Re: Installing DOS

From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:50:31 -0700

You need to own DOS and have the installation media (floppy disks) to
install it.

On 18 Jun 2004 12:36:06 -0700, sweez_pdx@yahoo.com (Sharon) wrote:

>Does anyone have experience installing just plain ol' DOS? I don't
>need or want Windows. I need just DOS because I have an old fogey
>programmer friend who build this great database for me in DOS (of all
>things) and my old PC is about to die and I don't want to replace it.
>I want to run my great database in DOS on my new Mac. After much
>headache and heartache, I finally scored a licensed copy of just DOS
>(from IBM) and am now pulling my hair out trying to add it to Virtual
>PC.
>
>This instruction booklet that comes with Virtual PC wants me to do the
>following:
>
>1. Start up the PC where you want to install the application.
>
>OK, I have a PC in my Virtual PC List called DOS. When I start up, it
>opens a blank black window with the following words: "OS not found.
>Install an OS on this hard drive".
>Well, how???? Next from the booklet:
>
>2. Insert the installation CD for the PC application in the CD-ROM
>drive of your Macintosh. (The active CD icon on the Toolbar indicates
>that the PC has captured the CD.)
>
>Well, my CD icon is greyed out. Nothing is active. Nothing I seem to
>do makes any difference (I tried dragging the "setup.exe" file over
>the window; I tried opening the "setup.exe"). I'm the most stumped
>person in the world. Any suggestions would be so appreciated!

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com
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