On Tue, 27 Oct 2015, Jim Hall wrote: > It's great that you want that level of "Advanced" control during your > FreeDOS install process, but I still ask "Do we really need that level > of customization?" I don't think so. I think we need a simple install > process. DOS isn't that big; MSDOS 5 came on like three 3.5" floppies. > FreeDOS isn't that big; we have several software sets with useful > software, but it's still a far cry from the Linux distros you mention > which might be tailored for "advanced/power hungry" users like > sysadmins and developers.
More so: MS-DOS 5 came on 3 *720K* 3.5" floppies. Or 5 360K 5.25" floppies. (DOS 6 still only took 3 disks because it switched to 1.44 MB media.) MS/PC DOS 3.3, which had most of the important stuff for anyone with less than a 386, fit comfortably in 720K. And if you had an XT with no hard drive, with 3.21 or earlier, you could fit everything but DEBUG that you might need on the startup disk. -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
