Guest PSRumbagh Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 My Presario laptop runs on Win XP. Occasionally I would like to boot up to DOS6.2 from my CD-ROM which is the first BIOS selected boot device, then hard drive C: (note, my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop does not have a floppy drive or parallel port). I have a set of 3 floppy disc for DOS6.2 that I can copy onto CD-ROM on my other computer. How do I make a DOS boot CD-ROM, i.e. what files have to be on it? Will using it cause any harm to my laptop or the installed Win XP operating system? Also, how do I install the DOS driver for my PCMCIA to parallel port (IEEE 1284) card?
Guest Malke Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM PSRumbagh wrote: > My Presario laptop runs on Win XP. Occasionally I would like to boot up to > DOS6.2 from my CD-ROM which is the first BIOS selected boot device, then hard > drive C: (note, my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop does not have a floppy drive > or parallel port). I have a set of 3 floppy disc for DOS6.2 that I can copy > onto CD-ROM on my other computer. How do I make a DOS boot CD-ROM, i.e. what > files have to be on it? Will using it cause any harm to my laptop or the > installed Win XP operating system? Also, how do I install the DOS driver for > my PCMCIA to parallel port (IEEE 1284) card? A better idea is to either install VMWare or Virtual PC and create a virtual machine running DOS. If you don't care about running the entire operating system but only want to run a few games or programs, look into DOSBOX. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest V Green Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:uyhn6Ia%23HHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > PSRumbagh wrote: > > My Presario laptop runs on Win XP. Occasionally I would like to boot up to > > DOS6.2 from my CD-ROM which is the first BIOS selected boot device, then hard > > drive C: (note, my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop does not have a floppy drive > > or parallel port). I have a set of 3 floppy disc for DOS6.2 that I can copy > > onto CD-ROM on my other computer. How do I make a DOS boot CD-ROM, i.e. what > > files have to be on it? Will using it cause any harm to my laptop or the > > installed Win XP operating system? Also, how do I install the DOS driver for > > my PCMCIA to parallel port (IEEE 1284) card? > > A better idea is to either install VMWare or Virtual PC and create a > virtual machine running DOS. If you don't care about running the entire > operating system but only want to run a few games or programs, look into > DOSBOX. Malke, if you look back a few posts by PS you'll find that emualting DOS is not working for him - the OS/emulation/etc. is doing too much time-slicing. He needs "real" DOS - the only thing that will dedicate 100% of itself to running his hardware and won't be constantly switching away to scratch its balls. PS, your answer likely is here: http://www.bootdisk.com/ I don't have time to look through it myself right now. > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Allan Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM "PSRumbagh" <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0DB33630-7915-430F-8471-674BF23BC905@microsoft.com... > My Presario laptop runs on Win XP. Occasionally I would like to boot up > to > DOS6.2 from my CD-ROM which is the first BIOS selected boot device, then > hard > drive C: (note, my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop does not have a floppy > drive > or parallel port). I have a set of 3 floppy disc for DOS6.2 that I can > copy > onto CD-ROM on my other computer. How do I make a DOS boot CD-ROM, i.e. > what > files have to be on it? Will using it cause any harm to my laptop or the > installed Win XP operating system? Also, how do I install the DOS driver > for > my PCMCIA to parallel port (IEEE 1284) card? If you want to be able to dual-boot DOS 6.2 and Windows XP you will have to partition your system drive and create a partition for DOS preferably before the Windows partition. Needless to say you need third-party partitioning software to do this. The install DOS on the new partition. You may also have to reinstall Windows or at the least repair the MBR. Please refer to the KB article : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217210 .
Guest cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM On Sep 18, 1:02 pm, PSRumbagh <PSRumb...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > My Presario laptop runs on Win XP. Occasionally I would like to boot up to > DOS6.2 from my CD-ROM which is the first BIOS selected boot device, then hard > drive C: (note, my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop does not have a floppy drive > or parallel port). I have a set of 3 floppy disc for DOS6.2 that I can copy > onto CD-ROM on my other computer. How do I make a DOS boot CD-ROM, i.e. what > files have to be on it? Will using it cause any harm to my laptop or the > installed Win XP operating system? Also, how do I install the DOS driver for > my PCMCIA to parallel port (IEEE 1284) card? Try goggle http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=how+to+make+a+bootable+cdrom&meta= There you'll find step by step instructions. Be aware though, that if your hard disk is NTFS, when you boot into DOS6.2 you won't be able to see the hard disk. Malke's suggestion of Virtual PC is *probably* your best solution. Malke's suggestions are !gold! Good Luck.
Guest Malke Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM V Green wrote: > Malke, if you look back a few posts by PS you'll > find that emualting DOS is not working for him - the > OS/emulation/etc. is doing too much time-slicing. > > He needs "real" DOS - the only thing that will dedicate > 100% of itself to running his hardware and won't be > constantly switching away to scratch its balls. > > PS, your answer likely is here: > > http://www.bootdisk.com/ Looking "back a few posts" doesn't work that way when one is using a newsreader and unless I'm involved in a thread I don't read posts more than a few days old. There simply isn't enough time in my life for that. If the OP needs real DOS instead of an emulated solution, then s/he can use a dedicated computer and actually install real DOS or Win9x. Of course, finding drivers for DOS for current hardware will not be easy and an older computer won't necessarily have the required longevity. If this is the OP who was needing a real-time solution (I skimmed some posts about that last week), then s/he should be using a real-time operating system. There are quite a few real-time operating systems, but none of the MS ones were designed that way - not DOS, not ever. Basic concepts of real-time operating systems: http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4627965573.html Wikipedia article about real-time operating systems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_operating_system Other links about RTOS: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=real-time+operating+system&btnG=Google+Search Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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