> > DVD drive model/revision.  I guess before I waste time and money on a DVD
> > drive that may not work as-is, I need to first see if I can get FreeDOS to
> > boot from CD.
>
>   That shouldn't be too much of a problem.  All you need to do is create
> a floppy image (with FreeDOS and the utilities you want on it), then
> tell the CD burner software to use this as the boot image.  Once you
> switch the BIOS to boot from CD, it will then emulate a floppy drive
> when it boots from that image.

(^&  Thanks for the suggestion.


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