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DOS HELP
« on: December 09, 2005, 11:48:58 am »
Hi All
Does anyone know how to get DOS off of the win 98 CD, or is there somewhere I can download it from, I have a copy of dos 7.1 but I think it is corrupt. Thanks in advance. Alan.

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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2005, 12:01:09 pm »
free dos is pretty good.

http://www.freedos.org/

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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2005, 12:05:23 pm »
I've Tried freedos, It doesn't seem as stable as ms-dos. Thanks anyway

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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2005, 01:12:04 pm »
Take a look at this link.  Not sure if the disk is a full dos but should be a good start.http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm


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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2005, 01:24:09 pm »
This is what you are looking for. Just click the getdos link


http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/html/windows.htm

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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2005, 01:45:41 pm »
Unless you're pressed for space, you can install Windows 98 and set Windows not to load. In the MSDOS.SYS file, set the BootGUI=1 to a 0. Depending on your configuration, you might have to change the file attributes of the file to either see or edit it.


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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2005, 10:16:37 pm »
Unless you're pressed for space, you can install Windows 98 and set Windows not to load. In the MSDOS.SYS file, set the BootGUI=1 to a 0. Depending on your configuration, you might have to change the file attributes of the file to either see or edit it.


I second this route.  It'll make it so much easier if you have to download any files off the web or change attributes of files later (such as read-only files). 

I spent a TON of time going the DOS route the past month and learned a lot along the way:

o  Freedos isn't as easy to configure as regular dos
o  MSDOS.SYS file, change 1 to 0 in the BOOTGUI to boot directly to DOS, change back to boot into win (or type WIN anytime)
o  Autoexec.bat is where you set your soundcard settings and autostart arcadeos (or whatever)
o  Config.sys along with autoexec.bat is where you set up your CDROM
o  to change the boot image file create a new 256 color file that's 400x532 in size (I think) and replace the /windows/logo.sys file with it

Just a snippet of things you'll soon learn.

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Re: DOS HELP
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2005, 01:42:28 pm »
Follow the above advice. Then whenever you need to use Windows for whatever reason, you just type "exit" (or "win"? I can't remember exactly which).

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