DOS 6.22 Partition

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  1. dobber

    dobber Registered Member

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    I am running XP Home SP2. I am trying to create a partition using DOS 6.22 as an OS. How do i get the new OS on the new partition. THe floppy with the 6.22 OS wants to place it on the C drive. Thanx Bill
     
  2. Brian K

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    Bill,

    I went through this experience earlier this year. This works...

    Use DDS from a boot disc to create a primary FAT32 partition on the first HD, make it active. Boot from a Win98SE floppy disc. You can't use a WinME floppy. My partition is only 16 MB but the size is personal.

    The FAT32 partition will be C: drive in DOS. Use "sys.com a: c:" at the A:\ prompt to transfer the needed DOS system files being used on the floppy disc to the C: drive partition. (remember the C: drive here isn't your WinXP partition)

    Boot to Windows and copy the remaining files from the Win98 floppy to the FAT32 partition. The files you want, not all.

    You will have to edit "msdos.sys" to stop the Win98 splash screen from appearing when you boot to DOS from the HD. Now setup your multi-boot.

    I use the DOS partition to do unattended image restores with Image for DOS. Very handy.

    Any questions?

    PS I forgot to mention that the FAT32 partition should be in the first 8 GB of the HD otherwise it may not boot. My partition is at the 290 GB mark and it boots with the assistance of BING.
     
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  3. dobber

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    Brian I do not have a Win98SE floppy. The disk is DOS 6.22. Bill
     
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    Bill,

    I know. You can't do it with your floppies. It wants to install at the start of the HD and wipe out your WinXP. You must use a Win98SE floppy. Get it from here... (the Win98 SE OEM one) It's a more recent DOS anyway.

    http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
     
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    I shouldn't have said it can't be done with your floppies because that's how I did it before I found the sys C: method.

    Create a 50 MB FAT16 partition at the start of the HD. In front of WinXP. Make it active. Boot to your first 6.22 floppy and start the install. I'll see if I can recall the other advantages of the sys C: method. I certainly decided I'd never install 6.22 again.
     
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    I simply made a bootable CD of DOS 6.22 (with FDISK, FORMAT, SYS, ATTRIB, and all the others on it).
     
  7. Brian K

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    AKAJohnDoe,

    Which method did you use to make the CD? I'm interested.

    For my purposes, I needed DOS on the HD.
     
  8. dobber

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    Sorry I haven't posted in awile. My floppy died and I am waiting for a replacement. Bill
     
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    Bill, I'm interested in your progress with this issue. Keep in touch.
     
  10. DickDiver

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    Well Hello

    I am interested too in a solution and I wonder I somebody could not share an image of his dos partition. If the bootdisks are for free since years so we should be ok to share dos images or?
    Image made with acronis TI and then...

    thanks
    I am waiting for an image :)
     
  11. Brian K

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    Dick,

    Don't be so lazy. ;) It's a 5 minute job.

    A floppy drive probably isn't even needed. You should be able to "sys" the DOS partition from a bootable USB floppy drive.
     
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    Dick,

    I just created another bootable DOS partition. It took 3 minutes from start to finish. Not 5 minutes.
     
  13. chirawatf

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    To Brian K and anybody.

    Can anyone created Dos in USB drive to boot Dos and other Dos programs from this USB drive ?

    My goal is to create USB drive that can run "image for Dos" programs to back up my PC.
     
  14. Brian K

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    chirawatf,

    If you have a floppy drive you can insert a boot floppy and connect your USB flash drive. Boot to the floppy and "sys" the C: drive. The C: drive is the USB flash drive.

    Or you can use this tool..

    http://users.wildblue.net/xpguru43/USBFormat.exe

    Then you just need to add image.exe and IFD.ini
     
  15. chirawatf

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    Thanks Brian K for your practical advice.
     
  16. Brian K

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    chirawatf,

    Easy. Which method did you use?
     
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    I used Virtual Floppy Drive programs to created virtual floppy drive a:, then entered command sys {usb drive}.
    It worked.
     
  18. dobber

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    I'm back, got the new floopy drive and I found a 6.22 setup. It installed OK.
    Now the Disk Director Suite freezes when I try to access it. Do I reinstall from the CD or will I mess up the whole system?
    Also, I have a Data partitiion (labelled G) but the DOS partition cannot see it.

    Bill
     
  19. dobber

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    Forget the "freezing" problem. I waited it out and the program loaded about 15 minutes after I launched it

    I still have the Data partition problem. The current labels are
    A floppy
    B unassigned
    C hard drive
    D DVD
    E CD
    F DOS 6.22
    G Data (logical)
     
  20. Brian K

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    Clever. I haven't tried that. Which program did you use?
     
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    Its drive letter will be different in DOS. If it's NTFS you will need ntfsdos.exe to see the partition and read the files.
     
  22. dobber

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    The logical partition is FAT16. The DOS Partition only recognizes 3

    A and B both are the floppy drive
    C is the DOS partition

    Bill
     
  23. Brian K

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    Bill,

    Is it D: drive?
     
  24. Brian K

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    Bill,

    I just setup my computer with a FAT-16 logical volume. It appears as D: drive in DOS.
     
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