Hello I had lately experimented with Tiny Core Linux. I've installed DOSEMU compiled on my Ubuntu station (only "dosemu.bin" and "libplugin_X.so") onto it and a FreeDOS based installation and it worked fine, as far I have tested. If you use Xorg instead of Xvesa, then it will support graphics resolution on monitors which aren't VESA compatible. You even can use DOSEMU together with direct frame buffer and can skip X.
Only 2 cents from CH. Cheers Andreas On 2012-05-02 20:41, kurt godel wrote: > Now that you mention it, I have been toying with the idea of a "linux > startup disk" that would be comparable in size to a 98 startup disk; > problem is, I am too dumb to figure out how to take a > vmlinuz and boot it up. I assume the vmlinuz has a minimal number of > built in functions like the proverbial dos kernel. I am not fanatical > about having it fit on a floppy, though a 2.88 image > would allow emulation mode iso, etc. > So, nuts and bolts: if I download the latest vmlinuz, how do I boot > it? I mean that in a comparable sense to booting a dos > kernel.Richard<wb2...@gmail.com [1]>. > > > Links: > ------ > [1] mailto:wb2...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
