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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:
> > > > 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.

I have formatted A: with dosemu.

> > Why is the bootdisk image 10MB?
>
> It includes the kitchen sink.

Why call it a 'bootdisk' when it needs 6 disks?

> > We only needed to download 1.457MB to install FreeDOS without linux.
> > Is this the bootdisk image?
>
> Yes. You can use this with bochs.

I may download and compile bochs in a couple of weeks, out of curiosity.
I think you said it only work on VGA in X.

> > 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?

I will read about it.   They don't seem very interested in text mode, 
considering how long nobody bothered to fix a few nonworking keys.
Seems to be mostly for games.

> > If I get the Matrox card to work, can I use fbset to toggle framebuffer mode
> > off?
>
> No.

DOSemu is not going to be very useful if I switch all my computers to 
framebuffer mode.  Instead of rebooting out of framebuffer mode to use 
DOSemu, I may as well reboot into DOS.

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