On 2012-11-11 20:01 (GMT-0500) Karen Lewellen composed: > Eleni wants to leave windows behind for a > variety of reasons. She will have to decide what is more important for her, > multitasking, as indeed Dr dos 7.03 includes as a part of its structure, > or a large hard drive, which cannot be achieved with it.
Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen proof 7.03 cannot coexist with a "large" HD. Is it a lack of FAT32/>2GB partition support? That's her obstacle? If not, it could be that the only obstacle is her installation methodology. What size HD does she have in that Dell laptop? What partitioning would she prefer to have? Possibly I could do what she ultimately wants, then describe how to do it. I too have a Dell laptop with a PIII CPU. And, if I can find the floppies and they still work, I have Novell DOS 7 also. Does she have or have access to DesqView 386? DV is how I multitasked before switching to OS/2 Warp. It didn't care about the DOS version, though I have no recollection of the limitations it has if not also using QEMM, which gave me all sorts of trouble working on new at the time hardware. Maybe what could meet her needs is OS/2 or eCS. Last century at least they were always better at multitasking DOS apps than DOS ever could hope to be. OS/2 as eComStation is currently available to run on modern hardware, though the license is anything but cheap. A laptop old enough to be running a PIII is likely to function with an old Warp 4 version off eBay or Craigslist. The other responders may be right. The easiest route may be Linux and VirtualBox and/or DOSEMU. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
