Would boot floppy emulation (used on Windows 95/98) be easier to implement? I'm looking from a marketing perspective. ISOLINUX throws Linux out there to the enduser even though the result is FreeDOS on the machine. I think that a FreeDOS install CD should boot with FreeDOS, if the hardware is capable, jump into a 256 color mode show the logo (adventurous) or better yet, boot into FreeDOS Live run either a custom environment, or GEM (it's cute) or at least use its VDI to show a desktop where you can click on an icon that says install FreeDOS, or exit and run from the command prompt.
FreeDOS bundled with GEM would provide a small subset of apps on a live CD (I recall a word processor, a paint program, and a BASIC interpreter among the included apps) and would give some similarity to the Linux distros (in that of a GUI and starter apps), but in FreeDOS' case, only on the live CD would GEM run. The installation of GEM would either be a separate installation (ran from the CD) or via an advanced tab in the already existing INSTALL program. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyrical Nanoha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Boot CD Question > On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Tony wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Now I know most of us have a Windows machine with a legitimate copy of >> Nero or maybe even a freeware ISO making utility so I was wondering... >> >> Why hasn't anyone made a boot CD that boots using FreeDOS instead of >> ISOLINUX? >> >> Don't get me wrong, I like ISOLINUX just fine, but in retrospect, why >> not boot straight from the OS that will be installed, especially since >> it can run live...the whole base CD is what, maybe 8 MB, so >> theoretically one could get a live FreeDOS CD that not only could >> install the OS, but could run one of many free GUI (depending on the >> memory/capacity of the host system) >> >> Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? > > My own experiments into making boot CDs uses the "boot floppy emulation" > approach. How small a floppy can contain everything needed to bootstrap a > CD? I don't know but mine are always 1.44 MB > > -uso. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
