Re: [Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Aleksei Ivan wrote: > > I have a netbook without DVD-ROM, USB working, and, obliviously. no FLOPPY > DISK to install it. Is there any way to do it from the HD? > Tks If your computer doesn't have a CDROM drive, use the USB fob drive

[Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Aleksei Ivan
I have a netbook without DVD-ROM, USB working, and, obliviously. no FLOPPY DISK to install it. Is there any way to do it from the HD? Tks -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech

Re: [Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Aleksei Ivan
My USB ports are NOT working too. I have only to work with a installation partition on this netbook. I'm sorry for the confusion. On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Aleksei Ivan > wrote: > > > > I have

Re: [Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Aleksei Ivan wrote: > > My USB ports are NOT working too. I have only to work with a installation > partition on this netbook. > > I'm sorry for the confusion. But what other OS (if any) are you running on that machine? What file

Re: [Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Jerome Shidel
> On Mar 25, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Aleksei Ivan wrote: > > My USB ports are NOT working too. I have only to work with a installation > partition on this netbook. > Well, it is always tricky to install an OS to a computer with a single drive, no USB, no CD, no Floppy. It

Re: [Freedos-user] Without DVD-ROM, USB working... install it from the HD?

2017-03-25 Thread Aleksei Ivan
Rugxulo: I've got a Windows 10 and 7 right now on the machine. I want to keep dual (Win10 and FreeDOS). I'll try the virtual machine, tks, and for the links. Jerome: Thank you for your answer. I have no problem to install any Windows or Linux from a partition to the same hard disk. It's easier

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

2017-03-25 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > I disagree about FreeDOS being "not ready yet" or "no advantage to MS DOS". If you already have the original gold standard of DOSes, i.e. MS-DOS (which was widely tested and hugely popular, by far the most ubiquitous