Hi!
If I understand you correctly, Windows XP is NOT on that
FAT partition, so every OS already has a separate partition?
In that case the answer for MANUAL install would be: Simply
skip the FDISK and FORMAT steps, it is enough to use SYS to
make the FAT partition bootable. If your XP also has a FAT
partition, make sure to not apply DOS SYS to the XP drive.
The problem is that I do not know what the AUTOMATED install
will do. Whether there is a risk that it would run FDISK or
FORMAT without your consent? That question can be answered
by others who are more familiar with the workflow.
Regarding GRUB, you can use the Linux update-grub tool or
grub-mkconfig to refresh the boot menu configuration after
you have done the SYS step. It will detect DOS on the FAT
partition and add a boot menu item for that :-)
Then you can reboot, select booting DOS, and proceed with
the remaining steps of installing DOS, if you have some
DOS installation steps left to do after SYS.
Regards, Eric
Hi there
I would like to install FreeDos 1.3 on my hard drive. I have Windows XP
and Lubuntu 18.04 installed, both bootable from the Grub boot manager.
The first partition is FAT and 2G in size and where I would like to
install FreeDos. Is it possible to install FreeDos without destroying
Grub and the current installation and how would I do this?
Thanks
John Ritchie
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