An additional fact to be aware of… All the normal install media for FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 uses and always installs the 386 kernel with large file system support. Thats the CD media, USB media and CD Boot Floppy.
However, the alternate x86 installer uses the 8086 kernel. The current version of this kernel is compiled without support for large file systems. But depending on the detected hardware, either the 8086 or 386 version of the kernel may be installed. The x86 installer is the one used on all of the Floppy Diskette Sets (720k, 1.44m and 1.2m) and in the Easter Egg on the LiveCD. It is probably not relevant in this case. However, it may still be beneficial to know which of the two installers is being used. If it is the x86 installer it may be helpful to identify which kernel is being installed. On a side note… The Easter Egg launches the x86 installer in advanced mode. You could try taking your working Win/DOS install and try this installer. Tell it not to update your MBR and possibly not to update your system files. However if you choose not to update your system files, you will need to do it manually. Otherwise, the FreeDOS kernel and shell won’t be configured to boot and you will still be attempting to boot your previous OS. :-) _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
