Syslinux - Jan 2003 - isolinux.cfg - DISPLAY command - screen pause?

Hi,

is there an option to have the DISPLAY command issue a pause after each
screen full of information?

I've been searching for a way to have users to agree to (or at least be able
to read ) the GPL license.

"by issueing a command other than F2 you agree that you are bound to the
terms of the GNU Public License that is used on this FreeDOS beta9 cdrom.
You can read the license terms by pressing F2"

and then the complete GPL file should be displayed page-by-page.
Like the old DOC2COM dos stuff, and surely Linux will have something like
this too.
Or can this be done with a COM32 module?

Another thing: can I subscribe to this list without receiving ANY emails
automatically from the list? I can read the archives, and it saves me from
deleting a lot of mail.
(a kind of "subscribe-and-respond-only" thing)

And finally, I've had this warning about fraction partition stuff too.
My windows partition boots fine in RAM, but both IDE and SCSI controller
drivers are not loaded then, preventing me from accessing any cdroms
(network and FTP will do, however).

Bernd Blaauw

Blaauw,Bernd B. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there an option to have the DISPLAY command issue a pause after each
> screen full of information?
> 
> I've been searching for a way to have users to agree to (or at least be
able
> to read ) the GPL license.
> 
> "by issueing a command other than F2 you agree that you are bound to
the
> terms of the GNU Public License that is used on this FreeDOS beta9 cdrom.
> You can read the license terms by pressing F2"
> 
> and then the complete GPL file should be displayed page-by-page.
> Like the old DOC2COM dos stuff, and surely Linux will have something like
> this too.
> Or can this be done with a COM32 module?
> 
Almost anything can be done with a COMBOOT or COM32 module :)
> Another thing: can I subscribe to this list without receiving ANY emails
> automatically from the list? I can read the archives, and it saves me from
> deleting a lot of mail.
> (a kind of "subscribe-and-respond-only" thing)
Absolutely.  It's a standard Mailman feature (subscribe, and then log in 
and set your options.)
> And finally, I've had this warning about fraction partition stuff too.
> My windows partition boots fine in RAM, but both IDE and SCSI controller
> drivers are not loaded then, preventing me from accessing any cdroms
> (network and FTP will do, however).
Again, booting a *partition* using memdisk isn't supported.

	-hpa

Blaauw,Bernd B. writes:
> Hi,
> 
> is there an option to have the DISPLAY command issue a pause after each
> screen full of information?
> 
> I've been searching for a way to have users to agree to (or at least be
able
> to read ) the GPL license.
> 
> "by issueing a command other than F2 you agree that you are bound to
the
> terms of the GNU Public License that is used on this FreeDOS beta9 cdrom.
> You can read the license terms by pressing F2"
The GPL itself, of course, indicates that assent is not required to
use a program so licensed:

  Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
  covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
  running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
  is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
  Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
  Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.

  [...]

  5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
  signed it.  However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
  distribute the Program or its derivative works.  These actions are
  prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.  Therefore, by
  modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
  Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
  all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
  the Program or works based on it.

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