Re: [Freedos-user] Can FreeDOS install and run on Fat32?

[Ray D. <ra...@ch...>]

My question is the stated subject of this thread.  I now have the simple 
answer, which is yes.  That is bit incomplete because I have not yet 
made use of *EMM*.EXE.  This is a collection of what I call high memory 
controllers - there may be a better name.

If FreeDOS exists for some as a way to keep old hardware running, to 
maybe do some newer things, then what I am doing is probably irrelevant. 
  But if there is someone who wants to run on modern hardware, yes it 
does work.

My intent is to build a modern laptop, that test installs various Linux, 
and possibly has one or more Win partitions.  Boot must be controlled by 
a boot manager that is not influenced by any of those OSs.

FreeDOS 1.4 is running on the preinstalled, 1Tb HDD.  The HDD shipped as 
GPT, was stripped, and is now MBR.  There is currently a single FAT32, 
20GB partition.

The file manager is Norton Commander 1993.  It works so well it 
perfectly aligned to the screen, and established that the function key 
primary flip from F1-F12 to the symbols, is not a new computer, 
hardwired change, but a new Windows change. - how to get Win to let go?

The boot manager is Acronis OSS V5.  It is functioning in that it grabs 
the boot process.  It currently has nothing to boot because I cannot 
find the install disk, tried to clone it from another box, and it does 
not know FreeDOS exists.  On other boxes it is booting FreeDOS, two 
OS/2, WinXP, and Win7.

So now, get OSS properly installed, and start adding boot partitions 
which will all be extended.

Any help with EMM would be appreciated.

TY
Ray