Welcome to the FreeDOS Help (hhstndrd 1.0.8a en)
For information on using Help, press F1 or click on Help on Help
with the mouse.
For basic information about FreeDOS click here.
With the following commands you get help while using FreeDOS:
apropos fasthelp fdhelp fsuite04 help
htmlhelp whatis
These external commands require an existing file in order to work:
append apropos assign (atapicdd.sys) attrib
(backup) callver cdrcache.sys chkdsk choice
command comp country.sys cpidos ctmouse
debug defrag deltree diskcomp diskcopy
display edit edlin (emm386) exe2bin
fasthelp fc fdapm fdhelp fdisk
fdshield (fdxms.sys) (fdxms286.sys) find format
freecom fsuite04 (gcdrom.sys) graftabl graphics
graphics-ps help (himem) himemx htmlhelp
jemm386 jemmex join kc kernel.sys
kernel-devel keyb keycode keyman klib
kpdos label lbacache listxdef mem
mirror mkeyb mode (modecon) more
move (mscdex) nansi.sys nlsfunc print
printer.sys printq recover replace (restore)
(scandisk) scankbd (setver) share shsucdx
sort subst swsubst sys tdsk
tickle tree (udma.sys) (udma2.sys) (udvd.sys)
uide.sys undelete unformat whatis (xcdrom.sys)
xcopy (xdma.sys) xkeyb xmgr.sys
The following commands are internal to command.com and need no other file
in order to work:
alias beep break call cd
cdd chcp chdir cls copy
ctty date del dir dirs
(doskey) echo erase exit for
goto history if lfnfor lh
loadfix loadhigh md memory mkdir
path pause popd prompt pushd
rd rem ren rename rmdir
set shift time truename type
ver verify vol which
These are the config.sys / fdconfig.sys commands:
; ! ? break buffers
buffershigh country device devicehigh dos
dosdata echo eecho fcbs files
fileshigh idlehalt install installhigh keybuf
lastdrive lastdrivehigh menu menucolor menudefault
numlock rem screen set shell
shellhigh stacks stackshigh switchar switches
version
These are the Batch file commands (autoexec.bat):
beep call choice cls echo
for goto if lh loadhigh
path pause prompt rem set
shift
The following Utilities which require an existing file in order to work
are related to FreeDOS but not a part of the basic distribution:
bootfix cal devload dosfsck doslfn
fdpkg fdrc foxcalc freemacs locate
md5sum ospedit password pcisleep pdtree
rdisk ripcord shsufdrv tee touch
trch unzip xgrep zip
Miscellaneous
The display code page information pack, cpidos.
The keyboard layout pack, kpdos.
The autoexec.bat file and the config.sys file.
How to use the mouse in the help.
How to use the keyboard in the help.
Understanding the Help Topic "Syntax".
Other ways of getting help.
Bootfix.
Authoring resources.
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The following articles describe
Networking under FreeDOS:
Introduction
History of DOS networking
DOS networking today:
* Novell Netware * MS Client * TCP/IP applications * Others
Installation of packet drivers or other compatbile drivers:
* Packet drivers installation * ODI driver installation
* NDIS driver installation
Loading the TCP/IP Kernel (Stack):
* WatTCP * NTCPDRV * mTCP * Other TCP/IP Kernels
Conclusion
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Principal author: Robert Platt.
Last modified date: 21st August 2011.
The inventor's greeting
A history of the HTML documentation
Acknowledgements
Copyright (C) 2003-04 Robert Platt, updated 2011 by W. Spiegl
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the "GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1"
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
(respecting that any documents included but covered under any other
license shall be treated seperately and the terms of such documents
shall neither alter nor be altered by the terms of this document);
with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover
Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled:
"GNU FDL version 1.1"
"GNU FDL version 1.2"
Here some links to other licenses which are often used in FreeDOS:
"GNU GPL version 2"
"GNU GPL version 3"
FreeDOS is a trademark of Jim Hall.