On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:32:55 -0500, you wrote: Hi Mark,
>possibly, SP 1). And, Partition Magic is expensive >and has a restrictive license (use on one computer, >blah, blah, blah...). If it's 100% reliable, still worth to pay them, but it's not! >Many of the Linux installers don't automate this, >since computer setups vary so widely and so do the >user requirements. And, the operations are quite >dangerous. The last one I tried to use that >automated this was dangerous and could destroy >a disk if the user selected the wrong, cryptic, >setup option. That's why a better customized solution for FreeDOS should be here. >And, the FreeDOS "SYS:" command needs to be done >under FreeDOS. We could, I suppose, create a >multi-boot CD. As a tool? No problem. >Obviously, writing a batch file to automate the >FreeDOS installation to a specific partition >would be almost trivial, starting with ODIN. >Creating an easy-to-use, up-to-date, ODIN >floppy image that installs FreeDOS to a >specified disk partition would be useful...I'd >use it! :-) Bernd is working for distribution, this is not a major concern because he can make a simplified 'lite' version for the novice or beginner. >has already figured out how to meet their >requirements. Most of the folks I know use >old, dedicated machines to run DOS. Majority of users put DOS in old PC because it's a waste to throw them away, but this doesn't mean FreeDOS cannot run on new PC, so dual booting FreeDOS and XP is necessary. >So, it is really worth trying to modify a Linux >installer to automatically re-partition the disk >correctly? If you CAN do this, why not? Every piece of software have it's own value of existence. >BTW, I've found a couple of people interested in >doing this with MS-DOS, so they'll help iron out >the disk partitioning description and installation >of MS-DOS, anyway. I'm not smart, so I think the target of the dual boot should be: 1) Install FreeDOS FAT32, then install WinXP, add FreeDOS to WinXP loader (simple but I found sometimes WinXP refuse to write the boot sector if it's not MSDOS) 2) Make FAT32 partition somewhere in the WinXP installed hard disk, then use boot manager (WinXP boot loader or something like Robert Riebisch's bootmgr) Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
