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0.)U must love DOS. 1.)Download images of FreeDOS 1.3 & extract files(by any program,which can access files within ISO/IMG),U wish to implement into Your custom installation or download particular files separately from 1.5)Download Rufus,if U already not have it. 2.)Insert the target SD card & open Rufus. 3.)Select the target SD card in Rufus,select to make it bootable by its INTEGRATED FreeDOS image by a checkbox named FreeDOS(do not use none of external IMG/ISO files,but Rufus' internal FreeDOS),select the smallest cluster size,it allows(for 512GB drive it is 8KB,for 1TB drive it is 16KB,for larger it is 32KB) & start formatting. 3.5)If U r doing so with 1TB or 2TB drive,now is a good time to go to toilet or make yourself a coffee(in case of the latter I encourage U to use soy milk,not the real 1 to save the environment & not torture the Cows;if U r like 4.)Now U have a bootable FreeDOS SD card with some older version of FreeDOS,upgrade it to FreeDOS 1.3 by opening Total Commander(or similar file manager),in which in 1 panel open the target drive & in the other panel find the downloaded files of FreeDOS 1.3,select system files( 5.)Reboot to the target drive to test its bootability,if OK,reboot back to the OS,where U r preparing the installation,now U have done the system part(the hard 1) & the rest is so easy,U may do it half-asleep(if Your coffee withstood to this point,U do not need to make Yourself another). 6.)In Total Commander(or so) just unpack all archives,U downloaded,to particular folders of Your target drive. 7.)Edit 8.)Edit 9.)Reboot to Your new FreeDOS 1.3 drive & enjoy(for example by trying some games). So this U can place to a section with HowTos or so,it is just tested & worx. I hope,this will help those,who wish to install FreeDOS 1.3 to a huge SD card directly,skipping the installation media creation,or this may be useful for those,who wish to maximally customize Your installation process,partitioning,setting cluster size,etc.,if the target drive is HDD,U have already done standard installers,but this is mainly for the case,the target media is some kind of removable storage,bigger,than the image FullUSB,as U probably need to have Your big SD/CF/...card/flash drive single-partitioned to have it fully accessible also from Windows older than 10(i guess,none of us here likes Win.10) & @ the same time fully accessible to the FreeDOS installed on the card,so U will get the newest LIVE FreeDOS bootable drive,which U can move between various PCs,boot it anywhere & also access it from other OSes fully & have set the best cluster size,etc.,U may also upgrade older FreeDOS installation,or just use it to make the directory structure Your own way instead of the way preset by installer,I hope,this can be used many ways for many purposes,all purposes,for which the precompiled standard installation ISOs/IMGs r not right the Your desired method for a particular goal,U need. If U find this useful,enjoy. If U find it irrelevant,let it be for others. With best regards for all the FreeDOS community Sabina Zelená[=Green]. Live long & prosper. Shabbat Shalom. Sent from BlackBerry Key 1's Hub,which has some bugs caused by EoL of BlackBerry services,but same as DOS,I will not give up BlackBerry...I just love real keyboards. |
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