Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

2020-10-29 Thread Tomas By
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:46:29 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > If FreeDOS is the only operating system on your > FAT partitions, GRUB can automatically find and add it to the > boot menu when you run update-grub in Linux, as far as I know. Yes, that works fine in my experience. > In both cases, FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

2020-10-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! >> the installer has no way to install it as a multi boot choice. We once had logics to add FreeDOS to Windows 98 and similar boot menus to share one partition, but it has been a while since Windows stopped using classic FAT and the logics are too complex to automatically give the desired

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

2020-10-29 Thread Tomas By
On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:05:58 +0100, tom ehlert wrote: > [...] however you have to install it manually as the intended multi > boot environment. > > the installer has no way to install it as a multi boot choice. I guess you mean (whatever it's called) in Linux? Yes, I am aware of that, and have

Re: [Freedos-user] installation/partitions

2020-10-29 Thread tom ehlert
Hallo Herr Tomas By, am Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2020 um 07:27 schrieben Sie: > Hi all, > Is this correct: > "Because FreeDOS has the same basic FAT limitations of MS-DOS, the > largest you can create is a 2,055-MB partition." no. the FreeDOS kernel supports both 4 GB FAT16 partitions, using

[Freedos-user] installation/partitions

2020-10-29 Thread Tomas By
Hi all, Is this correct: "Because FreeDOS has the same basic FAT limitations of MS-DOS, the largest you can create is a 2,055-MB partition." https://www.techrepublic.com/article/configure-it-quick-use-freedos-as-a-replacement-for-ms-dos/ Also, are there any limitations on the location of the