Hi Bernd: Oh, it's possible. I could manually extract the files I want from the bootable CD and do the COPY and SYS commands. I just want an easier way to get the \fdos\bin tree. Unless the FreeDOS "SYS" command is broken and always accesses C:? That would be ugly...I suppose I'd have to manually copy the boot sector.
Your installer breaks my existing MS-DOS installation every time I run it. It's a great option to allow most of the files to live in an extended partition, though! :-) My problem is that these ARE NOT dual boot machines. I routinely boot many different OS's, including different versions of DOS. I really want FreeDOS confined ONLY to it's partition. I'll use another bootloader to chain to that partition and hide other partitions if necessary. I can do this with MS-DOS easily (I do it all the time). How do I do the same thing with FreeDOS? :-) Hide the partitions before I run the installer? Ugh... :-) Thanks for your prompt response! Mark > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > > >I'd like to install FreeDOS manually, copying the files to > >D:\fdos\bin and doing a "SYS D:" to get around this problem. How can > >I easily get the \fdos\bin directory created without also writing a > >bootsector to C:? > > > > > That is not possible, because we want to guarantee that the system boots. > If C: already contains an operating system, we'll now create a proper > dualboot system. > The config.sys is also written to be put on C:, with references to your D: > > If you put the files on another partition than C:, we don't know what > you're intending: > *boot FreeDOS from C:, but run programs from D: > *boot the other partition, and let it become C: > > I can only recommend to use a tool (I hope our FDISK allows it) to set > the correct primary partition active before running the FreeDOS installer. > If you wait another day, you can try the updated FreeDOS distro, as I'm > releasing that today. > > SYS D: should still be possible, but SYS C: has also been done, though. > Can you describe a bit more about why you consider this a problem? Then > I might try to work around it in a future release. > > Bernd > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
