http://www.bootdisk.com/ has boot images available for boot floppies for MOST OS's, good site, folks! That'd be a good boot disk also. (I snagged the lot, as I keep getting asked for Win98 help etc. ) Mark M. Adam Davis wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ruben Jvnsson > > AB Liros Elektronik > > Box 9124, 200 39 Malmv, Sweden > > TEL INT +4640 142078 > > FAX INT +4640 947388 > > ruben@2.sbbs.se > > ============================== -- I do small package shipping for small businesses, world-wide.