That sounds fantastic. It is unfortunate development was abandoned. Having multiple choices seems like a good idea.
Q: Does anyone know if DELL still uses FreeDOS for firmware and BIOS updates? Or maybe they used to ship a computer with FreeDOS as the primary OS? At one point, I know they did. I have not kept up with the times, however. I would imagine it would be very lite? I have an OpenBSD Lenovo A485 laptop rig. Since I do not run Windows, they provided a bootable ISO. I have no idea what they are using? On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 6:54 AM Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:24 PM Mark Olesen <markjole...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Great idea. I like minimalism. However, I don't think networking > > drivers are up to snuff to completely automate the process. > > This has already (unofficially) been done. > > * > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/unofficial/metados/ > > But it still needs cleaning up (and some things haven't been properly > vetted, e.g. Curl, which is not included by default). > > But it does have two packet drivers that work with (old and new) QEMU > and VirtualBox. These are also used by the FDNET package, but Jim > seems almost uninterested in that. > > N.B. Even Trisquel GNU/Linux has a "net install" (only 42 MB!) .ISO > download. Perhaps trying or recommending such things from Linux would > be wiser as a starting point since they have much better hardware > (e.g. network) support. > > > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 1:46 PM Chelson a <chelson.aitche...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Why not have a simple floppy that can install the system via internet > > > connection? > > > > > > Base cd, extras cd and boot disk with internet install? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 at 05:37, Mark Olesen <markjole...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Why not have a minimal install iso. Then have separate additions iso > > >> for each category? Could the install handle that? > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
