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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:24 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I use the full installation to copy the files I need.I went through the
> ISO file,but I couldn't find the files needed for the format /s command,as
> I am trying to install FreeDOS on my laptop,which has no rom drive.As for a
> VM,I don't like emulated things.I want a plain straight up DOS
> computer.(That and emulators don't always do what the real thing would
> do).I', just not an emulator fan.I mean,for things like Sega
> Genisis,yeah.Emulators are better than the actual console.But for things
> such as computers,I prefer a real computer with a real operating system,not
> a window with rewired keys.But thanks for the link,it helped me sort a
> little problem. :p
> -Jayden
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Rugxulo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:40 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have,for a time,used a USB to boot into FreeDOS.
>>
>> Okay, good.
>>
>> > But I generally like to have my OSes on harddrives.
>>
>> Why? RUFUS is easier and self-contained, so you don't have to mess
>> with partitions or multi-boot at all.
>>
>> FYI, a very cursory Google search shows this link, if this helps
>> explain things better:
>>
>>
>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/shrink-and-extend-ntfs-volumes-in-windows/
>>
>> > That,and the freshly installed FreeDOS has many files I need.
>>
>> I was confused by this comment at first. But I assume you mean you
>> need to copy various files from the "full" FD 1.1 install .iso to your
>> jump drive. Is that right? You can use 7-Zip (GUI) file manager to
>> extract files from an .iso (if what you need isn't available
>> elsewhere, although it probably is, e.g. iBiblio mirror).
>>
>> Or did you not remember that DOS uses FAT, which can be read by other
>> OSes? So just plug in your jump drive, and the "modern" OS should
>> read/write it just fine. :-)
>>
>> > Perhaps I should consider installing a second harddrive to boot it from?
>>
>> A bootable USB jump drive is like a second hard drive. I see no
>> obvious advantage otherwise except maybe speed. Jump drives are
>> somewhat slow, but you can use a software cache (e.g. UIDE), put RAM
>> disk in %PATH% (for runnable common utils), etc.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you're trying to do overall. (Just tinkering?) I
>> also still think using a VM is easier than almost anything else.
>>
>>
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