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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 1/8/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:
>
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> >>>> Can I use gcc-2.95.3 to compile a later gcc?
> >>
> >> Can I download and compile only the gcc-g++ part?  Or does the core
> >> contain files needed for g++?
> >
> > You need both core and g++. core includes cpp, which g++ needs.
> > There is also some other functionality in core which g++ needs. I
> > don't recall what that is at the moment.
> >
> >>> You need no FreeDOS disk image... if you already have a DOS
> >>> bootdisk, you can use that.
> >>
> >> Could I somehow copy over the FreeDOS already in use with dosemu?
> >
> > Can dosemu format arbitrary files? If so, you can use that to make
> > a bootdisk image.
>
> What do you mean by 'arbitrary files'?

I mean, can you set it up with a floppy disk image as a virtual drive
'A' and then (in dosemu) use format A:? I think that you can, but I
don't remember how you do this. I will check the manual.

> Why is the bootdisk image 10MB?

It includes the kitchen sink.

> We only needed to download 1.457MB to install FreeDOS without linux.
> Is this the bootdisk image?

Yes. You can use this with bochs.

> DOSemu works in text mode or X, and on my TTL monitor in a system with TTL
> and VGA.  But not in framebuffer text mode. Or upper ascii.  And VDE Ctrl
> plus arrow keys does not work, or Ctrl plus K (?) for Find, and a few
> other Ctrl combinations that all work in straight DOS.

There is a new unstable dosemu. Maybe it works with more DOS features?

> If I get the Matrox card to work, can I use fbset to toggle framebuffer mode
> off?

No.

David