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Calum:
so, i have downloaded a few different versions of FreeDOS (from fdos.org or freedos.org i think) and none work or even install properly. They have this installer disk, which only asks for some (not all) of the other disks (the ones with all the programs and source on). I got the CD image, burned it OK, but it will not boot. I cannot figure out how to install the non used disks after i have installed the OS. They recommend also trying putting all the files in one dir then installing from that dir, but that does not work since the installer looks for an end of disk file, and all the end of disk files get put in said dir, so that the installer gets confused and misses a lot of stuff out.

So.

Anybody installed FreeDOS? anybody know a good place to get a working installable copy? or any other good FREE (and hopefully open source) DOSes out there?

Kintaro:
I did that too, personally...

FreeDOS is shit... It tells you to ROOT FAT at startup. I dont have that fetish, anyways get DR-DOS, Also dead thoo...  Another good OS is Linux, but i dont think anyone has heard of it yet, you know its not "cool" or "with it" like "WIndows" it also hasnt had a GUI made for it yet and tends to crash freqently, i would stay away from that Linux. Also Linux is a Virus according to McAffe!

Anyways....
Who has seen baseketball!

Calum:
a virus? it's not the one that overwrites your master boot record without permission like another well known "operating system". Anyway, DR-DOS is not free, is it?

also, FreeDOS to be fair is still on beta 0.8, so until a 1.0 version, i suspect i will have to put up with shit, if using it.

sunshine:
I used to work o the freedos project! It can be very irritating at times. Go get reactOS, it's Windows NT but for free. so you should be OK. if you don't like or find it to much to handle, just get Linux. Debian is the Best Distro. But mandrake has a better configuration system and installation procedure, it's very professionally.

Kintaro:
NT but free, hmmmm... Anyways got Dr-Dos, Until they change the startup messgege on freedos i wont use it  :D  and i typed D: to see if it would notice my bigger partition and it started putting letters all over the screen. Why are you in need of Dos?

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