How to Dual-Boot DOS and Windows?

[Haunted360]

Hi. How would I go about dual booting DOS and Windows 95 on one Hard Disk Drive?

I mean, I remember it shows a 'boot' option menu in black and white sometimes with either Windows ME or Windows 2000.

Can it be done with DOS and Windows 9x?

Do I need a boot loader or something. If so, just a VERY simple one is needed. This is going on a VERY old laptop and can only support Red Hat Linux 8.0 just so you know as it links to this PC http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php ... 80#p441580


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[bicostp]

Windows 95 is just an interface that runs on top of DOS 7. They just hid DOS better than they did in the old Windows 3.1 / DOS 6.22 days. All your DOS software should run no problem from within the Windows 95 environment. If not, you can reboot from Windows into DOS mode from the shutdown window.

This KB article might help. According to it, you have to boot off a DOS floppy, run a couple commands, boot from the Windows 95 install media, repair the bootloader, then edit boot.ini.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153762" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Haunted360]

Thanks. I forgot you could restart into DOS... haha

I went with Windows ME (my favorite OS) for the PS Development anyway.

I did get Windows 95 installed, but I could not be bothered to download, burn and copy the drivers.

I also did not have the Windows 95 with USB support so that was a waste of time...

Could of downloaded it, but to much trouble like I said.


Windows Millennium Edition is PERFECT. People say it sucks, but i'll see how I go.


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[jdmlight]

I went with Windows ME (my favorite OS)

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that without heavy sarcasm.

[MrAfterFx]

I went with Windows ME (my favorite OS)

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that without heavy sarcasm.

HAHA! I thought the same exact thing . What makes you say that Haunted 360? Just out of curiosity.

[tom61]

If you manage to find a system ME likes running on, it's the most advanced of all the DOS-core Windows. Unfortunately, the only system I've found that it liked of the computers that I had at the time was one of these mutant shoe boxes.

[eagle5953]

I went with Windows ME (my favorite OS)

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that without heavy sarcasm.

This. We had a computer that used it, and I recall it being terrible.

[bicostp]

NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 + DOSbox > Windows ME

e: VVVV True, but it's nowhere near as big a pain in the butt.

[Snow_Cat]

DOSbox != actual hardware.

[Sparkfist]

There's always good 'ol VirtualPC..... lol!

No seriously go with VirtualBox or VMWare. VMWare Player is free and can be used for basic desktop virtualizing.

-Sparkfist

[Snow_Cat]

^ - -^ And what about native hardware multimonitor support, or peculiar hardware? SSD(meow-snow.blogspot.com) isn't exactly on the list of hardware DOSBox is going to support.

Emulation is well and good for most things, but if you want to play the old Mechwarrior and see the debug output on your 'extra' Hercules display, or have dual screen hacks/patches that outputs the secondary/information screen to a second monitor; then native hardware is almost the only option other than adding the additional hardware support/ handling to the emulator. (But if you do add dual VGA support to DOSBox I will make a paper-craft statue in your honor.)

[Hifeno]

Is Windows ME freeware yet??

[bicostp]

No version of Windows is, unfortunately. They likely don't care if you use a version older than Win2k (maybe except for NT), but they haven't released old OSes like Apple did with System 6.0.8 through 7.5.5.

Windows ME isn't even worth downloading anyway, unless you're extremely unfortunate and have a PC with an ME sticker. Just use 98 SE, you're much more likely to find a license sticker for that.