Sorry for responding late.
Interesting stuff. I will have a look at METAKERN, Eric.
However (not to be mean or anything), but my original question was, well,
only kind of answered. Looking at the link to a *huge list* of different
fdisk versions that you provided Rugxulo, and looking at the link provided
by that VOGONS member to the "newer" fdisk, which is in the base
distribution of FreeDOS, this has me thinking. To take my original question
and touch it up a little: What, out of all of these fdisk versions (minus
vanilla fdisk, of course), can you create multiple primary partitions? To
demonstrate what I am trying to do and show that I cannot do it with what I
have, here is a video of me booting off of a custom (no "RAMdrive") Windows
98 SE bootdisk image (found here: http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm ) on
a flash drive using a GOTEK USB floppy emulator (watch about it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taFP1J_lZBI&t= ) and trying to create a
secondary primary partition next to one that already exists (
https://flic.kr/p/23AQgLb ). As you can see, it doesn't work, because a
"Primary DOS Partition Already Exists".
In regards to other things, yes, I will look at boot managers for this dual
boot, as it would not work without it, due to the configuration I am trying
to achieve. That VOGONS member suggested Boot-US, which I will also have a
look at. I could try PLOP, which I tried to use for the many past failed
attempts at this endeavor (which I explained in the VOGONS topic:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=57679 ), but I will say, it is
a tad bit too complicated and too easy to screw everything up with in my
experience.
And Rugxulo, the problem with trying to emulate things is well, is the fact
you *are* trying to emulate things. Building a retro gaming PC with all of
the main pieces being of period-correct hardware (CPU, motherboard, RAM,
soundcards), while yes, it is expensive, takes up physical space, costs a
lot of money (the RGM that I have mentioned in the first post I have made,
I reckon it set me back at least ~$350; I have yet to do a "final
accounting"), etc., etc., etc., it A) is cool :), B) with the correct
software to utilize the hardware (i.e. Win98 and XP) allows for nearly
total compatibility without having to mess around with compatibility
layers, etc., and C) it can give you a truely authentic experience with a
given game (this is dependent on the soundcards and the graphics card). Oh,
and plus, although it takes a lot of work and plenty of frustration,
putting that love into something can be fun and afterwards, after finally
getting everything as it should, it contributes to a sense of pride at what
you have accomplished. Well, at least for me. :)
Anywho, I have rambled on long enough.
Again, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 1:09 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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