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Re: [ct-user] Bootable DOS CD for running TRLog and CT - TestersNeeded!

To: "Mark Bailey" <kd4d@comcast.net>,"TR Log Reflector" <trlog@contesting.com>, <ct-user@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [ct-user] Bootable DOS CD for running TRLog and CT - TestersNeeded!
From: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:54:12 -0000
List-post: <mailto:ct-user@contesting.com>
Mark I'm trying to understand what this does for me. Awhile back I created a 
small DOS partition on my hard drive, FAT32. I also created a bootable DOS CD. 
When I want to be somewhat serious about a contest I restart my computer with 
the DOS CD and run CT from the DOS partition, on my hard drive. At the end of 
the contest I type writelog and close CT. Next I create the ADIF file and 
restart my computer in the normal manner(without the CD).
My computer normally runs XP. I open the file manager and transfer the log, 
ADIF, and summary files to my desktop, from the DOS drive. Next I email the 
log, import the ADIF into my master log, do 3830 and LOTW, and in, usually, 
less than 20 minutes I'm  done with the contest.
If your system makes this faster or easier then count me in. If your system, 
however, co-habitats CTDOS & CTWIN on the NTFS partition then count me out. Not 
because it won't work but because WINXP will find a way to 'screw' it up and 
will predictably end up messing up contest logs.
Best 73


MAL                N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://geocities.com/n7mal/
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Bailey 
  To: TR Log Reflector ; ct-user@contesting.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 14:38
  Subject: [ct-user] Bootable DOS CD for running TRLog and CT - Testers Needed!


  Good day, all:

  Thanks to the kindness of Datapol gmbh in Germany and the power of
  FreeDOS, I am announcing the Alpha test version 1.0 of the DOS
  Contesting LiveCD.  I need volunteers to test this and
  report back.  Please let me know if you are willing to test
  this and I will send you an ISO image of the CD!

  NOTE:  This CD may only be used on "private" computers and
  for "private" purposes.  You may not use it on work computers
  or for work.  This is due to the licensing for the private
  (free) version of NTFS4DOS!  See www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware.

  This is a bootable CD containing FreeDOS.  You can boot it on
  almost any modern computer and run DOS.  The CD also contains
  the private version of NTFS4DOS from Datapol.  This allows you
  to have read and write access to any NTFS hard disk partition
  from DOS.

  This means that you can walk up to a WindowsXP computer, boot
  this CD, and save a contest log file to the hard disk of the
  computer!

  The way I envision this being used for now is for the user to
  create a directory on the C:\ drive of the WindowsXP computer
  and install CT or TRLog in that directory.  You can do this
  from WindowsXP! This makes things like updating cty.dat and
  master.dta/trmaster.dta files very easy.

  NOTE:  I suggest making this a directory in the root of
  C:, such as C:\TR679 or C:\CT102008 or something.

  Then reboot the computer from the LiveCD.  Look at the
  output from NTFS4DOS and get the drive letter for the
  NTFS partition (probably D:).  Type "Yes" at the Datapol
  prompt.

  Then, at the dos prompt (A:>), type D: (or whatever)
  and then "cd tr679" or "cd ct102008" or whatever.
  (Use a DOS directory name...up to eight letters
  and no spaces).

  Then, type "TR" or "CT" to run the logging program.

  This will save the log to the hard drive.

  Please let me know if you are willing to test this! I
  will mail you the 2MByte ISO file and, if you need
  them, directions for creating a bootable CD from the
  ISO file.

  Thanks again to Datapol and the FreeDOS community.

  73,

  Mark, KD4D


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