Re: [Freedos-user] Running Fractint under Freedos
> Last but not least, making a partition for DOS can be > hard because Vista will probably take all your space. > Luckily, Linux installers can shrink Windows partitions Actually, I find it kinda cool that vista includes a partition-shrinker that you can run right in the OS. Just right click on computer in the start menu, select manage, double click on storage, double click on disk-management, right-click on your vista drive, and select shrink volume. Note that it might allow you to shrink more if you temporarily disable swapping snapshots and delete your swap file. It only took a few seconds on my computer But it works well and if something goes horribly wrong you can rely on MS for support :-) And you don't have to burn a linux livecd. But it also only works on ntfs drives. -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Running Fractint under Freedos
Hi guys, right, fractint for dos will also run in freedos, because freedos is a dos ;-). and it will run faster than in dosbox, because dosbox simulates a cpu while freedos can run on your real cpu. you can boot it from cdrom, diskette, harddisk, or usb stick. the latter is easier with a modern bios, but with an old bios, it can be a bit complicated. > > 1. Is Fractint likely to run faster under Freedos? > > 2. Can I boot directly to Freedos from a CD instead of > running an emulator like Vmware or Virtual PC under Vista? Note that there are also more free emulators: Bochs and Qemu. Dosbox is also an emulator, but a special one, as it can also emulate DOS itself - which makes it faster than running a full DOS inside an emulator, but still slower than running a DOS on your real hardware. > The best way would be to install FreeDOS on some (few megs...) FAT16 > partition, but booting from a livecd is... Actually a full install of freedos 1.0 can easily take 100 mb or more, as we include a lot of 3rd party free software for DOS :-). In addition, it is not good to use "ancient style" FAT partitions smaller than 33 MB. Last but not least, making a partition for DOS can be hard because Vista will probably take all your space. Luckily, Linux installers can shrink Windows partitions (as long as it is shut down and not only sleeping) without data loss. After you install Linux (and while you are at it, create a primary DOS partition as well, or just create only a DOS partition and skip installing Linux even though it is great...), Windows will just boot up, scratch its head (run scandisk), shrug, and will run again on the shrunk partition :-). So maybe you want to start with a Livecd or diskette :-). Eric - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Running Fractint under Freedos
On Thursday 26 April 2007 21:41, samatman samatman wrote: > Questions: > 1. Is Fractint likely to run faster under Freedos? Of course. Running DOS program under Vi$ta is a really bad idea... By the way, launching fractint from a native FreeDOS boot, you will probably get much more display resolutions available (like 1280x1024, etc...) > 2. Can I boot directly to Freedos from a CD instead of running an emulator like Vmware or Virtual PC under Vista? Yes, definetely you can. More - it is recomended to do that way, as you will not be blocked with unwanted software layers - the program will have a direct access to the hardware. The best way would be to install FreeDOS on some small (few megs...) FAT16 partition, but booting from a livecd is anyway better than running under Windows. --- Mateusz Viste "Fox" http://mateusz.viste.free.fr/dos - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
