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Win2000 and DOS 6.22 Dual Boot
Name: PlankEyeWilly Date: October 31, 2001 at 21:31:55 Pacific
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OK i have 2000 on one hard drive, and dos 6.22 on another partition to the same hard drive. is there a way i can dual boot these 2? Thanks!
Name: astroraptor Date: November 1, 2001 at 04:21:47 Pacific
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Yes, with a partition manager, like XOSL. Although, I wouldn't recommend XOSL, because it'll screw up your hard drive unless you read a really huge manual.
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Response Number 2
Name: clare Date: November 1, 2001 at 09:07:56 Pacific
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I use a nice tool called NTFS dos which allows you to mount the partition on to another drive and removes all permissions, most IT support hate it because it means easy hacking. there should be a simpe dual boot tool about but this lets you see both drives from Dos when it's NT
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Response Number 3
Name: Pomru Date: November 3, 2001 at 23:47:30 Pacific
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I have a triple-boot system with Windows 98, Windows 2000, and DOS 6.22. You have to wipe the drive, install DOS first, then use FDISK to create an extended DOS partition (since DOS will only format and recognize 2gb), create two logical drives in the extended partition, install Windows 98 next, then Windows 2000. Win2k will create a boot menu between itself and Win98, but you'll need a boot manager like PowerQuest's Boot Manager to be able to switch between Win98/2k and DOS.
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Response Number 4
Name: SvBroholm Date: November 4, 2001 at 15:08:45 Pacific
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Keep it simple - forget boot managers. When you want to boot to DOS you use a DOS-boot diskette with only 4 file: the two hidden files plus CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
The two last files refer to files kept on the HD, and the boot process - even using the diskette - will be faster than Win !!
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Response Number 5
Name: Ken Green Date: December 27, 2001 at 01:47:56 Pacific
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RE: last response:
What two hidden files??
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Response Number 6
Name: Arun Date: February 4, 2002 at 22:51:28 Pacific
Summary: I currently have windows 95 with dos 7.0 Would it be possible to install dos 6.22 on a separate partition and have a boot menu to choose between them (win95/dos 6.22)during boot? If yes, step-by-step ...
Summary: Hold it. Stop. In order to run DOS (up to 6.22), you will need a FAT-16 partition. If you want to dual boot, I recommend that you find yourself a small second hard disk to install. Make sure the file...
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