Re: Triple boot DOS 7.1, Win98SE and WinXP with ntldr

Posted on 2024-06-18, 20:25

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by xtreger

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What if temporary make DOS partition (0) active? If I make partition (0) active, then Win98 doesn't boot at all - that starts DOS 7.1 instead. So basically, whichever primary partition is active, only the OS residing in that partition boots. Regardless of whether I select DOS or Win98 from the …

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Re: Triple boot DOS 7.1, Win98SE and WinXP with ntldr

Posted on 2024-06-18, 18:51

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by xtreger

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you explain what OS is installed on each partition? I see "1" is active and guess it is win98 host. "0" -- is a your DOS partition? In any case remove your new line from BOOT.INI and try this: bootpart 0 C:\bootdos.bin "MS-DOS" Program will grab boot sector and append line to the BOOT.INI by …

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Re: Triple boot DOS 7.1, Win98SE and WinXP with ntldr

Posted on 2024-06-18, 18:12

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by xtreger

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I only see BOOT.INI in the C:\ drive (where Win98SE is installed). This means you have XP boot manager on the win98 root (install XP after 98 was already bootable). It is working solution but people don't usually do that. Better will firstly install XP, then make another FAT[32] partition active, …

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Re: Triple boot DOS 7.1, Win98SE and WinXP with ntldr

Posted on 2024-06-18, 16:32

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You need to grab DOS partition boot sector (first 512 bytes of the raw partition space) into file "DOS.BR", put it to the root of XP partition, and add to BOOT.INI line such this: C:\DOS.BR="DOS 7.1" (the win98 also must to have own line like above) Thanks! A few questions: I only see BOOT.INI in …

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Triple boot DOS 7.1, Win98SE and WinXP with ntldr

Posted on 2024-06-18, 14:42

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Hi, I've set up my hard disk as follows (all LBA): 2 Gb FAT16 PRIMARY (DOS 7.1 via REMOVED ) + 196 Gb FAT32 PRIMARY (Win98SE) + EXTENDED (196 Gb FAT32 + 198 Gb NTFS (WinXP) + 196 Gb FAT32 + 164 Gb FAT32). I installed DOS 7.1 first, then Win98SE, then WinXP. All partitions are visible, and the …

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Installing Ranish boot manager hides extended partition drives in Win98SE

Posted on 2024-06-17, 17:05

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Hi! I have configured the following partitions on an SSD: 2 Gb FAT16 PRIMARY + 196 Gb FAT32 PRIMARY (Win98SE) + EXTENDED (196 Gb FAT32 + 198 Gb NTFS (WinXP) + 196 Gb FAT32 + 164 Gb FAT32). I ran Ranish Partition Manager 2.90.15, setting Boot Menu with 2 entries - one for the FAT16 Primary, and one …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-06-12, 18:46

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My config.sys: DEVICEHIGH=C:\SBEMU\JEMMEX.EXE MAXEXT=32768 Aladdin is picky abou XMS, it should be a bit less than 32 MB - try MAXEXT=31744 However, the problem is most likely due to a page frame that uses non-free address space. You can try to force Jemm to use E000 or D800 as page frame ( i.e. …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-06-12, 15:14

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My config.sys: DEVICEHIGH=C:\SBEMU\JEMMEX.EXE MAXEXT=32768 Aladdin is picky abou XMS, it should be a bit less than 32 MB - try MAXEXT=31744 However, the problem is most likely due to a page frame that uses non-free address space. You can try to force Jemm to use E000 or D800 as page frame ( i.e. …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-06-10, 17:19

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I know based on the below quote that Aladdin can work using SBEMU. I found out why the music wasn't working, the Jemm386 I was using was a different version than JLoad. I have updated my jeem386 and am now playing the games that use EMS properly. Sorry for the false alarm and once again thanks for …

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6x DVD drive okay for gaming?

Posted on 2024-05-17, 05:40

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I'm trying to build a PC for retro gaming - mostly Win98 and WinXP games, and also smooth DVD movie playback. There's a 6x speed DVD drive available in a nearby store that's compatible with Win98 as well (by I/O Magic ). Before buying I wanted to ask, is 6x speed good enough for the purpose? There …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-05-14, 07:13

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Even after running xmsdsk 50000 /t /y command, ALADDIN shows the xms allocation error. Also I don't get why this 50 megs of memory gets assigned to the "Used" column as against "Free". The number after XMSDSK shows how much memory to use, not how much to leave free. In your case, since your HIMEM. …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-04-22, 16:08

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I tried this but it still didn't work. (ref. my last message in thread) himem.sys reports 2GB of XMS? am I seeing this correct? also what is the deal with the SB16 emulation driver error that does not load because you do not have EMM386 loaded? Ignore the sb16 emulation thing. That was some …

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Motherboard with two PCI x16 slots that can simultaneously run in x16 mode?

Posted on 2024-04-15, 19:59

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Hope you're all doing well. I've seen motherboards with dual PCIe x16 slots, but with a caveat that one is a primary slot that runs in full x16 mode, while the other runs at x8 mode max. Do there exist any motherboards that have two PCIe x16 slots that can simultaneously run in full x16 modes if …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-04-08, 12:46

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I tried this but it still didn't work. (ref. my last message in thread) himem.sys reports 2GB of XMS? am I seeing this correct? also what is the deal with the SB16 emulation driver error that does not load because you do not have EMM386 loaded? Ignore the sb16 emulation thing. That was some …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-04-05, 12:44

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[...] 1. boot and press F8 -> start in MS-DOS mode 2. and run the command: XMSDSK 32000 /t Is this it? Or anything I'm missing? do a MEM and see how much XMS you get (probably 64mb) then like you write but with more mem allocated: XMSDSK 50000 /t /y after the game finishes you can unload and free …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2024-04-01, 06:40

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Parameters as in the "System" gettings in the in-game menu? They're all at max and vsync is off. For recording fps, I just typed "timedemo 1" in the console, went to DEMOS and played the demos (fps stats are shown after end of demo in the console). If you didn't mean the system settings, what do …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-03-31, 19:15

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[...] 1. boot and press F8 -> start in MS-DOS mode 2. and run the command: XMSDSK 32000 /t Is this it? Or anything I'm missing? do a MEM and see how much XMS you get (probably 64mb) then like you write but with more mem allocated: XMSDSK 50000 /t /y after the game finishes you can unload and free …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2024-03-31, 18:43

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I'm getting the following for demo1 and demo2 (max settings, 1280 x 1024 resolution): 1. Asrock 775i65G, C2D E7500 2.93 GHz, (1Gb+1Gb) DDR800 RAM, ATI Radeon X800 XT PE. Demo1: 577 fps, Demo2: 575 fps 2. Asus P5KPL-AM/PS, C2D E8500 3.16 GHz, 2 Gb DDR2800 RAM, ATI Radeon X850 XT PE. Demo1: 500 fps, …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2024-03-31, 18:26

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I'm getting the following for demo1 and demo2 (max settings, 1280 x 1024 resolution): 1. Asrock 775i65G, C2D E7500 2.93 GHz, (1Gb+1Gb) DDR800 RAM, ATI Radeon X800 XT PE. Demo1: 577 fps, Demo2: 575 fps 2. Asus P5KPL-AM/PS, C2D E8500 3.16 GHz, 2 Gb DDR2800 RAM, ATI Radeon X850 XT PE. Demo1: 500 fps, …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2024-03-31, 12:22

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Xmsdsk is indeed the way to go Better use the /t switch too - just in case Just allocate enough ram so you end up with under 16mb free I'm really sorry for the inconvenience, but could you help me out on how to use it? I'm going through the readme and it's a bit too technical for me. More like I'm …

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