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[Grinder]

I am, Icewolf. But I think the CD thing is part of the setting up FreeDOS process. I'll look into it anyway.

[win98]

For MS-DOS 6.22 I happen to have an old cdrom driver disk that I could make an image of. Once you have them you goto the a:\ and type setup and it installs automatically after asking you a few questions.

[crazedloon]

If you've settled on FreeDOS then it sets up any CD-ROM drive, but if you're using MS-DOS you just need to set up an ATAPI general purpose CD-ROM driver under config.sys.

[win98]

You also add MSCDEX to the autoexec.bat.

[Grinder]

FreeDOS brings along a 'clone' of MSCDEX, so no worries there.
I tested DSL yesterday on 997MHz, 256MB RAM. It was amazing in terms of speed, but I have my worries that it's not the perfect thing for newbies. Time (and more testing) will tell.

[Icewolf]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(crazedloon @ Jan 17 2007, 08:39 PM) [snapback]275398[/snapback]</div>

If you've settled on FreeDOS then it sets up any CD-ROM drive, but if you're using MS-DOS you just need to set up an ATAPI general purpose CD-ROM driver under config.sys.[/b]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(win98 @ Jan 18 2007, 08:41 AM) [snapback]275486[/snapback]</div>

You also add MSCDEX to the autoexec.bat.[/b]

All this is explained in the manual for the MS-DOS setup I have.

So all I need, Henning, is an answer whether it is needed.

[Grinder]

Not right now, as far as I see it, but thanks anyway! k:

[win98]

Does DSL have a gui though im not sure. I was thinking of using it on my dos pc. Is it any good?

[crazedloon]

I'm using DSL Linux right now to make this post. It has a GUI and everything you need. It's not perfect but it's good. For older PCs, it gives an option to run the GUI with Xfbdev server instead of Xvesa.

[Grinder]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(win98 @ Jan 19 2007, 09:47 PM) [snapback]275683[/snapback]</div>

Does DSL have a gui though im not sure. I was thinking of using it on my dos pc. Is it any good?
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It does have a gui (the reason why we're installing it), and it works well & fast, but don't expect much versatility or anything.