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Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - SOLVED (Users)

posted by paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 23:37

> So I'd appreciate any advice on how to get to a boot menu that allows
> booting into either XP or FreeDOS.
>
Well, this was easier than I thought. GAG has a 'boot from floppy' option whereby there is no need to change the MBR on the C:\ drive. So after initially writing GAG to a floppy and rebooting, GAG then recognises XP and FreeDOS. This info is saved back to the floppy and it's then a question of choosing one or the other at reboot. What GAG seems to do is set the 'Active' flag to whichever partition/OS is chosen. So after booting into FreeDOS if I then want to use XP next time I reboot GAG from the floppy and choose XP.

One question: when I look at the D:\ FreeDOS partition from XP I see a folder FDOS + files KERNEL.SYS and FDCONFIG.SYS. When I boot into FreeDOS and do a DIR I see AUTOEXEC.BAT, amongst other files. So why is AUTOEXEC.BAT not visible in Windows Explorer? Is it created 'on the fly' during the FreeDOS boot process?

Thanks to all who have responded to my meanderings so far

---
Paul
Melbourne, Australia

Complete thread:

• Considering MS-DOS (now FreeDOS) - Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:11 (Users)
  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 03:34
    • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:51
      • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 12:36
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - SOLVED - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 23:37
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 23:39
          • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 09.08.2011, 04:18
            • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 04:48
              • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 06:27
                • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 14:32
                  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 15:40
                • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 | GAGA real/unreal "C:\" - DOS386, 17.08.2011, 09:20
                  • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 17.08.2011, 23:02
                    • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 18.08.2011, 01:59
                      • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 19.08.2011, 05:34