Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Tomas, > On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:46:39 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: >> Looking around on the internet a bit, it seems that if >> you use Linux, you can install a PXE TFTP server [...] > > Yes... of course, but I needed Serva for Windows, so it is easier to > get everything in the same menu. An Serv

Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Tomas By
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:46:39 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > Looking around on the internet a bit, it seems that if > you use Linux, you can install a PXE TFTP server [...] Yes... of course, but I needed Serva for Windows, so it is easier to get everything in the same menu. /Tomas ___

Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > Yes... Linux creates a boot menu, I thought that was obvious. Maybe, but you said you cannot boot Linux yet and therefore prefer to use a DOS installer. > So format in Windows OR Linux but NOT Freedos, okay. You can format in DOS, too, but the problem is that our FDISK has no support fo

Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Tomas By
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

Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Tomas, while you cannot use Linux, but have made a DOS partition in another way, maybe even directly using Windows, you will have to make sure that it is FAT16 or FAT32. As you can boot via Serva, it does not have to be bootable! It MUST not be bootable if you want Windows to stay the main o

[Freedos-user] formatting disk

2021-01-11 Thread Tomas By
On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:17:42 +0100, Tomas By wrote: > Would it be a good idea to format the Freedos partition from Windows 7? On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:52:42 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > [... boot LINUX where GPARTED can allow you to resize the Windows > partition without destroying it. And add a DOS pa