Hi, On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Again, would dual boot be a good idea? > > I've been multibooting about 20 years, with DOS on a 1st HD primary included > in most cases. It's really not difficult to set up or use any DOS version via > multiboot.
Vista and 7 let you resize the native NTFS partition (which typically uses the whole physical drive). But they changed the boot manager, so you'd have to grab (third-party, freeware-ish) EasyBCD or similar to configure it (if and only if you've backed up your data and installed others properly). It might be easier to just set up a VM. Or find out why DOSEMU doesn't work with KEYB (dunno). You have to be very careful not to overwrite the MBR or mess up the partition table. Dual boot (etc) is "easiest" with a clean computer and physical install media (CD-ROM, floppy, etc). Oops, almost forgot Rufus, you can install FreeDOS (or MS-DOS) to USB and boot that: http://rufus.akeo.ie/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
