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From: Ray D. <ra...@ch...> - 2026-03-21 17:51:36
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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 |