Hi Samuel,
> You can get another compatible laptop with CD just for installations.
Actually DOS is much less hardware-specific than for example Windows.
So you could indeed plug the harddisk of the laptop into "any normal"
computer (after disconnecting other disks in it!) and install DOS "on"
You can get another compatible laptop with CD just for installations.
You can have many disks and just plug the one you need like a game cartridge.
You can just run FORMAT /S to copy a minimal FreeDOS bootable system, then copy
other programs with a laptop ATA USB enclosure.
Hi! There are a few FreeDOS based floppy distros, for example
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/unofficial/metados/
You can use a disk image writing tool to create a bootable
1.44 MB diskette from the included disk image file, boot
that on your laptop and do
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 08:34:34PM +0200, Csányi Pál wrote:
> Can I isntall on this machine the FreeDOS by using floppy disks only?
This will be cumbersome - but that's the way DOS was being installed during
"good(?) old days". ;)
You need to install FreeDOS on some other machine first, then
Hi,
I have an old laptop on which the
CD drive is faulty so can't be used to install FreeDos to the 4 GB HDD
out there.
The USB stick can't be used either because this hardware can't be
booted from the USB.
It has FDD so can I install the FreeDos by using floppy disks only?
It can be booted from
