So I did my testing. I guess I misremembered. MS-DOS 6.22 [0] handles the MBR that same way as FDI [1] does. :/ Shame, but I think this is one place where FDI could do better.
[0] https://youtu.be/etnVOlW23XE [1] https://youtu.be/zKcCVZH7q3s On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > There are a lot of major internal changes in 13. no sense testing 12. > > Anyhow 13, floppy an 32mb slim usb images are up. it will be about an hour > for the 512mb image. Internet is very slow where I am at right now. > > http://up.lod.bz/FDI > > > On Feb 19, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I plan to do another test run with the hardware I have. 1.2p12 or 13, > which ever is available. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > > On Feb 13, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I booted from the CD not USB , but my extreme test machine has 3 hard drives > wth various "C" drives among them. Even with XOSL hiding partitions, I think > the installer may not be prepared for setting drives beyond "D;" > "lastdrive=Z" notwithstanding. > > > If the installer is run in advanced mode, you can specify what drive you > want it to install FreeDOS. Advanced mode can be entered 2 ways. Either by > using "setup adv" from the command line or by pressing CTRL+C when it is > waiting for user input. As long as dos can see a drive, it should be able to > install to it. However, you would still need to know if you want it to go on > E: F: X: or wherever. My only concern is SYS transfer of system files > messing up your boot code. > > > Your rewrite should do the trick. > > > We will keep our fingers crossed. The installer works great. It's just > getting the installers loader to setup an environment for it to run under > that is compatible with all of the bizarre system configurations it may > encounter. :-) > > Hopefully have preview 13 out in a couple days (as free time permits). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
