If you have an IDE HD; you might try it the way I do. I use compact flash chips which have a standard IDE interface. I installed freedos on a chip and move it from one computer to another so far without problems. You just need a cf chip and an adapter both for sale on Amazon. It boots strait to freedos, not running under windows or anything else. On old machines I would expect it to work.
cheers DS . On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:44:47 +0100 userbeit...@abwesend.de writes: > Hi, fellow FreeDOS users! I need your help. > > > I have an original Intel 80486 with 50 MHz that I want to try > FreeDOS > on. I still haven't found the time so far an my first attempt came > to an > early halt because I couldn't get an installation media to start on > this > machine. > > > *) The 486-PC doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. > > *) The 486-PC doesn't have USB. > > *) I cannot easily create a 3.5 inch boot floppy to use it in the > 486-PC. > > > What I can do thou is plug the IDE HDD into another PC and pre-load > FreeDOS there. Then, connecting the IDE HDD inside the 486-PC, > FreeDOS > should start. > > > The Question: > > 1) Does the installer check the hardware and make choices? If so, > this > would be totally wrong since I will be preloading it on a very > different PC. > > 2) Can I install something like the installation environment itself? > > 3) The outcome should be that it boots on the 486-PC and starts the > installer from there, to create all necessary CONFIG.SYS and > AUTOEXEC.BAT entries and to select the software to be installed. The > > installer files may remain as capacity is not a factor on this HDD > anyhow. > > > Has this been done before? And how would I do it? > > Help highly appreciated! > > > Thanks, > > userbeitrag. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Warning: Don't Use Probiotics Before You See This Gundry MD http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/58669c6fa2a161c6f1a15st04duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
