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If I boot FreeDOS without Ventoy, I can access and use the filesystems. If I boot it with Ventoy, I cannot access them. I believe Ventoy adds hooks to remap t
by anonymousiam 1y ago
If I boot FreeDOS without Ventoy, I can access and use the filesystems. If I boot it with Ventoy, I cannot access them. I believe Ventoy adds hooks to remap things so it can boot as though from a CD, but once booted, FreeDOS doesn't unmap, because it's using the BIOS.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoInteresting observation, thanks for adding that. If you're using the FreeDOS ISO in Ventoy, maybe replacing it with a FreeDOS IMG that is a bitwise copy of a working "floppy" image would be a workaround? Or add a second partition on your Ventoy stick for FreeDOS to occupy on its own and choose it like bare metal dual-boot style? I actually still put MS-DOS on some sticks [0], haven't used FreeDOS in a number of years, but either way I do prefer for the stick to have a partition table and resemble a HDD, rather than the simpler non-partitioned floppy-simulating layout, even when they both work. [0] People are still not disappointed by Tetris :)