There are lots of people out there who helped make FreeDOS and keep it going. It's not just me. I'm sure there is a FreeDOS person near you who will happily accept a beer!:-)
I'd love to see FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi.. but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Like any DOS, FreeDOS makes certain assumptions about the system. FreeDOS requires an Intel CPU and a BIOS. The Raspberry Pi is an ARM CPU, and doesn't have a BIOS.
But that's not to say that it's impossible to put FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi, on bare metal. Before Pat Villani contributed his kernel to FreeDOS, the predecessor kernel (DOS/NT) actually ran on the M68k. The FreeDOS kernel has seen considerable updates since then, though.
Running FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi these days can only be done in an emulator. More info here: Running DOS on the Raspberry Pi [opensource.com]
thank you JH (Score:1)
Thank you Jim Hall, glad you took this hobby and shared FreeDOS with us. I would buy you a beer (just wouldn't know how to send it =)
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You're welcome!
There are lots of people out there who helped make FreeDOS and keep it going. It's not just me. I'm sure there is a FreeDOS person near you who will happily accept a beer! :-)
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Thank you, Jim and all contributors! FreeDOS is pretty cool!
With emergence of Raspberry Pi's, perhaps an ARM port? Would it be feasible?
Re:thank you JH (Score:2)
I'd love to see FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi .. but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Like any DOS, FreeDOS makes certain assumptions about the system. FreeDOS requires an Intel CPU and a BIOS. The Raspberry Pi is an ARM CPU, and doesn't have a BIOS.
But that's not to say that it's impossible to put FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi, on bare metal. Before Pat Villani contributed his kernel to FreeDOS, the predecessor kernel (DOS/NT) actually ran on the M68k. The FreeDOS kernel has seen considerable updates since then, though.
Running FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi these days can only be done in an emulator. More info here: Running DOS on the Raspberry Pi [opensource.com]