cvbxcv On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:56 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU < [email protected]> wrote:
> Nicely done. > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Mateusz Viste <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I was looking recently for an easy way to run FreeDOS on my 8086 >> (meaning "grab an image from the internet, write it on a diskette and >> boot"), but I noticed there is no such image available. >> >> There are many bootable diskettes with FreeDOS all over the internet of >> course, but none of them is specifically designed to run on 8086-class >> computers. I tested a few of them, and they either won't boot, or, if it >> boots, a big part of included tools will make the computer crash, >> freeze, or otherwise malfunction. >> >> This is why I decided to start my own "micro distribution" with FreeDOS, >> targetted specifically to ancient 8086/8088 hardware. It's nothing very >> ambitious really, my goal is to provide a set of boot disks on the most >> common formats, that would: >> - run on 8086/8088 computers >> - provide a more or less up-to-date version of FreeDOS and tools >> - make it possible to install FreeDOS to a hard disk >> >> The distribution is built in an automated way, so different disk formats >> will always be consistent between each other. >> >> I named the distribution "Svarog86", and it's available here: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/svarog86 >> >> Current images contain are very, *very* basic for now: only a working >> kernel + command.com and two or three tools. But now that I have a >> working automated build system, I will be able to add tools to it in >> incoming days. >> >> Mateusz >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > >
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