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Title: DOS
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 08, 2004, 01:24:31 pm

Maybe this is a stupid question, but where does someone get DOS nowadays?
and too a greater extent how does one install it and configure it , cause ill be damned if i remember..
I remeber DOS growing up, and i still remember most of my commands,but where to get your hands on it now? its not exactly at the local computer store anymore.
thanks

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 08, 2004, 01:43:20 pm

and what would be the best version for mame?
im using a real arcade medium low res monitor hopefull with with dosmame or AdvanceMAME

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: Thenasty on September 08, 2004, 01:54:47 pm

Use Win98 strip to DOS only so that way you can format a partition larger than 2GB or was it 512MB. Thats what I use, pure DOS with AdvMame, AdvMenu w/Low res cga Arcade Monitor.

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: maraxle on September 08, 2004, 01:58:50 pm

www.freedos.org

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: Jakobud on September 08, 2004, 06:34:41 pm

Actually guys, you really don't HAVE to install dos so to speak... just use a boot using a boot disk, then format the hard drive with the /s (for system) option.  This will make the hard drive bootable.  So next time you boot to it, it will take you to the command prompt.  You can navigate around all you want just like that without really installing any sort of "DOS".  The only really important things missing are memory managers like emm386 and stuff like that.  You can download all those for free though.

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: tisurame on September 09, 2004, 07:37:05 am

You can get here. This is the best DOS version...

http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71/index.htm

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 10, 2004, 12:14:05 pm

sweet, thanks!  ;D

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 10, 2004, 05:34:32 pm

does dos support ntfs, or will i need to reformat my drive to fat32?

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: Thenasty on September 10, 2004, 06:10:37 pm

DOS suppos not to recognize NTFS partition but I was just looking at that link above but haven't tried it and it seems like is reocgnize NTFS or I'm seeing it incorrectly ? Anyway one thing I did notice about that DOS 7.1 is that it supports LFN.

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: Witchboard on September 10, 2004, 10:03:52 pm

I can't find where it mentions anything about NTFS.  Could you please link or quote what it states?  If you want to play with NTFS partitions from DOS, you can play with this (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfsdos.shtml).

Title: Re:DOS
Post by: DYNAGOD on September 11, 2004, 07:07:48 am

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Note: The above Super MS-DOS 7.10 Boot Disk is a customized DOS boot disk that has many more features than standard DOS boot disks.Therefore, it also supports NTFS/USB drives, mouse, and many more. To start Win9x(4.x) properly from it, please answer "No" when it asks whether to load PC-CACHE (disk cache program for DOS). For more details and information about this super boot disk, please read the file README.TXT inside.

it appears that it does ,but only on the super boot disk,theres no mention of ntfs support on the primary install.
ntfs dos appears to havea 2gb partition limit, but still,thanks for the link witchboard :)  i think ill just go with fat 32, its dos native enviromennt.