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Re: [CQ-Contest] [Trlog] Adding MS-DOS to a WindowsXP Computer

To: Mark Bailey <kd4d@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Trlog] Adding MS-DOS to a WindowsXP Computer
From: Martin Kratoska <marcom@centrum.cz>
Reply-to: martin@ok1rr.com
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:07:21 +0100
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
Wow, what a server! Downloading of the fdinst095 took painful 2 hours! 
Therefore I decided to host all the files on my server with good 
connectivity.

Direct link:
http://www.ok1rr.com/download.php?sekce=13

Many thanks to Mark, KD4D, for excellent FreeDOS image. Really new 
breath to DOS machines.

Enjoy!

Martin, OK1RR

Mark Bailey napsal(a):
> Good day, everyone:
> 
> I have updated my procedure and bootable CD for installing
> FreeDOS (or MSDOS) on almost any WindowsXP computer.  You can
> install FreeDOS (or MSDOS) beside WindowsXP without damaging
> the WindowsXP installation - using completely free open-source
> tools.
> 
> I use this capability to run Amateur Radio contest logging
> programs which are DOS-based.
> 
> I did the updated procedure and cd because the free tools to
> shrink the WindowsXP installation have new versions with
> more error checking.  There are several changes to the procedure
> to hopefully make it easier to read and follow.
> 
> There is a FREE CD which contains everything you need to install
> FreeDOS available for download at
> 
> http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/
> Add DOS to preinstalled Windows (see left side)
> 
> The PDF file of the updated procedure is also available there or
> directly from
> 
> http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/file/fdinst095.pdf
> 
> (Thanks to Johnson Lam for providing the server space for this).
> The CDROM image is about 30 MiBytes.  The procedure is less
> than 1 MiByte.
> 
> I would appreciate feedback from anyone who uses the procedure
> so that I can improve it.  All of my computers boot both WindowsXP
> and DOS!  I can do this in under ten minutes - it will take
> you a bit longer the first time.
> 
> Mark Bailey, KD4D
> 
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