Making & Using a DOS6.2 boot CD-ROM

[Guest]

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?

 

[Malke]

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

 

[V Green]

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.

 

[Allan]

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 .

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

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.

 

[Malke]

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