Hello everyone: Sorry about the TYPO. Of course, I meant adding FREEDOS to a WindowsXP computer, not MSDOS. (Though the procedure works for both).
I apologize for the error. Mark Good day, everyone: I have updated my procedure and bootable CD for installing FreeDOS (or MSDOS) on almost any WindowsXP computer. You can install FreeDOS (or MSDOS) beside WindowsXP without damaging the WindowsXP installation - using completely free open-source tools. I use this capability to run Amateur Radio contest logging programs which are DOS-based. I did the updated procedure and cd because the free tools to shrink the WindowsXP installation have new versions with more error checking. There are several changes to the procedure to hopefully make it easier to read and follow. There is a FREE CD which contains everything you need to install FreeDOS available for download at http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/ Add DOS to preinstalled Windows (see left side) The PDF file of the updated procedure is also available there or directly from http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/file/fdinst095.pdf (Thanks to Johnson Lam for providing the server space for this). The CDROM image is about 30 MiBytes. The procedure is less than 1 MiByte. I would appreciate feedback from anyone who uses the procedure so that I can improve it. All of my computers boot both WindowsXP and DOS! I can do this in under ten minutes - it will take you a bit longer the first time. Mark Bailey, KD4D ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
