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Hi,

On Mar 16, 10:26=A0am, Pablo Marty <tigrepotrazosalv DOT  DOT  DOT  AT yahoo DOT com DOT ar>
wrote:
>
> yes, please send me that file and explain me how to install and use FreeD=
OS, I hope the
> directory managing is the same than in old DOS .... because in DOSBox you=
 have to type
> mount a c:\juegos, etc, and it's a mess

FreeDOS is the same as other DOSes (well, 99% anyways). Directory
handling works exactly the same while the DOSBox emulator needs to map
host OS files to guest "OS" files (but you can automate frequent
mounting in the dosbox-0.7.3.conf file under [autoexec]).

The bare minimum files you really need for FreeDOS are the shell
(command.com, FreeCom) and kernel (kernel.sys, replaces io.sys and
msdos.sys). Of course, for the game you also need cwsdpmi.exe, and you
may also want himemx.exe and jemm386.exe.

http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=3Dbase

To install to a partition, you need fdisk, create (or resize) a
(reasonably-sized) FAT, reboot, "format c:", run "sys a:
c:" (optionally with "/BOOTONLY"), and then copy whatever else you
need (display, ega*.cpx, keyb, ctmouse, edit, attrib, find, more, fc).

N.B. If you really really want, I'll upload a simple floppy disk image
(w/ srcs) for you. This will be easier for QEMU, VirtualBox, etc. (or
even real floppy) instead of having to muck around with hard disk
partitions.

> I suppose I'll be able to run RHIDE with FreeDOS and find the bugs from t=
he error windows, that
> highlights the code line where they occurs

Yes. Unlike Windows, RHIDE does actually work in DOS! (Of course, it's
abandoned, but hey, at least it still works somewhere.)

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