Hi Tomas,
> If I have a PC with Freedos as OS, and a USB drive with a series of
> directories, each containing the files from one floppy of a
> multi-floppy program distribution, so that e.g. there is an
> INSTALL.EXE on the first floppy, and at some point it is going to say
> please insert
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:42:29 +0100, ZB wrote:
> It's actually pretty usual if you're trying to install some old software.
> "Back in the day" the world without floppy drives was beyond comprehension,
> it seems
Haha, and you think we live at the zenith of technical evolution?
I 10-20 years time
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:46:13 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
> http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/subst.htm
> (gives a directory a drive letter)
Ah, yes, SUBST.
> However, you might be able to just copy the contents of
> ALL floppies into ONE directory or drive:
Tried that, but unfortunately there were
Hi Tomas,
if you want to use DOS directories to be visible as drives,
if your install program refuses to open subdirectories, you
can indeed explore ASSIGN and its relatives:
http://help.fdos.org/en/index.htm
http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/assign.htm
(maps drive letters to other drive
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:31:13AM +0100, Tomas By wrote:
> I can see some other fairly ridiculous possibilities, like installing
> it somewhere else and copying the directory, but is there no way to do
> it directly in Freedos?
It's not FreeDOS' fault; it's programmers' fault. I mean the one,
Hi all,
If I have a PC with Freedos as OS, and a USB drive with a series of
directories, each containing the files from one floppy of a
multi-floppy program distribution, so that e.g. there is an
INSTALL.EXE on the first floppy, and at some point it is going to say
please insert floppy 2, then is
