On 06/10/2014 07:34 PM, Mike Traynor wrote:
I'm sure this has been asked and answered in the past and will be what counts for a dumb question at this point, but ...
Can you install Dosbox on a thumb drive and run Fractint from it, assuming space isn't a problem on the thumb drive?
DosBox emulates a DOS PC. DosBox runs under some other operating system, like Linux or Windows or such. So if your thumb drive has the space to install the host OS (Linux, Windows, Such), you could install DosBox on the thumb drive after you install the host OS, and add Fractint to DosBox. Then you'd boot off the thumb drive into the Linux/Windows/Such OS on it, and run DosBox and then run Fractint from DosBox. That could work. Or you could use one of the Live Linuxes around like Ubuntu or KNOPPIX that can run from a thumb drive with a persistent home (or settings?) also located on the thumb drive. I think then you can boot that, install DOSBox (if needed) and Fractint, and run Fractint via DOSBox under Linux. Or you could grab the FreeDOS images mentioned earlier, follow their instructions for installing it (I think they cover how to install it to a thumb drive), add Fractint to the thumb drive, and boot FreeDOS on the thumb drive. Lots of possibilities, none of which I've personally tried since all my systems have Linux and DOSBox installed, and my main system has DOS Fractint that runs under DOSBox. -- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com