On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:25:10 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > It MUST not be bootable if you want Windows to stay the > main operating system. If you were able to run Linux, it > would be easier to insert a boot menu.
Yes... Linux creates a boot menu, I thought that was obvious. > Another thing is that you say you have tried the 8086 > compatible floppy edition: This may have NO support for > FAT32 partitions, only for FAT16 partitons. Ah, that makes sense. > So you will > be better off with FreeDOS versions requiring 386 CPU > or newer, even if it means you have to skip HIMEM each > time at boot. Back to square one then. > Note that either way you probably have to do SYS C: after > booting DOS. Doing that with tools from inside Linux or > Windows can be unreliable and/or more complicated. If you > can use Linux or Windows to partition and FORMAT, I would > prefer that compared to using DOS FDISK or DOS FORMAT. Well, I'm done partitioning I hope, ever since I first bought the machine. So format in Windows OR Linux but NOT Freedos, okay. Windows, Linux same difference? Hmm, I was hoping to install Freedos before Linux but that seems increasingly unlikely. /Tomas _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
