Hi guys, > “FreeDOS is a complete operating system. If you choose to install > this on your computer, you may overwrite the operating system you > have now (for example, Windows.) If this is not what you intend, > please stop now.”
That leads to the IMPORTANT questions: * Is it easy enough to make a bootable USB stick with FreeDOS with plenty of software included which does NOT need to install to harddisk but can be used as "live" operating system boot disk? * In particular, is there some sort of how-to for doing that? The installer may want to install DOS to RAMDISK for performance :-) * Is it easy enough to make the decision whether or NOT you want to install to harddisk and whether or not you want to DESTROY your existing Windows / Linux install in the install process? As much as it is "classic and straightforward" for installers to just replace everything on a computer by DOS, as dangerous and frightening it is for those who want no dedicated DOS-only PC. I think this was part of the FreeDOS 1.2 discussion before, but how about detection whether a harddisk is "totally" empty before showing the question how to install? I agree that for people who made a totally empty virtual PC image a minute before installing FreeDOS, it would be easiest to just let the installer throw one standard DOS partition on that "disk" without asking the user to make many decisions on partitioning and formatting. But for the users who do NOT have a dedicated harddisk for DOS, it is scary. Cheers, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohomanageengine _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
