You're right about the partitions - it's been a while and I forgot. You're also right about the Vista disks - none came with the computer.
And, it did blow away Vista so I'm committed now. But at least the FreeDos Install was successful! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bonnie Dalzell Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:11 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Can't install FreeDos on extended partition? On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Alex Horvath wrote: AH >Hi, AH > AH >I have a new Windows Vista laptop. I would like to install FreeDos on a AH >second partition and dual boot. AH > AH >I created a small extended partition and formatted it as FAT using AH >Partition Magic. AH >I then boot to the FreeDos CD and start the install process. AH >However, the FreeDos installer does not give me any choice to which AH >partition it will install to and I think it wants to reformat the AH >existing primary partition. AH > AH >What am I doing wrong? I do not mean to sound as if I am talking down or anything but: Normally you can have as many as 4 primary partitions on a harddrive. You only have to make logical partitions within an extended partition if you need more than 4 primary partitions. Here is a page with basic information on partitions. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structPartitions-c.html Before you blow away your vista install make sure you actually have a set of vista disks that came with your machine. These days some new machines do not actually have a full set of operating disks. Another partition editor which is free is Ranish Partiion editor www.ranish.com AH > AH >If I have to I can blow away windows but we'd like to be sure we can AH >make FreeDos + our app work first on a second partition. AH > AH >Thanks AH > AH > AH > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonnie Dalzell, MA mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA 21082-----EMAIL:[EMAIL PROTECTED] freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com. Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine - http://www.netpetmagazine.com HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/ BUSINESS http://www.batw.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
