FreeDOS 1.1 has an option to run as a live CD. I dont remember clearly
where to klick, but it does surely. Mayby it depends on BIOS, dont know.
The mine is quite old one.
2013/4/10 Taceant Omnes
> I wanted to update the BIOS on a Dell PC running Linux. The FreeDos
> 1.1 CD has no option for running from the CD, so I tried FreeDos 1.0
> which has a LiveCD option, but the Dell install program would not run
> from it.
>
> Somehow I stumbled on a solution to my problem. If I boot the FreeDos
> 1.1 CD then chose the option to install to hard disk and wait, the
> FreeDos menu that shows the partitions (or lack of them) times out,
> and then there is a prompt for the language and then another screen.
> If I then press the escape key I am shown a menu where one of the
> options is what I was looking for from the beginning, namely, running
> FreeDos from the CD.
>
> So my questions are these: is there a less roundabout way to run
> FreeDos 1.1 from the CD? Wouldn’t it be a good idea to show that
> option on the FreeDos main menu?
>
>
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