DOS boot

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:55 pm

I need to create a dual boot of DOS and Win2K Pro.
What do I need to create a DOS boot and how do I go about doing it?

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:01 pm

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:19 pm

Thanks for the link. I'll have to give that a good reading after.
My brother-in-law has a program that he wants to run from DOS.
Right now he's using a very old laptop but the screen is hard to read.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:59 pm

You're welcome.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:05 pm

you should check-out freedos... its actually quite good and still in development. (linux meets dos)

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:28 pm

Well I created a FAT32 partition.
Sized it to 1024 MB for some programs,etc.
Formatted it but I just need to know one thing.

How do you install DOS onto that partition?

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:00 pm

Use the installation disks (there are 3 floppy disks for 6.22 iirc).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:14 pm

Doesn't DOS have to be installed at the beginning of the drive? Also I thought it would erase all data from the drive.

edit: I have 6.22 right here and a FAT32 partition. I'll see if it will let me try to install.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:20 pm

Tormentius wrote:Use the installation disks (there are 3 floppy disks for 6.22 iirc).

I went to bootdisk.com and got the DOS 6.22 boot disk and it only asked for 1 floppy.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:25 pm

Never mind on my part. Partition magic will do it. Found out after reading Tormentious' link. Needs a FAT16 partition anyway.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:47 pm

It just says that it's formatted as FAT so I'm guessing that's FAT16.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:48 pm

A DOS boot disk isn't the same as a DOS installation. Follow Watson's advice and get freedos.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:23 am

Having a look at it now. The only thing is that this computer I have came with Win2K installed.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:48 pm

you need the install disks... get freedos or find somone that still has the install floppies for MSDOS 6.22

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:10 pm

Dr_Watson wrote:you need the install disks... get freedos or find somone that still has the install floppies for MSDOS 6.22

I downloaded and installed the freedos program.
Also installed GAG and it's going nicely.
Thanks for the link Doc.
Was trying it the old school way but this went much nicer. :icon14:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:33 pm

For future reference, I have the install disks.

Moderated: Sorry Scourge, technically DOS is under license which makes that a "warez issue" so I have to edit it. PM me if there is a problem with this.