My question is the stated subject of this thread. I now have the simple
answer, which is yes. That is bit incomplete because I have not yet
made use of *EMM*.EXE. This is a collection of what I call high memory
controllers - there may be a better name.
If FreeDOS exists for some as a way to keep old hardware running, to
maybe do some newer things, then what I am doing is probably irrelevant.
But if there is someone who wants to run on modern hardware, yes it
does work.
My intent is to build a modern laptop, that test installs various Linux,
and possibly has one or more Win partitions. Boot must be controlled by
a boot manager that is not influenced by any of those OSs.
FreeDOS 1.4 is running on the preinstalled, 1Tb HDD. The HDD shipped as
GPT, was stripped, and is now MBR. There is currently a single FAT32,
20GB partition.
The file manager is Norton Commander 1993. It works so well it
perfectly aligned to the screen, and established that the function key
primary flip from F1-F12 to the symbols, is not a new computer,
hardwired change, but a new Windows change. - how to get Win to let go?
The boot manager is Acronis OSS V5. It is functioning in that it grabs
the boot process. It currently has nothing to boot because I cannot
find the install disk, tried to clone it from another box, and it does
not know FreeDOS exists. On other boxes it is booting FreeDOS, two
OS/2, WinXP, and Win7.
So now, get OSS properly installed, and start adding boot partitions
which will all be extended.
Any help with EMM would be appreciated.
TY
Ray
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