Hello, When I wanted to flash the bios on my system I needed a dos bootdisk. I discovered:
http://www.bootdisk.com There are numerous bootdisks available there. You'll find a DRDOS 7.x disk that should do what you want. Hope this helps. Jimmie Houchin Jonathan Gift wrote: > > albi wrote: > > > > > I have an old 286/386 notebook that's not much good and since I can't > > > load Linux on it, I need to put DOS. Anyone got a DOS boot disk I can > > > transnfer the OS over with? Or can I use FreeDOS, and if so, how? > > > > > > i don't quite get your plan, > > Thanks for getting back to me. > > The machine has no OS and here in France I don't have access to my old > DOS disks. What I need is just to boot in DOS, so a boot disk with > sys.com to transfer the system, of and format.com as well. > > Or, a fully functional base DOS I can install on the notebook. In which > case, is there one for free on the net I can download and slap on > floppies? > > > but if you would like to run DOS on that machine, > > i think Caldera's DOS is much more advanced than FreeDOS > > I just need to boot. > > > > > i happen to have DR.DOS 6 and Novell DOS 7 myself, > > and i did try Caldera's OpenDOS 7.03 and i also tried FreeDOS > > a while ago > > See, I need an old MS or DR DOS... > > > btw, i guess you know how to make a > > bootdisk from an downloadable image ? > > Using winimage, yes! Otherwise, er, instructions particular to this > needed. > > Any help appreciated in getting this thing up and running. I don't need > any of the other DOS apps. Just something to format and boot and > trasnfer the sys file to the hard disk. I can then boot and run vim, > getting some use out of the thing. > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
