DOS ain't dead

Considering MS-DOS (Users)

posted by Dennis, 02.08.2011, 16:01

> > Ron: my problem is that I'm not sure how to go about partitioning a hard
> > disk in that way.
>
> The first (primary) partition should go in during the DOS installation,
> whichever DOS you choose.
> After that, DOS FDISK can create and format the other FAT16 partitions,
> including any "extended DOS" partitions.
>
> I would advise against using a Linux application to create DOS
> partitions.
> Partitions should be created, and formatted, in the OS they are for: create
> DOS partitions in DOS, Linux partitions in Linux, otherwise it can mangle
> the partition tables.
>
> I learned that the hard way !

I created a FAT32 partition on my old notebook using GPartEd in Linux, and installed FreeDOS on it. Works fine.

The fun part here wasn't creating and formatting the partition, or installing FreeDOS on it - it was getting Linux Grub to boot it. That had nothing to do with the partition - it was a Grub config issue.
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Dennis

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    • Considering MS-DOS - rr, 30.07.2011, 21:57
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        • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 31.07.2011, 03:22
          • Considering MS-DOS - Rugxulo, 31.07.2011, 03:50
            • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 31.07.2011, 04:34
          • Considering MS-DOS - Dennis, 31.07.2011, 03:53
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              • Considering MS-DOS - ron, 31.07.2011, 06:57
                • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 31.07.2011, 07:19
                  • Considering MS-DOS - ron, 31.07.2011, 08:02
                    • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 31.07.2011, 10:40
                      • Considering MS-DOS - Dennis, 31.07.2011, 17:05
                        • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 01.08.2011, 01:39
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                        • Considering MS-DOS - paulrichards, 01.08.2011, 01:41
                        • Considering MS-DOS - marcov, 01.08.2011, 14:49
                        • Considering MS-DOS - Dennis, 02.08.2011, 16:01
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              • Considering MS-DOS - w3a537, 02.08.2011, 10:25
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      • Considering MS-DOG (inside NTVDM) - Dennis, 02.08.2011, 15:48
        • Considering MS-DOG (inside NTVDM) - marcov, 02.08.2011, 18:56
          • Considering MS-DOG (inside NTVDM) - RayeR, 02.08.2011, 19:58
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                  • Considering MS-DOS - marcov, 04.08.2011, 08:53
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