on x86 CPU. Regards, Eric |
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From: Victoria C. <sp...@jo...> - 2025-11-02 20:24:06
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i wanna talk to you guys! <3 i wanna see how the program i worked is working i need some feed back xD |
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From: Matt N. <mat...@ya...> - 2025-11-02 19:52:56
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Hi Jim,
I am working with primarily arm computers (Raspberry Pi primarily) and as of now the virtualization is poor to nonexistent. Since I have several programs I worked with when I was employed (before retirement) I ended up with a couple of dell thin systems which also are short on the memory and speed for using a virtual system. So I stay with my multi-boot process and it seems to work for me. One thing I do not understand is why I install FreeDOS-Live onto one of my x86 systems and it uses eltorito to do the install and no problems. Next I boot from the hard drive and running the same exact code as was used during install it cannot find the cdrom at this time. I am hitting my head against a brick wall as to what I am doing wrong.
Matt
On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 10:51:06 AM PST, Jim Hall via Freedos-user <fre...@li...> wrote:
On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM peter--- via Freedos-user
<fre...@li...> wrote:
[..]
> Then rebooted and FreeDOS came to life. Good. =8~)
>
> Still wanted to multiboot and therefore installed Boot Manager.
> That allowed booting Oberon in /dev/sdb2.
> So the FreeDOS installer didn't cobber /dev/sdb2.
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> Then tried booting FreeDOS via Boot Manager. No luck.
[..]
> Anyone else have FreeDOS working in a multiboot setup?
> Ideas? Any clues in the screenshot?
Using a boot manager is an excellent idea when you need to boot
multiple operating systems from one physical PC. I used to do this all
the time from the 1990s to the early 2000s to try out different
things.
But the idea of a virtual machine is to *isolate* operating systems to
their own virtual space. With a virtual machine system like QEMU, you
don't need to use multiboot -- just set up one virtual machine for
FreeDOS, and a new virtual machine to run Oberon.
While multiboot should work, you seem to be making this harder than it
needs to be.
Maybe you answered this in a previous email (I'm starting to get
caught up on email) but why not set up a separate virtual machine for
Oberon?
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