[Freedos-user] ReactOS needs to be rich with applications

2007-04-04 Thread CK Raju
Eric, Can't we strengthen ReactOS http://www.reactos.org with the existing applications in FreeDOS ? Then in one shot we have multiple goals achieved. I have just seen ReactOS demonstration - its great, looks powerful enough to dwarf XP/Vista monopolies. CK Raju India

Re: [Freedos-user] ReactOS needs to be rich with applications

2007-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
It's a good idea, but it's something the ReactOS developers need to take on, not FreeDOS developers. ReactOS is free to pull whatever programs they like from FreeDOS. Everything in FreeDOS "Base" is under the GNU GPL or a similar free license, and most other packages are similarly free. For exam

Re: [Freedos-user] ReactOS needs to be rich with applications

2007-04-04 Thread CK Raju
Thanks Jim for that info. I think proprietary ones will start fading soon. Currently I am trying to get some hardware manufacturers in India to promote ReactOS. Most of the vendors now offer FreeDOS as default OS preloaded. Rgds, CK Raju Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's a good idea, but

[Freedos-user] intall window98 on freedos

2007-04-04 Thread Tonny Sapri
after i booting from freedos,can i install windows 98SE on freedos platform? Sekarang dengan penyimpanan 1GB http://id.mail.yahoo.com/ --

Re: [Freedos-user] intall window98 on freedos

2007-04-04 Thread Geraldo Netto
hi Tonny, while i could not test by my self i think you can't do this because freedos does not support all dos interruptions(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt) also afaik windows uses some undocumented interruptions... Geraldo On 04/04/07, Tonny Sapri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after i

Re: [Freedos-user] intall window98 on freedos

2007-04-04 Thread Alain M.
But... just maybe... it could work. The reason is that Win98 replaces ALL the former OS, so it *could* work and in then FreeDOS would be removed. This can be usefull if you just need something to boot from and start the CD... Alain Geraldo Netto escreveu: > hi Tonny, > > while i could not te

Re: [Freedos-user] intall window98 on freedos

2007-04-04 Thread Ray Davison
Tonny Sapri wrote: > after i booting from freedos,can i install windows > 98SE on freedos platform? For about a decade every one of my machines has had at least one version of DOS and Win9X on a C: FAT16 primary. On some systems I have had multiples of each OS. It is easy with a real boot mana