Marcel E. Tschudin wrote: > [... Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 or VMWare ...] > Here now my questions: > > 1) Which of the two VMs would be preferable for this application. > > 2) Once the VM would be installed, what do I have to do to get FreeDOS > installed on it? >
Hi. I haven't run Microsoft's Virtual Server, but I have used the free VMWare on Linux, and it runs FreeDOS just fine. So if that's one of your options, go with that. On my iMac, I have also used Parallels to install FreeDOS - actually, in the weeks leading up to the FreeDOS "1.0" I would use Parallels exclusively to do all my testing. Mainly because it was convenient; it was sitting on my desk at work, not really doing much. But it allowed me to easily regenerate an empty/blank hard drive, which was great for testing the installation process. On my Linux laptop, I usually prefer DOSemu. That's because it's very light, and does what I need it to do (write programs, compile, and play games.) Let's assume VMWare, since you mentioned that. Once you have the VMWare software, you just need to download the FreeDOS "1.0" install CD image, and use the VMWare software to "map" that ISO image to the CDROM device. That's it. Now, boot your virtual machine, and you should see it boot up from the FreeDOS install CDROM. Go through the installation process as usual, and you'll end up with a working FreeDOS system. -jh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
