Is there anyway to install dos, in a separate partition ? i want to install on D: but the setup , will only ERASE the whole hard drive and then create C:

Clarify some stuff.... Do you want all of DOS's files, drivers, utilities, programs, and crap on D:, but have C: bootable with the DOS bootup files... or do you want D: bootable?

I want all the DOS stuff on D: , so yes i want to make bootable D: ( i already added D: to my boot manager -LILO- )

Did you SYS D: with the version of DOS that is on it?

But i dont have dos stuff on D: i need to install DOS on D: , and in setup, the only option is to format the whole hard drive and then create a c: for DOS. And i only want to install DOS on D:

One way is to use fdisk (DOS's own) to create an MS-DOS partition to your liking and set it active. Reboot your computer with the DOS Setup Disk 1 (Fdisk.exe and Format.com happen to be on this diskette) in drive A: and exit setup. Then at the prompt, enter the command: FORMAT C:/S/U and then boot again, with no diskette in drive A: Press enter both times when prompted for date and time, then create a subdirectory called DOS: MD DOS and manually copy all files from the setup disk(s) to that subdirectory. Some files from the setup disks have an extension ending in _ (an underscore); you have to unpack these using the Extract utility on one of your diskettes. e.g: > extract a:\edit.hl_ c:\dos