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Comment on FreeDOS 1.0 USB Boot Image by Derek

Derek — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:36 +0000

@Toon Van Assche Repartition/reformat the drive.

Comment on FreeDOS 1.0 USB Boot Image by Toon Van Assche

Toon Van Assche — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:21:11 +0000

I used this for updating some bois version of my hard disk controller but now i am stuck with a 32MB USB drive.

How can i revert the image so i get my full 8GB USB drive back?

I don’t know how to do this

Comment on FreeDOS 1.0 USB Boot Image by dragon788

dragon788 — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:11:10 +0000

Thanks somebody here for knocking some dust off my brain regarding WinImage. The trick I used after that revelation was to extract the files from the FreeDOS 1.1 image, and export the MBR from the .img file, then create a new image file the size I wanted (just add sectors til you are happy) and then I injected the extracted files and applied the MBR (ended up as .ima, but shouldn’t matter to MEMDISK, as I’m booting from a multiboot USB installed with SYSLINUX).

Thanks guys for the tips, this is how I got around resizing the img (easy on Linux, tough on Windows).

Comment on OTA Digital TV in Oshawa by Derek

Derek — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:58:22 +0000

@simone I can't help you with installers, but with respect to attic vs outdoor install: you lose about half the signal moving the antenna into the attic, for an antenna mounted at the same height. Mind you, you won't have a giant antenna hanging off of the side of your house, and in Oshawa at least, the loss of signal isn't really a problem.

Comment on OTA Digital TV in Oshawa by simone

simone — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:52:51 +0000

after years of bad customer service
i have decided to cancel my rogers cable
and go with an 8 bay antennae
. interesting article on how to but a little confusing
for me. except that I think i will invest with a pre amp.
does anyone know a good installer?
and the difference between attic and outdoor installation ?

Comment on Ditching Bell POTS for VoIP around Toronto by Derek

Derek — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:17:33 +0000

@Mark Farey I haven't touched Asterisk or FreePBX, however, voip.ms had this to say about it. Try comparing your config to their reference. My config for the SPA2102 was based on their reference, and the various support tickets over time. I would try to set up IAX as the transport, as I understand it, there's less to go wrong with the NAT - but you'll have to do the research.

Comment on Ditching Bell POTS for VoIP around Toronto by Mark Farey

Mark Farey — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:13:38 +0000

Derek, I was very encouraged by this article on ditching Bell. I am with Rogers cable in Ottawa and have just signed up with voip.ms and Im trying to run FreePBX. However I’m having a hell of a time getting it to work. I can receive incoming calls but outgoing calls fail. If I send you my SIP trunk config for voip.ms would you please take a look at it? I also would like some pointers on configuring my router, which is a Linksys E1200. Maybe that’s the problem. — Regards, Mark.

Comment on FreeDOS 1.1 USB Boot Image by Derek

Derek — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:08:11 +0000

@Adam P Why don't you write the image, and then resize the partition to fit your needs? If you are using linux, a simple partition editor is gparted. If you are using Windows (also probably Mac), you could use an Ubuntu (or likely any other desktop distro) Install CD to boot up your computer to linux for just one time.

Comment on FreeDOS 1.1 USB Boot Image by Adam P

Adam P — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:30:28 +0000

Can someone please make me this same boot image with with a size limit of 60mb instead of 31mb. I need a bit more room to contain all the BIOS files for my master plan to work.

Comment on FreeDOS 1.1 USB Boot Image by Derek

Derek — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:59:57 +0000

@Bob On the v1.0 post, I link to the original recipe. See pp4.