Yes, it would only upgrade the kernel and the console.
DOS and FreeDOS are customizable enough as to allow for upgrading only the
programs, drivers and other components individually as they are needed.
I always replace individual components instead of updating the whole set of
binaries.
Just replacing the COMMAND and SYS files won’t really give you 1.2. It would
just be 1.1 an upgraded kernel. Take a look at the software comparison chart
on the official FreeDOS software repository.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.2/pkg-html/comparison.html
You can simply back up the kernel file and the console.
Back up COMMAND.COM, KERNEL.SYS, IO.SYS, IBMIO.SYS, etc., in your root
directory, and then just replace those same files for the files from FreeDOS
1.2.
I have a dedicated PC with FD 1.1 installed on it.I would like to
upgrade this PC to FD 1.2 without losing any existing folders or root
Dir files (start-ups, etc…)
Though, I've spent several hours looking on how to do this, I've yet to
find anything…
I'm currently primarily a Windows user,
