Re: [Freedos-user] multiple dos tasks - was: dd for DOS?

2009-02-04 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > In creating a multi-tasking dos,, why doesn't someone > just create a version of dos which spawns a whole new > virtual 386 machine for each application that is launched > at the command line? Windows 3 does this for each DOS window you open. The complicated part is making the already load

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-24 Thread Carl Spitzer
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 16:52 -0400, CC cc wrote: > I've been able to boot freedos and gentoo so it's possible... You'd > need grub tho > > On 9/8/05, Carl Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone been able to multiboot PCDOS and FREEDOS? > > > > CWSIV > > > > > > Actually I was hoping

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-11 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Carl Spitzer wrote: Has anyone been able to multiboot PCDOS and FREEDOS? CWSIV I do somewhat often, but my procedure probably isn't what you want. (I use sys /bootonly /oem:XX where XX is FD or PC depending which I want to boot, but this option is only useful for floppies in the latest ve

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-10 Thread Tom Lee Mullins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: GAG and GRUB are two free bootloaders...GAG much simpler to set up than GRUB. Mark An easy way to do this would be to install the two different DOS versions in two different primary partitions and use a boot loader like gag (gag.sourceforge.net) to select whi

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-10 Thread kd4d
Hi: GAG and GRUB are two free bootloaders...GAG much simpler to set up than GRUB. Mark > > An easy way to do this would be to install the two different > > DOS versions in two different primary partitions and use a > > boot loader like gag (gag.sourceforge.net) to select > > which to boot. GRU

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-10 Thread Blair Campbell
> An easy way to do this would be to install the two different > DOS versions in two different primary partitions and use a > boot loader like gag (gag.sourceforge.net) to select > which to boot. GRUB would work as well, but I find > configuring GRUB correctly a daunting task... :-) Perhaps easie

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-10 Thread kd4d
Hi: An easy way to do this would be to install the two different DOS versions in two different primary partitions and use a boot loader like gag (gag.sourceforge.net) to select which to boot. GRUB would work as well, but I find configuring GRUB correctly a daunting task... :-) Good luck. Mark

Re: [Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-09 Thread CC cc
I've been able to boot freedos and gentoo so it's possible... You'd need grub tho On 9/8/05, Carl Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone been able to multiboot PCDOS and FREEDOS? > > CWSIV > > > > > --- > SF.Net email is Sponsored b

[Freedos-user] Multiple DOS

2005-09-09 Thread Carl Spitzer
Has anyone been able to multiboot PCDOS and FREEDOS? CWSIV --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Ma