Op 19-12-2012 7:45, Michael Robinson schreef: > like freedos command.com got renamed to command.dos and I've already > renamed autoexec.bat to fdauto.bat, but fdconfig.sys seems to be
I think the files get renamed to *.DOS (AUTOEXEC.DOS/CONFIG.DOS/COMMAND.DOS/MSDOS.DOS/IO.DOS) or a few of them to *.SYS , for any old 'ms-dos' that Windows 9x encounters. Overwriting the bootsector of drive C: is as simple as SYS C: /BOOTONLY when using FreeDOS SYS program. The downside of that is you ruin your Windows installation as that's no longer bootable. Better solution is using some kind of bootmanager like Grub4DOS and then adding both FreeDOS and Windows 98. Another solution might be to adjust MSDOS.SYS textfile in Windows 98 to not load Windows automatically, and then adjust CONFIG.SYS to load FreeDOS files. That way you have everything FreeDOS except the kernel. [ http://www.vfrazee.com/ms-dos/6.22/help/commands%20for%20defining%20multiple%20configurations.htm ] > missing. One option is to use a program called fips, delete the > freedos stuff, and install freedos to a second primary partition. > This is somewhat of an extreme approach though. For the most part, > I only want to run old games like Warcraft II where freedos + hxrt > might do the trick, except that I'll need networking too. A working War2 (that is, if you have the DOS version) might work if you're able to install TCP/IP stack, or IPX stack, or Kali. Always confuses me, that ancient stuff. > ReactOS would support these old games, but there hasn't been another > release for months and I can't even get the latest trunk to build. http://www.reactos.org/getbuilds/ lists CD images. I've used the rbuild system in the past, the cmake build system takes some time to get used to. Not tried it recently. Not been able to boot anything on real hardware either, stubborn Logitech keyboard with USB hubs confuses things too much. > Running an unlicensed copy of 98 is not the best idea where there's > the issue of 98 having a lot of bugs and being out of support. A firewall could help a bit. Bernd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
