Re: [Freedos-user] questions about installing FreeDOS on real hardware

2024-05-01 Thread Dan Schmidt via Freedos-user
I use a disk image, boot that from Grub and simply run/save stuff on a local Fat32 partition. I also boot Windows (rarely) which, ironically, wants to "fix" the fat partition that Linux and FreeDos are just fine with. (Which fix breaks things terribly) On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 3:58 AM Norby Droid

Re: [Freedos-user] questions about installing FreeDOS on real hardware

2024-04-28 Thread Norby Droid via Freedos-user
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 18:51 Davi Ramos via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi! > > “I will be installing FreeDOS 1.3 on my laptop, a Compaq Presario 42. It > has an Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB RAM, SSD 240GB, and 14" screen. I have a > few questions.” > I use FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] questions about installing FreeDOS on real hardware

2024-04-27 Thread Davi Ramos via Freedos-user
Oh! Suppose I install FreeDOS and later a Linux distribution. Will GRUB acknowledge and launch FreeDOS ? On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 7:50 PM Davi Ramos wrote: > Hi! > > I will be installing FreeDOS 1.3 on my laptop, a Compaq Presario 42. It > has an Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB RAM, SSD 240GB, and 14" s

[Freedos-user] questions about installing FreeDOS on real hardware

2024-04-27 Thread Davi Ramos via Freedos-user
Hi! I will be installing FreeDOS 1.3 on my laptop, a Compaq Presario 42. It has an Intel Pentium N3700, 4GB RAM, SSD 240GB, and 14" screen. I have a few questions. First, what is the ideal filesystem for FreeDOS? As a Linux user for many years, I have the habit of preparing the partitions beforeh