Re: [Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS Be Installed On A Logical Slice? The Answer Remains Unknown

2023-07-23 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Hi Jay! I tried to do the same thing with a logical slice of disk but FreeDOS failed to see it.  If it is possible to install FreeDOS onto a logical slice of disk, inside of the extended slice, the technique for doing so is unknown, or, at least, unknown by me. DOS can not be installed on a l

Re: [Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS Be Installed On A Logical Slice? The Answer Remains Unknown

2023-07-21 Thread Ralf Quint via Freedos-user
On 7/21/2023 1:51 PM, Jay F. Shachter via Freedos-user wrote: Esteemed Colleagues: A little bit less formal might be more appropriate... slice, Microsoft Windows was still able to boot, and then I recreated the third primary slice, and I installed FreeDOS onto it. I had to change its 8-bit cod

[Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS Be Installed On A Logical Slice? The Answer Remains Unknown

2023-07-21 Thread Jay F. Shachter via Freedos-user
Esteemed Colleagues: I successfully installed FreeDOS onto a primary slice of an MBR-partitioned disk. I was able to do this only because, even though Microsoft Windows had installed itself onto all three primary slices, someone told me that Microsoft Windows did not need the third one, and I t