albi wrote: > > > I have an old 286/386 notebook that's not much good and since I can't > > load Linux on it, I need to put DOS. Anyone got a DOS boot disk I can > > transnfer the OS over with? Or can I use FreeDOS, and if so, how? > > > i don't quite get your plan,
Thanks for getting back to me. The machine has no OS and here in France I don't have access to my old DOS disks. What I need is just to boot in DOS, so a boot disk with sys.com to transfer the system, of and format.com as well. Or, a fully functional base DOS I can install on the notebook. In which case, is there one for free on the net I can download and slap on floppies? > but if you would like to run DOS on that machine, > i think Caldera's DOS is much more advanced than FreeDOS I just need to boot. > > i happen to have DR.DOS 6 and Novell DOS 7 myself, > and i did try Caldera's OpenDOS 7.03 and i also tried FreeDOS > a while ago See, I need an old MS or DR DOS... > btw, i guess you know how to make a > bootdisk from an downloadable image ? Using winimage, yes! Otherwise, er, instructions particular to this needed. Any help appreciated in getting this thing up and running. I don't need any of the other DOS apps. Just something to format and boot and trasnfer the sys file to the hard disk. I can then boot and run vim, getting some use out of the thing. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]