Re: Dual boot with dos on floppy

1) I don't want to install DOS, the boot disk is plenty enough for what I
want. I only want to choose between XP and this micro-OS (yes a DOS boot
disk include an OS!! It allows to fully operate the system!)
2) I'm not interrested by XP command line interface
3) The FS located on a floppy is exactly a FAT FS. No problem with booting
on it.

cheers

"Og" <Og@xxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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DOS (Disk Operating System) is, as the name implies, an OPERATING SYSTEM.
Just as four tires and a steering wheel does not constitute an automobile,
a few DOS system files does not constitute an Operating System.
Hint #1: The Disk Operating System upon which Windows 95 rides upon will
NOT fit on a single floppy disk.
Hint #2: The Command Line Interface included with Windows NT/XP/2003 is
NOT Windows DOS.
Hint #3: You will need to create a FAT partition on your hard drive if you
wish to install DOS.

Steve

"Alexandre.delay" <alexandre.delay@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I would like to build a boot floppy disk (which will become a CD after
validation) with MS-DOS on IT.
It would first boot and propose to choose between:
-WinXP (on hard drive)
-DOS (on the floppy)
(The idea is to make a boot CD which would permit to get dos on any PC
and booting XP without having to take the CD/floppy out.)

I made my disk like that:
1) I did format it under XP to get the proper MBR on it.
2) I placed boot.ini, NTDLR and NTDETECT.COM on it so that it boots
and propose to choose.
3) I placed the WinME boot disk files (autoexec.bat, command.com,
config.sys, io.sys...)
4) I extracted the WinME MBR and placed it as BOOTSECT.DOS on the
floppy

Here is my boot.ini
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
A:\BOOTSECT.DOS="DOS" /win95dos

I thought it would be ok (and it works perfect for WinXP), but when I
choose DOS, I got an error on <windows root>\system32\hal.dll

What is wrong with this boot disk?

Thanks for your help

Cheers

Alex





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