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* Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTesc
`* Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTNightfox
 +- Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTGamgee
 +* Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTMRO
 |`* Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTMoondog
 | `* Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTMRO
 |  `- Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTDumas Walker
 `- Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORTMoondog

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: esc@VERT/MONTEREY (esc)
To: Tracker1
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
Message-ID: <6493FFD6.17808.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000
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 by: esc - Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:00 UTC

Tr> Your best bet is really FreeDOS, not MS-DOS if you want to run DOS on
Tr> more modern hardware.

I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game compatibility issues (relatively few, FWIW) which makes me still prefer MS-DOS. That said, MS-DOS 7.1 can be yanked out of Win98SE install media, and it's basically MS-DOS 6.22 with a few extras, in particular FAT32 support.

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST (Nightfox)
To: esc
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:18:03 -0700
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 by: Nightfox - Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:18 UTC

Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am

es> I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Windows 98 or something?

Nightfox

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR (Gamgee)
To: Nightfox
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
Message-ID: <6494E8CA.2042.dove-hwswhelp@palantirbbs.ddns.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:13:00 -0500
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 by: Gamgee - Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:13 UTC

-=> Nightfox wrote to esc <=-

es> I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

Ni> What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release
Ni> Microsoft made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer
Ni> included with Windows 98 or something?

He said right in the post that you're replying to (but you snipped it
out), that it is part of the Win98 install media....

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: mro@VERT/BBSESINF (MRO)
To: Nightfox
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
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 by: MRO - Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:14 UTC

Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm

> Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
> By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am
>
> es> I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some
> es> game
>
> What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release
>
> Microsoft
> made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Windows
> 98 or something?

you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
format with /s and it will be dos 7

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS (Moondog)
To: Nightfox
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
Message-ID: <6495E12C.11431.dove-hlp@cavebbs.homeip.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:15:00 -0400
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 by: Moondog - Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:15 UTC

Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm

> Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
> By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am
>
> es> I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some ga
>
> What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft
>
> Nightfox
>
7.1 is the underlying DOS in Win9x systems

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS (Moondog)
To: MRO
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
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Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:03:00 -0400
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 by: Moondog - Sat, 24 Jun 2023 13:03 UTC

Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri Jun 23 2023 10:14 am

> Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
> By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm
>
> > Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
> > By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am
> >
> > es> I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some
> > es> game
> >
> > What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release
> >
> > Microsoft
> > made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Window
> > 98 or something?
>
> you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
> format with /s and it will be dos 7
>
The win98 boot disk has those utilities

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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: mro@VERT/BBSESINF (MRO)
To: Moondog
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 03:39:19 -0500
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 by: MRO - Sun, 25 Jun 2023 08:39 UTC

Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
By: Moondog to MRO on Sat Jun 24 2023 09:03 am

>
> > you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
> > format with /s and it will be dos 7
>
> The win98 boot disk has those utilities

yeah i've done it hundreds of times.
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Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

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From: dumas.walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 (Dumas Walker)
To: MOONDOG
Subject: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:06:00 -0500
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 by: Dumas Walker - Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:06 UTC

> > > you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
> > > format with /s and it will be dos 7
> >
> > The win98 boot disk has those utilities

Some of the utilities that came with prior versions of DOS were no longer
available with the DOS 7.x versions that ran under Win9x.

Many of them were replaced with Windows utilities, which doesn't help if
you are trying to run a DOS 7.x system without Windows.

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