[GEM Development] Liam Proven! DOS in VirtualPC

[Thomas F Clayton]

What, of course, we'd like to know Is:

HOW DID you GET IT working???
;-)   ;-)   ;-)

(Did you hear my frustration?)  :-D

I've set aside a /whole/ 255MBs near the beginning (sda2) of this 
PCLinuxOS HDD (just after sda1 /boot);
in order to install DR-DOS for /REAL/. I've got 160GB (sda3) for 
"Virtual Worlds" (/vw) with 64bit Win7Pro taking about 120GBs. That 
still leaves plenty (in my estimation) for OS/3 Warp3, or 4; Win95C; and 
other pre-linux faves and 'nix?es?!

X200 laptop (2.53GHz Dual-core 8GB RAM 500GB HDD) separate dock w/ 
RW-DVDD and more ports.

Got my 1.44MB USB IBM FDD out (from storage) last weekend and have the 
e-Bay bought DR-DOS 6 (2x1.44) + ?source (1.44).

Tom Clayton



On 12/08/2017 01:40 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 8 December 2017 at 20:08, Thomas F Clayton <tfclayton at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Liam saw your question at
>> https://archiveos.org/drdos/
>> Tried to leave a reply (see below) and it may not have been accepted there.
>> But, since I KNOW you from HERE ...
>>
>> ~Was poking around looking for DR DOS (6.x) source code and saw your
>> question. Also, saw a possible answer So here you go:
>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/virtual_pc_guy/2005/02/07/dr-dos-under-virtual-pc/
>>
>> Hope this Helps!
>>
>> Tom Clayton
>>
>> ?Fourth time is the charm?
>> (it works(ed))
> Oh, cool! :-)
>
> And thanks for that!
>
> I have it working rather well now, actually.
>
> DR-DOS 7.01-06, the last stable version of FOSS DR-DOS from the DR
> OpenDOS Enhancement Project, complete with TaskMgr and ViewMax 2 -- so
> a complete, multitasking, FAT32-capable DOS with a GUI and
> multitasking.
>
> My next plans involve:
>
> * optional (dynamically-loadable) CD-ROM support, so the VM can access
> ISO image files.
>
> I have this working on PC DOS 7.1 but not on DR-DOS yet.
>
> * optional (also dynamically-loadable, if I can do it) network stack,
> so it can access shared files on the host OS
>
> I don't have this working yet, but I have some preliminary steps done.
>
> * Optional NTFS & USB support (possibly)
>
> Not tried yet, but these look doable.
>
> I am also trying to work out if I can reliably make this into a
> bootable USB stick, but that bit is proving to be one of the most
> difficult parts!
>