I’m going to try and dual boot Windows7 & FreeDOS, I’m not sure which order to do after I shrink the C drive (create a partition visible to both Win7 & FreeDOS?) - install FreeDOS to target partition - install GAG
I’m looking for advice on the order that yields the most success This clown speaks for himself On Jan 20, 2018, at 8:59 AM, Γιώργος Κωστόπουλος <giorgos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is where my question comes in. I know with vanilla DOS's fdisk, you >> are only allowed to create one primary partition. However, does FreeDOS's >> fdisk allow you to create more than one primary partition? >> >> This is the crux of the whole plan. If I can confirm that FreeDOS's >> fdisk has that ability, I can try his solution and hopefully have it work. >> Hence, I joined this mailing list to find the answer. >> >> Sorry for rambling on. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! >> -------------- next part -------------- > > > Hi Kyle :-) > > 1) Personally I recommend GParted's Live CD, but if you want to go the > pure DOS way, any FDISK variant will do. > https://gparted.org/index.php > > A word of caution: If you have Linux installed with GParted installed > on it, avoid using it and stick to Live CD (unless you know exactly > what you are doing). > > 2) Did you made your mind if you gonna let Windows installations to > see each other? > Personally I strongly recommend NOT to do that, unless you know > exactly what are you doing. > > In any case the boot manager will help you achieve that. > Any FreeDOS based boot manager will do. My personal preference at past > (when I was faced this problem, many years ago), was GAG. > What I liked at GAG at most is (Quoting from it's features description): > "Hides the primary partitions which allows the user to have installed > more than one DOS and/or Windows in the same hard disk." > > Feel free to give it a try. > http://gag.sourceforge.net/ > > Good Luck with it! ;-) > Giorgos. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
