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SDE
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 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 11:43 am
Post subject: How can I create a "Dos only box"? |
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Hi there...
As per the suggestions of the "Making old games run in XP" page, I want to convert my old pentium to a dos-only box. How can I do this? It has Windows 95, currently. I want to retain the drivers, but want a dos only machine - so that the complaints of "Require 540k of memory to run" will go away! |
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wardrich
lawl catz r lawlz
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:29 pm
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| um... i think this should be elsewhere... ie: Getting Games to work, or Hardware |
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Da_Goat
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Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 2042
Location: Prescott, Arizona, USA, Earth, The Milky Way, The Universe, Nothing and Nowhere.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:51 pm
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Thunderdog
Token Black Guy
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 1737
Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:55 pm
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What the fuck are you doing here? |
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486 player
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 18 Sep 2002
Posts: 1079
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:20 pm
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1. Buy MS-DOS. (5.0 or never)
2. Take off memory untill it's 64 Mb high.
2. Put disk 1 to drive.
3. Turn power ON.
4. Set up memory in BIOS.
5. Boot
6. Type fdisk (press Enter)
7. Partiate har disk to 512 MB drives. Give 'em letter c, e, f,...
8. Boot
9. Type format c: /s (Enter)
10. Format all other drives without parameter /s.
11. Install DOS to drive c:
12. Boot
13. If text 'operating system not found' or like appears, Put disk 1 to drive, go to it ,type sys c: and boot.
14. Type c:
15. Type md temp
16. Followin' lines are REGUIRED:
autoexec.bat:
set temp=c:\temp
set path=c:\dos
config.sys:
dos=high,umb
c:\dos\himem.sys
c:\dos\emm386.exe auto ram
lastdrive=x
rem x is letter o' last drive
These are files thou begin with. Read DOS manual for further information.
I'm not sure 'bout order o' formattin' and fdisk. Manual is.
Last edited by 486 player on Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:00 am; edited 4 times in total |
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SDE
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:42 pm
Post subject: Hmmm...slight money shortage |
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I'm afraid I don't have any money.
What did you mean, Thunderer?
And I'm sorry I put this in the wrong forum 
Also, this machine already has only 64mb in it 
Would Freedos work? |
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Da_Goat
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Location: Prescott, Arizona, USA, Earth, The Milky Way, The Universe, Nothing and Nowhere.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 5:29 pm
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| Quote: | | What did you mean, Thunderer? |
He was talking to me. No worries, mate, hyuk, eh? (woohoo, American-Australian-Canadian hybrid!) |
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Dogbreath
Admin
Joined: 14 Sep 2002
Posts: 4439
Location: In the back of a jacked-up Ford.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 8:12 pm
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| Sheesh, keep your knicker-bockers on there, Goat. |
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486 player
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 18 Sep 2002
Posts: 1079
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 9:49 am
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I dunno what programs and commands it has, but I do 'bout MS-'. Trust me, it's very easy to use. Thou may find it from flee market or paper.
It costs only couble o' bucks.  |
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