Hello, I recently installed the FreeDOS 1.1 cd to an old laptop with a 6
gig hd a minimal linux all configured to access my email and with all the
bookmarks I need to quickly find help {when/if} the next time I bork my
desktop... I decided I wanted to install dos in part because I found an old
stash of dos floppies and I wanted to see if I could get any of the games
working...
I had a few problems, and had to reinstall a few times. I was unable to
restore a working copy of freedos from a clonezilla image. (I've got it the
way I want it now. But I'd like to be able to back it up with some chance
of restoring it, if needed. So I've a few questions.
1) When, at the end of the install, the installer asks what to do with
the bootsector AKA "Volume Boot Record". Is it the same thing as when a
linux installer allows me to install grub to the 1st superblock of the
"/" partition??? {it seams to have the same effect}
2) Is there a way to make that happen for a restored backup of a fully
configured copy of freedos... I mean Like if I made a boot floppy and
used it to do something like " A:> sys c: ", would that have the same
effect??
{If it would I'd be a lot more comfortable with using tar or even
mc to make a "boot floppy" supported file back up of it, than to repeat
the problem I had with clonezilla.}
3) you wouldn't happen to know if using clonezilla's expert mode to de-select
cloning the "hidden data between MBR and 1st partition" when making a
clone of a working bootable {via chainloader} freedos partition, would
result in a clone that wouldn't trash the existing MBR when it was
restored, but would still include whatever freedos specific code needed
for freedos to boot when chainloaded from grub???
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