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dos as default OS on a win98 system
Name: carlo Date: January 26, 2000 at 03:15:24 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, Does anybody knows if is possible to load dos as default OS, on a system that now is running win98, without reinstalling windows Thanks
Name: J R Date: January 26, 2000 at 06:28:34 Pacific
Reply:
A DOS user would never get that problem, and so a DOS user would not know the answer. I think you should ask that question in the Win 9x forum.
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Response Number 2
Name: unisol Date: January 26, 2000 at 07:12:36 Pacific
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However you can edit the msdos.sys file and set bootGUI=0 Thus your computer will boot in dos 7.00 and you need to write "win" to load win98
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Response Number 3
Name: MM Date: January 26, 2000 at 10:35:51 Pacific
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Use a Boot Editor such as TweakUI which comes with Windows 98 or BootEdit which comes with the Win98 Resource Kit to alter settings in MSDOS.SYS if you do not like to alter a system file directly!
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