"Which Windows version? ("winver") Or did you already mention that in a
previous email?"
--- It's Windows 7, 32 bit
"I can't imagine why not. Are you trying to access a physical CD at the
same time? So you're trying to install "from" USB (but presumably read
.ZIP packages from CD)??"
--- That is not what I'm trying to do. I've installed FreeDOS in a
partition of a hard drive with no problems whatsoever, but that was using a
CD (burning the "fdbasecd.iso" onto a CD then booting from the CD, then
proceed with installation, the same way I would install Windows 7). What
I want to do is install FreeDOS in a partition of a hard drive using a
flash drive, which is the same way I would install a Linux distribution
operating system, that is, using Unetbootin. I've been unsuccessful thus
far. Have you tried it yourself?
"But you don't have to install to hard disk. I don't understand here
what you're trying to do. Can you not boot a USB with "full" FreeDOS
installed atop it? IIRC, RUFUS lets you install full FD 1.1 if
desired. Sure, USB writes are slower, but a cache (and/or RAM disk)
can mitigate that."
--- It's crazy, but I just want to know that it's possible to install
freedos to hard drive partition using a flash drive. I'm not content with
knowing how to install using a CD. haha. No biggie. I'll try again with
RUFUS. Thanks!
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Marlon Ng <guik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is how my hard drive looks like in GParted:
> >
> > Primary Partition Extended
> Partition
> > | Windows | Freedos (fat32) | My_Data | Linux Distro | Linux
> Swap
> > |
> >
> > Windows and Freedos are the only two primary partitions. My_Data, Linux
> > Distro, and Linux Swap are in the extended partition.
>
> Which Windows version? ("winver") Or did you already mention that in a
> previous email?
>
> > Setting this up is easy, including installing Freedos in the second
> primary
> > partition.
> > I even installed freedos last; that is, Windows was the first to be
> > installed, then Linux, then freedos.
> > No problem whatsoever. I even did it on two desktop computers. That was
> > done by burning the
> > freedos iso onto the CD, then booting the CD to install. During the
> > process, the FROM directory was
> > x:\FREEDOS\PACKAGES (I guess the bootable freedos cd sees itself as
> drive
> > x: ?)
> > The TO directory is C:\FDOS. I leave them as is. Perfect installation.
> But
> > for the life of me,
> > I simply cannot duplicate it using a flash drive.
>
> I can't imagine why not. Are you trying to access a physical CD at the
> same time? So you're trying to install "from" USB (but presumably read
> .ZIP packages from CD)??
>
> > Isn't it the same as making a Live USB Linux? That's how I install Linux
> > distros--by first creating
> > a Live USB using Unetbootin, then booting into the flash drive, then
> choose
> > to install Linux OS.
> > I thought it would be the same for freedos, or am I wrong?
>
> Not sure, but FreeDOS runs normal for me (via bootable USB), so the
> BIOS emulates it as hard disk. If DOS can see your physical drives,
> you should be able to run/install it.
>
> > I've never had any success with VM so I'm not considering that anymore.
>
> Modern VMs are quite good, especially if your PC has virtualization
> extensions (VT-X). It's impossible to not have "some" success with
> emulators.
>
> http://qemu.weilnetz.de/
> http://qemu.weilnetz.de/w32/qemu-w32-setup-20150811.exe
>
> Granted, for something like using proprietary old programs, designed
> for direct LPT1 access, trying to access your printer directly, an
> emulator may not be the best solution (due to circumstances outside of
> our control).
>
> > Anyway, it's an old computer with low specs, probably will run slow on
> VM.
>
> While they aren't all super fast (esp. *without* VT-X), even a slow
> emulator is better than nothing.
>
> But you don't have to install to hard disk. I don't understand here
> what you're trying to do. Can you not boot a USB with "full" FreeDOS
> installed atop it? IIRC, RUFUS lets you install full FD 1.1 if
> desired. Sure, USB writes are slower, but a cache (and/or RAM disk)
> can mitigate that.
>
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