This also https://archive.org/details/free-dos-logo
On Wed, May 28, 2025, at 11:06 PM, G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi there, > > On Wed, 28 May 2025, Ash via Freedos-user wrote: > >> ... looking to install FreeDOS as the OS on ... >> .../optiplex-790-customer-brochure.pdf. >> Does anything here immediately jump out as incompatible or troublesome ... > > No. > > It isn't clear to me from the document exactly which of the options > available you will have installed on the computer but I guess that you > will need some way to transfer the FreeDOS OS to the computer. If all > else fails you could do that by moving the hard drive from the Dell to > another computer where you have a copy of the FreeDOS image. It isn't > particularly difficult. As Mr. Essin says you could try a USB floppy, > sometimes there are issues but I've used that route on other machines. > If you can read CDs on the Dell, then FreeDOS can be written to a CD > and I'm sure installed directly from there but I've never done that, > I've only ever used floppies and USB sticks to install. > >> From my experience with DOSBox and DOSBox-x > > FreeDOS on bare metal is not really like those. It's like MS-DOS. > >> Would any aspect of this computer inherently threaten compatibility? > > I wouldn't expect any problems. Obviously it has a lot more RAM than > is needed for DOS. > >> I intend to fully go down the rabbit hole ... > > It's a very deep hole. Don't say I didn't warn you. :) > > The great thing now compared to when I started with DOS in the 1980s > is that there's a vast amount of information online just waiting for > you to read it. > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
