please guide how to make dual boot menu of DOS 6.22 and windows 98. I Have 20 gb of hard disk and install dos 6.22 on 1st 2gb primary partition and windows 98se on the rest primary partion. The problem is that i directly land in to win 98, not dos 6.22. actually I want a boot menu so that i can select my operating system of my choice. Thanks in advance. 86166

W98SE will overwrite the MS-DOS files bottom see this page for how to access previous MS-DOS version: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217... Easier to use a 3rd Party Boot Manger: http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm

Well simply pressing the F8 button will bring the start menu up and you could choose it there. Also once in Win98 you could type msconfig in the run box, then click Advanced on the General tab and check Enable Startup Menu. This will always bring it up. This is the method I prefer as it is easier then having to press F8 all the time. M$ had obviously thought of allowing to OS's to be installed on machines otherwise this Run Previous Version of MS-DSO wouldn't be in the boot menu now would it. Note: this method is explained in one of the links by dosser. Regards Lupin3rd

Hi DulOn, DL> Please guide how to make dual boot menu of DOS DL> 6.22 and windows 98. ...I want a boot menu so DL> that i can select my operating system... In case you don't know, Windows 98 includes MS-DOS v7.10a and using it only involves a slight edition of your `MSDOS.SYS' text-file - which is radically different from that of MS-DOS v6.2x, by the way... It isn't the only difference, i seem to recall the utilities as ScanDisk may be OS-specific. Beware! I'm a bit curious, any reason to use MS-DOS v6.2x? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale

Here's a previous reply which was erased by error: -=*=- Hi DulOn, The MS-DOS v6.2x boot menu is configured using the suitable commands in `Config.SYS' and these happen to work under Windows 98/MS-DOS v7.10a as well but you can only UpGrade. As i recall, `MSDOS.SYS' is a completely different thing for Windows 98/MS-DOS v7.10a: instead of a binary it has become a text- file holding the newer boot menu options... A W98 installation would simply disable the MS-DOS v6.2x system files and just render it innoperative, i am afraid "Sys C:" from an MS-DOS v6.2x boot diskette will put back the system files but i'd bet Windows 98 just can't manage with `MSDOS.SYS' as a binary! ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale

Thanks to everybody for their valuable suggestions. After reading all suggestions, I think, there is no such easy tricks to build a boot menu for DOS6.22 and Win98. Recently I have come across a good disk partition utility called "Smart FDisk" which has a program inside to install a boot menu. Does anyone have some idea about building a boot menu using "Smart FDisk". 86166

Hi DulOn, You already got MS-DOS v7.10 via the standard menu feature which is integrated to Windows 98 and this doesn't involve any extraordinary mechanism. It's no big surprise you'll need SmartFDisk or whatever when you try to use MS-DOS v6.2x and MS-DOS v7.10a in a same machine since they both insist to launch from drive C: and no other!!! 'Config.SYS' can be edited quite safely (doesn't expose to data loss). If you prefer, you may be able to switch units via the CMOS SetUp utility provided that your PC would allow it and that you've got a pair of hard-disks. I still don't see why you should use MS-DOS v6.2x, in any case... Do you care to share your reasons? ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale