Hi Thomas,
> I just had the thought of whether FreeDOS could be installed
> from a floppy image not written to an actual floppy disk.
Sure, we have been using memdisk before as the boot stage of
our ISO, but you can also mount ISO without burning an actual
CD or DVD in FreeDOS :-) It works
> > Yes, Maybe. We will have to see if demand dictates an additional
> > BOOT diskette.
> Let's face it, people will try the floppy distro on old, but
> less than 35 years old PC, create FAT32 partitions because
> their disk size asks for that, fail to format them, say only
> to themselves that
Hi Jerome,
> not everything required by the installer quite fits on a 360k.
> (Although, I must admit, with a little more pruning and juggling
> by the installer and dropping the 386 kernel, It may just squeeze
> onto a 360)
Sounds like a great solution :-)
Found something interesting in my
Good morning,
> Let's face it, people will try the floppy distro on old, but
> less than 35 years old PC, create FAT32 partitions because
> their disk size asks for that, fail to format them, say only
> to themselves that FreeDOS is crap and go back to dosbox :-(
You may be right. But, I think
On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, Eric Auer wrote:
The oldest computer with 1.44 MB drive I have seen so far was a 286 or
386 and it is too long ago to remember which.
I happen to have an IBM PS/2 Model 30-286 and it has a 10 MHz 286 and a
1.44 MB floppy drive. (Currently runs PC DOS 7.)
-uso.
Hi!
>> You already mention the functionality on the floppy distro to
>> INSTALL the 386 kernel on 386, but it does not USE the same
>> kernel. Which is a big problem, because the user will still
>> be RUNNING the 8086 kernel from the floppy while they FDISK
>> and FORMAT while preparing to
