From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 22:45:49 -0500 (EST) To: Jason White Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] Download and installation questions In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk Definitely difficult? Try damned well impossible! I got down onto the form and the radio button for use of opendos wasn't coded correctly so I haven't downloaded any of the fixes. That's if there were any. I think I'm going to leave this one alone for about the next 6 months. Can do without the abuse. On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Jason White wrote: > I am planning to download and install OpenDOS during the next few days and > would appreciate some advice. First, I should mention that Caldera's > OpenDOS web page is definitely difficult to access using "text only" > browsers (Lynx 2-4-2 in my case), as it uses an image map for which no > textual alternative is provided. By reading the HTML code, I have been > able to find the relevant pages containing the licence agreement and > OpenDOS information. My questions are as follows: > > 1. Is OpenDOS subject to U.S. export controls, other than those affecting > the countries designated in the licence agreement? I live in Australia and > would like to be sure that importing OpenDOS is permitted. > > 2. There are two versions of the full OpenDOS distribution available: one > creates disk images and the other contains file archives. Are both > versions capable of installing OpenDOS to a hard disk which has a > pre-existing copy of MS-DOS on it, but without destroying any actual data > other than the the MS-DOS startup files themselves? I am planning to try > OpenDOS first on my portable computer (a Toshiba T5200) which uses a > speech synthesizer and screen access software. If it works reliably, I may > then test it on my pc, which uses both a speech synthesizer and a > refreshable braille display. Each of these devices requires several TSR > programmes to be executed, so any compatibility problems are likely to > become apparent on this system. > > 2. On this list, several people have discussed OpenDOS installation > problems which, in some cases, have reportedly resulted in loss of data on > the hard disk and even CMOS failures. How can such problems best be > avoided, and are they the result of bugs in the installation process? > > 3. Is OpenDOS compatible with the Qemm memory manager, and if so, which > versions? I am using version 6.02 on one computer, and version 7.53 on the > other. > > I would be willing to report any problems that I encounter via this > mailing list, if appropriate. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Regards, > > Jason White. > > > jude