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So, Microsoft Windows was originally powered by MS-DOS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS) until it switched to the NT Kernel. But is it possible to run a Minecraft server on it? I know I'd need Java, and thats probably a questing for another forum, but assuming I could get Java installed, could I get a Minecraft server running on MS-DOS?
Yes, I know people use Command Prompt or Terminal and thats essentially MS-DOS, but I'm looking for the standalone, not built-in-to-operating-system.
Short answer. No. Java didn't exist back then and even if a version was developed it would be unsupportable. You would also have concerns on how DOS handles multi-threading (which I don't think it does), network IO and memory swapping.
Why do you want to do this? Is it just to remove the resource requirement of Windows, if so there are other solutions that don't require a 35 year old OS.
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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I wanted to try this as kinda a 'ah-what-the-hell' kinda thing, just to see if it works. I was planning on using Arch but I couldn't get that to install right, so i'll probably go with a distro I'm used to, like Fedora or whatever.
So, Microsoft Windows was originally powered by MS-DOS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS) until it switched to the NT Kernel. But is it possible to run a Minecraft server on it? I know I'd need Java, and thats probably a questing for another forum, but assuming I could get Java installed, could I get a Minecraft server running on MS-DOS?
Yes, I know people use Command Prompt or Terminal and thats essentially MS-DOS, but I'm looking for the standalone, not built-in-to-operating-system.
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Curse PremiumTry installing a Linux distribution many are made for the older computer also better suited for running servers
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Curse PremiumShort answer. No. Java didn't exist back then and even if a version was developed it would be unsupportable. You would also have concerns on how DOS handles multi-threading (which I don't think it does), network IO and memory swapping.
Why do you want to do this? Is it just to remove the resource requirement of Windows, if so there are other solutions that don't require a 35 year old OS.
I wanted to try this as kinda a 'ah-what-the-hell' kinda thing, just to see if it works. I was planning on using Arch but I couldn't get that to install right, so i'll probably go with a distro I'm used to, like Fedora or whatever.
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Curse PremiumI don't think it would be possible to run a server on MSDOS because it could not have enough resources to startup an MC server.
Maybe with Windows 3.x, Win32s and Java