... in the mean time I found how at least to access the Floppy Drive with FD on the VM. There would be a more convenient way by using a Virtual Floppy Drive, like this one
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html#beta
but I haven't yet managed to access it from FD on the VM; but this may be just because of my limited knowledge as a newbie in this field. Has any one of you already tried this?

I also have the impression that I need to improve the configuration of FD on the VM. At the moment VM boots always from the iso-file (which is device A:\) and not from the root directory  (which is X:\). This means that each time the VM is started the FD options have to be selected:
- Continue to boot from CD-ROM
- Install to Hard Disk
- Select Language
- Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM
Is it possible that FD boots and runs automatically within the VM, i.e. without using the CD-ROM and setting each time these options?

Further, why can't I create a new directory in FD? I think having tried all possible permutations of the md or mkdir command, but it want accept it. Trying to open "help" as indicated in the readme file results in an error where the VM has to shut down. Do those of you who have FD also running on VMware these problems? Or, what might I have done wrong?

Thank you for your help.

Marcel

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