Yes, just use a fdiso on usb thumb drive. -- -Chris Evans
On Wed, May 28, 2025, 6:28 PM Ash via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I'm someone who has only recently begun diving deeper into computer > software and hardware related topics (beyond surface level history), so > forgive me if i'm about to ask a very basic question. > > Essentially, I'm looking to install FreeDOS as the OS on a computer, a > 2011 DELL Optiplex 790 SFF to be precise. Its specs include a 250gb HDD, an > Intel i5-2400 processor, and 4gb of RAM. (More detail here > <https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/optiplex-790-customer-brochure.pdf>). > Does anything here immediately jump out as incompatible or troublesome when > it comes to running FreeDOS? From my experience with DOSBox and DOSBox-x > things like the amount of CPU cycles emulated can often render some older > software completely unusable, does FreeDOS have a way around this when > installed as the OS of a computer? Would any aspect of this computer > inherently threaten compatibility? Once again, sorry if these questions are > rather basic, but thank you for reading this far. I intend to fully go down > the rabbit hole of programming and computer science in relation to DOS and > similar systems once I get a dedicated PC up and running, and I wanna make > sure i'll be able to utilize the OS to it's fullest. > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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