Re: How to install Win98 on a W2K system to dual boot?

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I mean booting up in DOS by selecting MSDOS at the (Win2k/MSDOS) dual boot
menu.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What exactly do you mean with "DOS Mode"? Command Prompt?
Booting the machine with a DOS disk?

"computerguy" <computerguy394-news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a followup question. How do I get my printer (Lexmark 3200) to
work
in DOS mode? It was installed and works in Win2k mode but doesn't in DOS
mode.

TIA

"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:36:50 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
Gave us:

Pressing F8 does not give you DOS - it gives you Safe Mode
with a Command Prompt.

Bull. In Windows 98 one can most assuredly boot into a full MS DOS
7 command prompt that gives full hardware access. Actually, the boot
menu is where one selects it, not F8.

DOS is an operating system whereas
the Command Prompt is a process that runs under Windows.

Hahahah... That depends on how long you have been around.

It looks similar to DOS but there are important differences.
For example, DOS can talk directly to the hardware whereas
the Command Prompt can't. Try the commands sys.com or
fdisk.com to see what I mean.

The trick to installing the two together is that Win98 must go in
first, and THEN win2k gets put on the drive.

Then goes ny boot loader favorite, XOSL, and then I can boot up
Linux, Windows or any other OS I want, including DOS.

The important thing to remember is that the first drive has to be
FAT32, not NTFS or the DOS part gets killed. The other requisite is
that the volume be less than 4 GB.






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