Probe-DOS is a boot disk project based on FreeDOS.
Probe-DOS Boot Disk 0.93
Probe-DOS is a FreeDOS distribution designed to fit in a standard 1.44 MB floppy.
Useful for BIOS upgrades, system maintenance and device information.
FreeDOS is a complete, free, DOS-compatible operating system.
This distribution is free and open-source.
You are free to redistribute and modify it under the terms of
GNU General Public License, version 2 (GNU GPL v2)
***USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK WE DO NOT SHIP ANY GUARANTEE FOR IT***
***WARNING: CONFIG.SYS loads drivers at startup, if you wish to upgrade
firmware/BIOS using this boot disk, you should NOT have any drivers loaded***
Based on Kernel release 2043
The following utilities can be found in this distribution:
freecom 0.85a -> command line interface
edit 0.9.1.0 -> a text editor
format 0.91 -> program for formating floppies
label 1.4 -> program for adding/changing disk labels
diskcopy 0.95 -> program for copying disks and disk images
unzip 6.0 -> program for unzipping files
fdisk 1.3.4 -> program for editing disk partitions
defrag 1.3.2 -> program for disk defragmentation
sys 3.6e -> program for creating FreeDOS boot disks
chkdsk 0.9.2 -> program for checking file systems
ctmouse 2.1 -> mouse driver
himemx 3.34 -> high memory manager
tdsk 2.3 -> program for creating ram disks
pcicfg 1.19 -> program for displaying PCI information
xfdisk 0.9.3 -> extended fdisk
zerofill 1.05 -> fills empty space on a drive with zeros
pcisleep 12mar05 -> lists and sleeps PCI cards
chkcpu 1.26 -> information about CPU
Info: use "pcicfg -t *" or "pcicfg -v *" to get details about PCI bus
All utilities can be found at www.freedos.
PCICFG: www.cs.
CHKCPU: web.inter.
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FreeDOS is a trademark of Jim Hall
FreeDOS official site: www.freedos.org
Probe-DOS site: www.launchpad.
View full history Series and milestones
trunk series is the current focus of development.
