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i want to put Windows 1.01's pre-release beta on a USB and boot from it on my laptop. I know that i need MS-DOS 2.x or 3.0 to run it, but i can't find it! Can someone please help me find it?
This site:
http://www.mirrors.org/archived_sof...
says you should be able to use up to dos 5. You can download 5.0 and 3.3 here:
http://www.doslife.org/stuff.html
I'm not sure if they'll work on a USB drive but you can try it.
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thanks for the sites, but they didnt work. thanks alot anyway. Whenever i tr
y any dos version, i always get the error'INVALID SYSTEM DISK, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY'
Then when i do, it starts up my laptop normally, dosent know if that makes any difference.
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I believe the problem may be the size of the usb flash drive. If it's over 32mb it's probably going to be fat16, this leaves you with a big problem. According to Wikipedia FAT16 support starts with dos 3.3.
The real issue may be making the may be making the drive bootable, I suggest using Hp usb strorage tool(on xp or something) if you don't have a hp drive you have to use the console version of the utility (it will be inside the install directory after installation) and point it to your dos system files.
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i have used the hp format tool, ive used the system files for every dos version imaginable, but i still cant get it to boot up properly. in the installation, it says strictly to use ms-dos 2.x or 3.0, or it wont work. thank you for your help anyway.
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When you get the 'invalid system disk' error what drive and OS is it attempting to boot from? Then when you hit a key, what does it boot from then?
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And linux is on the hard drive and dos on USB? Usually when you get the 'invalid system disk' and make no changes to the boot devices--such as inserting a bootable floppy--you should get the same error when you hit 'any key' since everything is the same. Unless that's different with your laptop maybe there's a problem with the hard drive. Do you ever get that error when the dos/USB device is not attached?
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What parameters are you passing the hp utility? I haven't done it in a little while but I think it should be:
HPUSBF X: -FS:FAT -B:"WHERE\COMMAND.COM\AND\IO.SYS\RESIDE"Usually when you get the 'invalid system disk' and make no changes to the boot devices--such as inserting a bootable floppy--you should get the same error when you hit 'any key' since everything is the same.
@DAVEINCAPS
Most newer bios' have a "try next boot device" feature, on boot failure it will display the message "Invalid system disk", hitting a key with out changing media will cause it to try the next in boot sequence(if any).
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DAVEINCAPS Linux is on the hard drive and dos on usb, yes. do i get the same message when usb isnt inserted, no.
Judago thanks for your help, ill chek my bios.
and if this hels, ive gotten ms dos and windows 95 to run on the same usb using the same technique, and they both work. dont know if that helps.
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