Hi, > On Apr 26, 2025, at 7:22 PM, dkolb2056--- via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hello! > > I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu both installed to dual boot. I would also like > to dedicate 1-2 GB for a FreeDOS booting partition, so I can choose to boot > it as well. > > However, as far as I have seen so far, the only way you can do all boots is > to install FeeeDOS first, then shrink the partition and install other > operating systems on top of it. I do not want to do this, because I have been > using Windows 10 and Ubuntu for a while now, and a lot of my programs that I > have not yet published are on them. Can somebody help me? Is this possible? > > Thank you! > Dylan Kolb >
I would highly recommend NOT doing that. You basically just said “I have a lot of stuff I do not want to loose on my computer. How can I do something that is very risky without losing everything important on my drive?” The only good answer is “DO NOT DO IT!” Why just not use a Virtual Machine? It is much safer and you don’t even need to reboot. Plus, depending on you drive partitioning, you can use the same FreeDOS VM in both Windows and Linux. Assuming your machine is not UEFI only and can boot FreeDOS, and you either don’t care about sound card support or can get it working, and you either do not have CD/DVD drive or it is compatible with the available drivers, and you have a compatible Ethernet card, it will work fine. But, a virtual machine like VMware or VirtualBox makes all that easier. But if you really want to run it on bare metal, consider installing FreeDOS onto a USB flash drive. Such an install won’t require modifying your internal drives. It also gives you a portable version of FreeDOS that can be used on any system that can boot it from USB. A thumb drive with the capacity of a few gigabytes is plenty for nearly all DOS installations. :-) Jerome > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
