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Dual boot FreeDOS with WinXP already installed !

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hulkbuster:

So i took the default bootini and gave a new entry, would that be enough to boot to FreeDos 1.0, i would install it in 2'nd partition.


--- ---[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="FreeDOS" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

i don't think FreeDos would make a separate mbr.

Can anyone tell me this is right.

Right

hulkbuster:
I just want to be on a fast track : going through all those manuals just to get what i want is a tedious work considering i am messaging from a mobile.
-hulkbuster (June 04, 2012, 08:42 AM)
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Just to "fast track"  :-\ your request - and assuming you know all the other things you should understand before you dither with your BOOT.INI - this is what the link Ath provided you with has to say about it:

Technical details
Booting

FreeDOS can be booted from a hard drive, live CD, USB flash drive or floppy disk. It can also be run using virtualization software like Virtual PC and VirtualBox or emulation software like Bochs and QEMU.

To use the Windows Boot Menu the following line can be added to 2K/XP's C:\BOOT.INI:

C:\FDOSBOOT.BIN="FreeDOS"


To boot using GRUB something similar to the following can be added to menu.lst:

title FreeDOS           # Anything you want
root hd(x,y)            # x = device and y = partition on which FreeDOS resides
chainloader /kernel.sys # Boots FreeDOS's bootloader


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Luck!  :) :Thmbsup:

-40hz (June 04, 2012, 09:26 AM)
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Hey man can you give me a heads up: would that meht

hulkbuster:
I think i will leave this idea of Installing FreeDos , i do not have any work here, i read somewhere instsalling MS DOS and FreeDos were hard wired to stay in c:\ and i do not want to destroy the table just to install 300 MB OS, instead just be happy with what you have.

Anyways thanks:

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