2 Aug
2016
2 Aug
'16
10:06 a.m.
From: Chuck Guzis
I routinely use Win98SE for my DOS tasks--it boots
into DOS quite
nicely if you edit the MSDOS.SYS file to say BootGUI=0.
That's considerably more elegant than the way I use, to get my 98SE boxes to
boot into DOS to start with (which I prefer, in case I want to do anything
that requires Windows not to be running, e.g. disk repairs); I just re-named
'WIN.COM' to 'LOSE.COM'. So I get an error message grumbling that it
can't
find WIN.COM, and then it falls into DOS.
Of course, my way, I do get the ineffable pleasure of saying "LOSE" to start
Windows, every time I boot the machines. Never gets old.
Noel
2 Aug
2 Aug
10:19 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
I built a dual-boot Win 2000 / DOS 6 Pentium III box, gives me the choice
which OS to boot to upon boot. My A drive is a 5 1/4" drive, B drive is a
8 in drive. I like WIn 2000 a lot better than Win 98. There are still
tentacles to modernity with 2000 a good bridge system.
--
@ BillDeg
From: Chuck
Guzis
I routinely use Win98SE for my DOS tasks--it
boots into DOS quite
nicely if you edit the MSDOS.SYS file to say BootGUI=0.
That's considerably more elegant than the way I use, to get my 98SE boxes
to
boot into DOS to start with (which I prefer, in case I want to do anything
that requires Windows not to be running, e.g. disk repairs); I just
re-named
'WIN.COM' to 'LOSE.COM'. So I get an error message grumbling that it
can't
find WIN.COM, and then it falls into DOS.
Of course, my way, I do get the ineffable pleasure of saying "LOSE" to
start
Windows, every time I boot the machines. Never gets old.
Noel
3 Aug
3 Aug
12:41 a.m.
That's considerably more elegant than the way I
use, to get my 98SE boxes to
boot into DOS to start with (which I prefer, in case I want to do anything
that requires Windows not to be running, e.g. disk repairs); I just re-named
'WIN.COM' to 'LOSE.COM'. So I get an error message grumbling that it
can't
find WIN.COM, and then it falls into DOS.
Of course, my way, I do get the ineffable pleasure of saying "LOSE" to start
Windows, every time I boot the machines. Never gets old.
Noel
That's too funny! This is the best method by far!
Marc
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