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DOS install without a Floppy drive
Name: DJVREUG Date: February 2, 2004 at 12:20:29 Pacific OS: xp pro/doss 6.22 CPU/Ram: p4/256
Comment:
I need to setup my system for a dual boot with DOS 6.22 and XP Pro. I have disks for DOS but don't have a Floppy drive on my system. Is there a simple way around this?
Name: Wengier Date: February 2, 2004 at 12:45:08 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have a CD-RW drive on your system? If you do, you can download and boot your system from the DOS Install CD to start the DOS installation, or, use a virtual floppy disk (from a floppy disk image) instead of a real floppy disk.
However, if you have WinXP installed already, then you should NOT install older versions of DOS (like MS-DOS 6.22) directly from its installer, otherwise WinXP will not be bootable.
P.S. MS-DOS 7.10 Installer should be able to handle this situation and make the dual-boot automatically for you.
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