Hi Elias, > I downloaded the latest FreeDOS and installed it smoothly. > I will complain to DELL on Monday...
Thanks a lot :-). Let us know when you have questions about FreeDOS, or when you encounter problems. We also have a page about known issues, most of them minor: http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?n=FdDocEn.FdInstall Examples: Translation / USB stick / Problems with makerom, helpcfg, fortune and cwsparam / List of packages that need internet / How to shorten PATH / Where to get more GEM software / How to install ALMOST everything on only 100 MB ;-) / Bug in "load without drivers" option / How to save RAM / Windows hints / How to make DOS more stable. > If one day I need to install XP or Vista, will it be simple > from the CD drive? To get some performance out of normal hardware, you will probably prefer XP, not Vista... You can also try Ubuntu, works very smooth and is easy to use :-). In either case, you can always install one or more operating systems on a computer. It does not make a difference which operating system you had installed before. For example, I have SuSE Linux and Windows XP on my PC at work, and Linux, FreeDOS and Windows 3.1 (not WfW) on my PC at home :-). Note that Linux is the only operating system with easy to use support for ADDING Linux later. When you install DOS or Windows, it will often REPLACE your other operating systems unless you manually tell it (how) not to do that. In the Windows and DOS case, you have to create a partition for Windows and DOS, after possibly making your eg. Linux partition smaller. Because many people already HAVE Windows, Linux is more "add friendly": It will often help you to make the Windows/DOS partitions smaller in an easy way and then use the gained space to install Linux. In either case, it is always more fun to have more than one operating system installed at the same time :-). At work, I use Linux most of the time, and only use Windows to test if my software works on both Linux and Windows... ;-). Eric PS: The Install hint page does not tell you yet, but we have a list of at about 40 apps for which updates are available... I guess it is time for FreeDOS 1.1 :-). It will also include drivers from www.japheth.de afaik :-). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
