Hi, On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > There are a few FDISK variants for FreeDOS and some do > have some oddities in how to use them. For example you > may have to edit a config file to activate LBA support > for big disks or FAT32 support, in case you are in the > unlucky situation that your install has configured the > FDISK tool in question configured to DISable those. I > think the most popular ones are free FDISK and XFDISK.
BOOTMGR is simple but still pretty good: http://www.bttr-software.de/products/bootmgr/ And the various FreeDOS fdisks (FD fdisk, XFdisk, SPFdisk) are here: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/fdisk/ ************************************************************ But dual-booting is complex, so it might take some trial and error. (Don't forget you could instead just use GParted, maybe via Knoppix?) I halfway wonder why you don't just install them both under VirtualBox (or KVM or Hyper-V or whatever). Honestly, I think that's safer, easier, and less prone to native hardware incompatibility. Also, you can install XP atop FAT, but few did that (security? journaling? speed?), so that was removed from Vista. You might even want to try WINE (presumably under Linux) to see if it runs the apps you're trying to run. Admittedly, only Win9x runs some old things that later versions don't. Even MS can't keep perfect compatibility in newer versions, there's just too much third-party stuff. So WINE might actually be viable (or even ReactOS). RUFUS claims to be able to install Windows XP or newer. Not sure I'd recommend that on a slow flash jump drive, but who knows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
