Hi, On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:31 AM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <[email protected]> wrote: > > I previously had FreeDOS on my laptop by doing this: > I formatted my flashdrive/USB to boot into FreeDOS.I then copied (using > xcopy /s) all the files from my desktop which had FreeDOS installed on it.I > then booted my laptop into the Flashdrive/USB,and I ran the format /s > command on the laptop's hard drive.I then copied all the files from the > Flashdrive/USB to the laptop's hard drive.But,the problem is this time,my > desktop has ubuntu on it.So I would have to reinstall FreeDOS....maybe I > will.
Just install FreeDOS (via RUFUS) to your USB drive: http://rufus.akeo.ie/ > As for using emulators,as I said,I like using a real computer.If I am > going to have my computer boot into the matrix,(funny pun),I want to do it > for real.I have three main computers I use.I have my desktop,which usually > has Windows or Ubuntu on it (Although currently I am having problems with > Ubuntu).My new Acer laptop has Windows 8.1 on it.My 'lil HP laptop form > 2000/2001 is my FreeDOS computer.So,I really don't need an emulator. There are some minor advantages (and even disadvantages) to running natively. There is no perfect solution. Some things run worse under emulation, but others actually run better. So you may honestly want to try both, depending on what you're trying to run. > I also tried running FreeDOS on virtualbox before,and It wouldn't work, > what so ever.Perhaps I could install FreeDOS into virtual box(which doesn't > like > booting into FreeDOS on the virtual harddrive),and then boot the VM into a > USB,and copy the files. One guy did something complicated and weird like that, but I think it was for his Mac server (to flash the BIOS). Dunno, never tried. But anyways, VirtualBox should have no problem. I've installed and used FreeDOS there without any (major) problems. Here's an online guide (by someone else entirely): http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox You could also try QEMU, if so desired: http://qemu.weilnetz.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
