If you buy a Dell machine without an OS already installed, it comes with a boot CD that boots to FreeDOS...
> -----Original Message----- > From: JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:37 AM > To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. > Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue according to > Asus > > Why would ASUS base their BIOS off of FreeDOS anyway?I mean,FreeDOS IS > nice and all,but is it really at the stage yet where it can be > implemented in corporate machines?I think we should make FreeDOS able > to be embedded in corprate systems.If we can pull that off,EVERYONE can > use FreeDOS,not just at home hobby people.Perhaps we could start > cracking down on a Network version of FreeDOS?Like for servers and > embedded systems,ETC.This would > [1]Make us even more noticed > [2]Allow our system to be used in large scales > [3]Get ASUS off of our backs > [4]Keep the legacy from the first FreeDOS going. > > Perhaps we can begin studying (I havent the slightest clue on how this > would work) on how mainframes and servers work with embedded systems.We > can then have our devel folks work on this problem,and slowly but > surely make progress.Just an idea,as I don't want some major > corporation trying to sue us. > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 4:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I mean if they sell you a computer and they choose to use FreeDOS > for this, it's there concern to make sure it runs correctly. If they > build a product around FreeDOS, they have to make sure the FreeDOS runs > correctly. > > > ________________________________ > > Van: "imre leber" <[email protected]> > Aan: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." > <[email protected]> > Verzonden: Maandag 23 maart 2015 09:10:39 > > Onderwerp: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue > according to Asus > > > FreeDOS is open source, if Asus wants to do something with > FreeDOS, they can do so regardless. > > ________________________________ > > Van: "Teddy T." <[email protected]> > Aan: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." > <[email protected]> > Verzonden: Zondag 22 maart 2015 21:53:51 > Onderwerp: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue > according to Asus > > > That could be an idea. But so far, with that problem we have to > deal with, is there anything that can be done about FreeDOS, or it > really is not related to it and it's Asus BIOS that is poorly built and > only Asus could do something to let computer use boot option 2 when > boot option 1 is not available instead of showing an error message ? > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 04:22:23 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue > according to Asus > > > I have heard of SeaBIOS,but I have never used it myself.SeaBIOS > looks like a good alternative for BIOS.(And about the punctuation,if > sentences don't have spaces after symbols in real life then I won't do > otherwise on the computer :p).Maybe there is a way we could implement > SeaBIOS with FreeDOS as an extra feature? > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Steve Nickolas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote: > > > Well,UEFI has a legacy boot mode.But,in theory,one can > take out the UEFI > > firmware out a computer and put BIOS firmware in.So it is > possible,if one > > is hardware savvy.NIOS can still be special ordered in > computers as > > well.Also,I have thought about this issue.Perhaps we > could (in the future) > > contact the UEFI creators to add more settings in.Even > certain BIOS systems > > were limited.I know on my 'lil Hp laptop (which has > FreeDOS on it.Haha.) > > has a BIOS that only lets me change boot order,no other > options in it > > really.I think we should begin developing for FreeDOS to > work with UEFI.As > > annoying as it is,we must move with revolution.UEFI is > still a newborn.In a > > few years,UEFI may be better than BIOS. > > Isn't there a program that emulates BIOS on top of UEFI? I > think it's > called SeaBIOS? > > (Also, it would really make your posts easier to read if > you hit the space > bar after punctuation... :P) > > -uso. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------- > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel > Website, sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, > is your hub for all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought > leadership blogs to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. 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