Saki A. Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 I'm getting sick and tired of XP doing a crummy job of emulating my favorite DOS games (I had to hex Ultima Underword for it to work, which screwed up the physics system). So, I decided to put DOS on my HD and have it do a dual boot. I have a DOS 6.22 boot disk with mouse drivers and all that stuff, so I should have a working version and all, but I'm unsure how to make a dualboot using the software on the disk. I mostly have three questions:1) DOS wouldn't work with XP's filesystem, would it? So I'd have to add a FAT32 partition (or FAT16? I think 6.22 is native to FAT32), right? That's ok; I have plenty of unpartitioned space on my HD because I was planning on adding Mandrake Linux, but never did (I installed it on my laptop instead). I wanna boot off of my HD, not a disk, after all.2) Would I need to make any changes in the system files to have DOS be bootable from my HD rather than a bootdisk?3) How the heck to I mess around with Window's boot manager so that I can boot DOS? I never quite figured that out; Microsoft likes to hide vital system configurations so no one can find them, the jerks.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 General rule of thumb is that the earliest OS has to be installed 1st.There may be a way around it using Partitionmagic to hide the XP partition thus your Dos partition would become 'C'. I don't know if bootmagic would run under Dos6.2, but using a bootmagic rescue floppy would enable you to hide/unhide the partitions so whichever is unhidden would become 'C' and bootable. Not tried this out at all tho, so no guarantees :( And it still needs you to use a floppy :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saki A. Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Why would DOS need to boot using C:\? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Install MSdos on XP / NTFound the above.Rollover the left hand side of the page for details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saki A. Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Well, yeah, if for some reason I'd want DOS to boot itself. But pretty much any boot manager could handle DOS's initial boot without DOS needing to do anything, so I wouldn't need to do anything to C:\. That's what I wanted to use Window's boot manager for. But unfortuantly it doesn't seem like the Microsoft boys added any kind of configuration for it. I'll have to use some third party software like this, I suppose... or just install Linux. LILO has always been good to me.My main concern is whether or not a direct copy from the bootdisk will work on the HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Never having booted Dos I'm now in murky waters, My dual boots started with ME and linux, but OSL2000, if it 'does what it says on the tin' should be fine.Obviously you could try installing a copy of the boot disk, but as I say I'm fumbling in the dark here, maybe some of the older/more experienced members can help later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saki A. Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Yeah, you're right. No harm in just trying it. If there's anything I'd need to change it's probably just paths (which would most likely be set to A:\ or something) in a few system files.EDIT: Any suggestions for free partition software? I can't seem to find a Windows partition utility which came with the OS, either. Ug.EDIT 2: Nevermind, I found one on the OSL2000 site :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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