At 07:28 PM 11/24/2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wrote: >This may be a FAQ. > >I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it >uses VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by >later versions of Windoze.* To make matters worse, the program >writes to disk during operation, and no modern computer has FAT16 >partitions anymore. > >So I'm looking to package the program on a CD with FreeDOS, DOS 7.1 >or something that can provide DOS functionality and write to a FAT32 >partition. And preferably, the program should autorun upon bootup.
Well, your main problem here is that in case of an machine running Windows XP, you are likely using a hard drive formatted with NTFS and not FAT32, which means you would be at the mercy of a working NTFS file system driver as well, and that is at least in terms of write access a bit of a gamble IMPE... Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
