Installing DOS

[Carenza]

After removing Windows 98 form my machine and redistributing the space I have a little left I wanted to install DOS on (that way my Norton Ghost scripts will still be ok)

I tried installing DR-DOS but that won't boot. I have had it installed before and had to do something to get it to boot but can't remember what. It was something at the start of the process to do with creating the partition in the first place. I have tried what I thought was 'the thing' (partition size had to be less than 32mb) but it was not that.

Any Hints or any other DOS's to try?

[AlaricD]

The entire primary DOS partition must reside within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive. The DR-DOS FDISK may allow you to create partitions and size them according to their cylinder size, not just by MB.

Additionally, you will need to fdisk the drive and set the primary DOS partition to FAT12 or FAT16. (FAT12 will be a bit small, just under 16MB or less. Not extremely useful.)

For the most part, you'll only be able to access FAT12/16 volumes when booted to DR- or MS-DOS.

[Carenza]

After thinking about it I may just install a minimal Linux system instead, that would be more use if needing to access / repair my W2k system.

[Vernon Frazee]

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