Hmm. FreeDOS should run on a vmWare virtual disk without any hassles.
(Personally, I'm a fan of the old HDD cradle concept over multiboot systems anyway. To use another OS, you just unlock and slide out one disk and slide and lock in another. That way you don't need to care about whether a badly behaved OS (eg, Windows) is going to trash your boot setup.)
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(Personally, I'm a fan of the old HDD cradle concept over multiboot systems anyway. To use another OS, you just unlock and slide out one disk and slide and lock in another. That way you don't need to care about whether a badly behaved OS (eg, Windows) is going to trash your boot setup.)