On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM, escape <esc...@front.ru> wrote: > On 11.04.12 22:23, dmccunney wrote: >> Current machines won't *boot* DOS, but will *run* it in a >> compatibility box, emulator or virtual machine. > > I'm think you're making a bit misleading statement. While there *are* > current machines that won't boot DOS, 99% of the *current* machines can > boot it. The main concern is UEFI based motherboards that lacks BIOS > compatibility module. And while at some point in the future they could > outnumber BIOS based motherboards, this is definitely not the case today.
I just made a post amending my statement. But if you are going to boot DOS on current hardware, you are likely to be multi-booting, with other things like Windows and Linux in the mix. That may require plain and fancy fiddling: what's your boot-loader? How do you successfully add DOS to the list of things it can boot? One question to ask is what you are doing, and whether you actually need to boot into DOS from the BIOS level at all. Epending upon your use case, it may make more sense to use an emulator or VM. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
