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Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 10.08.2011, 04:48

> Thanks for your input. Dual booting between XP and FreeDOS is working fine
> via GAG.

I got a similar issue today. Basically, I'm not sure FDISK is choosing the right partition code (0xB FAT32 instead of 0xC for FAT32 INT32X). But I could be way off (this stuff is incredibly arcane and confusing). But FreeDOS kernel 2040 seemed to just assume LBA anyways and still worked for me, so perhaps it's more tolerant than older kernels (e.g. 1.0 CD from 2006 using 2036).

As DOS386 mentioned, XP uses BOOT.INI, but for later Windows (Vista, 7) they used BCD, which needs something like EasyBCD (free for private use) to configure.

But you could also try BOOTMGR, which fits entirely in your boot sector (512 bytes) and lets you save a backup to file in case you want to "go back" later on. It works quite nicely!! But yeah, if you want to use a GAG floppy, that's fine too.

Complete thread:

• Considering MS-DOS (now FreeDOS) - Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:11
  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 03:34
    • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:51
      • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 12:36
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - SOLVED - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 23:37
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 23:39
          • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 09.08.2011, 04:18
            • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 04:48
              • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 06:27
                • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 14:32
                  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 15:40
                • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 | GAGA real/unreal "C:\" - DOS386, 17.08.2011, 09:20
                  • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 17.08.2011, 23:02
                    • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 18.08.2011, 01:59
                      • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 19.08.2011, 05:34