Re: MS-DOS boot disk. Help.

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kurkosdr wrote:
Recently, I tried to run some old MS-DOS games under WinXP. However, none of my games was able to run (because all these games use the file DOS4GW.exe, which requires direct hardware access and extended memory, not supported by the command line)

I tried every emulator i found on the net (DOSbox, Virtual PC, Virtual Machine) but nothing,

So i decided to make a DOS boot disk . Everytime, i insert the disk, i will boot to pure DOS, and when i eject the disk, Windows XP will load.

So i need to find a bootable version of MS-DOS, that: 1)can fit in a diskete
2)be able to acces my CD-ROM (ok, i dont expect to access my NTFS partition)
3)can run games like that (doom, speed haste e.t.c.)

Untill know, i tried the MS-DOS boot disk that you can make with WindowsXP (but i wasnt able to acces the CD), and MS DOS 6.2 (this one couldnt fit in a disk)

So what version of MS-DOS do you recommend and where i am going to find it (post link)?

Thanks a lot in advance,
kurkosdr, from greece
Put a diskette in your floppy drive, select 'Format...' on right click and then 'Create an MS-DOS startup disk'. When it boots it will say 'Windows ME'.

JB
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