Assuming nothing on the machine then install Linux and use grub as your boot loader. Leave an extra partition for FreeDOS later. Once Linux is up and running install FreeDOS on the extra partition and modify the grub config file to give you the additional boot option.
All of my machines run at least Gentoo, FreeDOS and Windows XP if not more. Granted, if you haven't done it before then it's going to be a bit of a stretch for a newbie, but it's doable. Hope this helps, Mark On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, david lowe <studm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I was checking out a Linux page today & I saw an entry about dualboot > systems. Of course, I've heard about this on a few other occasions, & I'd > like to try it. But I'm fairly sure FreeDOS doesn't support this option. > I've tried burning the OS to a cdrw, but _vista_ (intentionally lowercased) > for some reason insists on setting read-only status On Every Single File on > the the cd. What about a flash drive? When I tried running defrag from my > FD, I got a message this option was unsupported (in so many words). When I > tried it from the CD, (or even from my hard drive), I got a message saying > it was an unsupported beta. I thought this version of FreeDOS was the final > version? > The main reason I've put off upgrading to FreeDOS (or Linux) is because my > ISP (Clearwire) does not support any OS other than _vista_. I can't change, > because the account isn't in my name. > > ________________________________ > Get gifts for them and cashback for you. Try Bing now. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
