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中国DOS联盟论坛 » DOS软件下载 & 游戏分享（下载室） » How Exactly Do You Install FreeDOS? View 1,731　Replies 2

Original Poster Posted 2003-08-21 00:00　·　中国河北沧州任丘市联通

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My 486 laptop has no floppy drive or CD-ROM drive. Can I install FreeDOS?

I downloaded fdbootcd.iso from the official FreeDOS website,
unpacked it with WinRAR, transferred it to my laptop, and ran the installer
file install.exe. The installation process isn't very user-friendly. Before long it keeps asking me
y/n y/n, which leaves me totally confused. To be honest, it's no easier than
installing FreeBSD for the first time. My machine can't boot from a floppy drive, and I'm afraid of
messing up the system and being unable to fix it, so I hope to succeed in one go. Moderator, please point me in the right direction!!

Floor 2 Posted 2003-08-21 00:00　·　中国湖北武汉联通

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FreeDOS can easily mess up a system -- honestly speaking
MSDOS 7.1 isn't much better either -- from personal experience

Honestly, just transfer the system files yourself. Several of the installers have problems...
It's also best not to use gdisk or free fdisk too much; their compatibility isn't good. I recommend using WinMe's Fdisk.

Somehow somewhere I've got to choose.
No matter if it is win or lose.

Floor 3 Posted 2003-08-21 00:00　·　美国肯塔基州费耶特县列克星敦 Charter_Communications

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The following is a quote from iceboy posted on 2003-8-21 21:14:50:
FreeDOS can easily mess up a system -- honestly speaking
MSDOS 7.1 isn't much better either -- from personal experience

How so?? I've already tried it N times, and I haven't found any problems.

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