Re: [Freedos-devel] missing download on webpage

[<ope...@ti...>]

On Thursday 10 January 2013 21:20:20 Jim Hall wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:11 PM, ope...@ti...
> 
> <ope...@ti...> wrote:
> > On the web page it is hard to find .img download or any explanation/howto
> > about liev-cd with freedos.
> > 
> > Is it even page?
> 
> Hi. On any page on www.freedos.org, you should see the green "Download
> FreeDOS" button at the top, right under the orange navigation bar.
> This takes you to the Downloads page.
> 
> The FreeDOS 1.1 and 1.0 "Base" and "Source" distributions are
> available in CDROM images, or ".iso" files. However, there is a
> FreeDOS 1.0 floppy image available in ".img" format. I assume this is
> the image file you are looking for?
> 
> The steps to write an ".iso" file may differ greatly depending on what
> software you use, which is why there isn't a page that describes it.
> But generally you will want to write the ".iso" file to a blank CDR
> disc as "Track at once" or "TAO". This writes the entire contents of
> the ".iso" CDROM image to the blank CDR disc.
> 
> 
> I hope that helps.

Thanks;

The confusion is, that no where is is clearly stated that the fd image is the 
(only) live-cd image.

I would just add there

FreeDOS 1.0 Floppy - and LiveCD

fdboot.img
	
Features: 
...
* LiveCD function (can be used without installing to a drive, great for 
executing old programs quickly, e.g. driver installers, BIOS flashers, GPU flash 
programs)