The problem here is that the older versions of DOS do not read FAT32.
However, the 'DOS' that comes with WIN98 does read FAT32, and will do
anything that DOS 6.22 does.  To create a win98 dos boot disk, boot into
windows98, and use the command "SYS a:" at a command prompt, or
right-click on the floppy drive in windows explorer and choose format,
where it gives you the option "Copy system files only".  You can then
create your own config.sys and autoexec.bat files on the floppy, etc,
etc.  When you boot up with it it will leave you in DOS mode.

Another option is upon bootpu of your system you may see the message
"loading windows" right after your bios finishes its system checks.
Press F8, and you will be given a menu with the option to boot into
command line mode, which is effectively the same as booting to dos,
except that config.sys and autoexec.bat on the hard drive will be run.
I usually start pressing F8 once I know bios is done checking the hard
drives and memory, and press it several times in case the bios empties
the keyboard buffer before starting the boot process.

Try f5 as well as f8.  F5 skips the autoexec and config.sys files, I
don't recall if it dumps you to dos though.

-Adam

Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are quick to anger
and have not need for subtlety.

Ruben Jvnsson wrote:
>
> If you find any solution to this I would appreciate it if You could
> share it with the rest of us (who have to use both DOS and W95).
>
> I have the same problem with a 10GHD. I also have a small HD (200M)
> which i thought I could set up as FAT16 and boot from a floppy when I need
> to run pure DOS. The primary drive is C: which is 10GB FAT32 and the
> secondary drive is D: which is 200M FAT16. The problem is that when I boot
> from my DOS6.22 diskette drive C: disappear and drive D: is now C:. This
> is a problem since I use DOS for programming and can mostly do this under
> W95 but sometime I need DOS 6.22 (No virtualized peripherials) and all my
> paths in the development environment is pointing to D: which now doesn't
> exist.
>
> Perhaps It works if I have the small HD as drive C: with FAT16 and
> the large one as drive D: with FAT32. Dos 6.22 is installed on C: and W95
> boot files is installed over DOS in this drive but its main components
> (W95 dir) is installed on D:. This way I should be able to reboot to my
> old DOS with D: now invisible to DOS but with all paths for my DOS
> programs in C: the same as when run from W95.
>
> I didn't have time to try this out, instead I partitioned my HD as 4 2.1G
> blocks (loosing approx. 2G) and now it's too much trouble to try it.
>
> >
> > My absence from the list (OK, so who noticed?) most of this week has
> > been due to the mind-bendingly challenging task of trying to replace my
> > uncomfortably-full 3 GB main drive with a brand spanking new 15 GB one.
> >
> >   Do you think there's a good tutorial somewhere on the 3 GB or so DOS/
> > Windoze95/ partition table limitation and how one overcomes it?  M$ are
> > as helpful as ever.
> >
> >   I am back to the 3 GB drive for now - I could get the larger one to
> > run under Windoze but not under DOS (which is of course required to boot
> > Windoze!). --
> >   Cheers,
> >         Paul B.
> >
>
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