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08/11/2005 03:35:46 PM · #1
I'm not sure if this is appropriate for this forum... I know this is stupid question but I really need the answer.
I have an old computer and it has Windows 98 operating system installed on it. Now I want to install DOS 6.2 beside it. My question is , If I install DOS will I have a choice of booting into Windows or DOS or will it automatically boot to DOS?
Tnx in advance!
08/11/2005 03:58:29 PM · #2
It will boot in 98!

Dos is already available in 98, you just click on the MSDOS prompt.

Why do you want dos anyway??

Steve
08/11/2005 03:59:56 PM · #3
Originally posted by Formerlee:

Dos is already available in 98, you just click on the MSDOS prompt

that's the DOS "emulator"
Not a real DOS

Message edited by author 2005-08-11 16:00:30.
08/11/2005 04:01:56 PM · #4
Originally posted by Uusilehto:


that's the DOS "emulator"
Not a real DOS


What about "Restart in MS-DOS mode" when you shut down? That's real DOS, isn't it?
08/11/2005 04:05:50 PM · #5
/me sighs...

...and I thought you were asking about ordering some boots. My bad! ;)
08/11/2005 04:09:51 PM · #6
Originally posted by Uusilehto:

Originally posted by Formerlee:

Dos is already available in 98, you just click on the MSDOS prompt

that's the DOS "emulator"
Not a real DOS


I'm well aware of that, but I cannot see the point of DOS, unless you are using an old prog. MSDOS 6.2 is the best thing for getting a reluctant HD started.

I have copies of DOS and Windows going right back, but don't use them. 98 will run on most old machines and most progs will run in it.

Steve
08/11/2005 04:14:18 PM · #7
See the bottom of this post for an answer on how to do it.

You cannot. If you want a dual-boot system, you will need to start with DOS installation and then install Windows (if I can remember correctly, It's been a long time since I tried this).

And no, the DOS mode of any win32 OS is NOT the same as MS-DOS 6.x. Not even Win95 DOS mode is the same.

However, you may get lucky - depending of what your application is doing - you may get away with running it under 'DOS mode' in Win98.

Did you try it? Usually, DOS programs were written to directly access I/O ports, a thing that is prohibited in WinNT - flavored systems (nt, 2000, xp etc.) Win 95 and 98 may allow some of that illegal activities, so I'd try running your app in the DOS mode first.

Another option you have is partitioning software, such as Partition Magic, that will allow you to create partitions on your hard disk, and install different OSes on each. However, this also requires prior planning - I don't think that you can do anything and preserve the Win98 you already have on the system

- wait - you can: add another hard disk to your system and install DOS on it - and then switch the boot order in your bios when you want to boot from one OS versus another one.

Message edited by author 2005-08-11 16:14:59.
08/11/2005 06:04:46 PM · #8
Originally posted by srdanz:

See the bottom of this post for an answer on how to do it.

You cannot. If you want a dual-boot system, you will need to start with DOS installation and then install Windows (if I can remember correctly, It's been a long time since I tried this).

And no, the DOS mode of any win32 OS is NOT the same as MS-DOS 6.x. Not even Win95 DOS mode is the same.

However, you may get lucky - depending of what your application is doing - you may get away with running it under 'DOS mode' in Win98.

Did you try it? Usually, DOS programs were written to directly access I/O ports, a thing that is prohibited in WinNT - flavored systems (nt, 2000, xp etc.) Win 95 and 98 may allow some of that illegal activities, so I'd try running your app in the DOS mode first.

Another option you have is partitioning software, such as Partition Magic, that will allow you to create partitions on your hard disk, and install different OSes on each. However, this also requires prior planning - I don't think that you can do anything and preserve the Win98 you already have on the system

- wait - you can: add another hard disk to your system and install DOS on it - and then switch the boot order in your bios when you want to boot from one OS versus another one.


I'm sorry, i have to chip in, this is nonsense. The NT family of windows remove dos, true. Win 9x however still run off DOS, and if you press the right thing at startup (can't remember what now, it's been years) you can tell it how you want it to boot - including into pure DOS. Win9x is only different from 3.11 and below because it doesn't rely on autoexec.bat and config.sys.

The term "dual booting" does not apply in this situation. It is a way of referring to a situation when you have different OS's that each want to start from the boot sector, in which case you need to have a boot loader, like 2k / xp's one, or grub or lilo when you want to dual-boot any of the NT family (including XP) with say, linux.
08/11/2005 07:57:59 PM · #9
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