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First post, by stanwebber

Posted on 2023-02-21, 19:31

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i've been fine tuning a pretty elaborate win98 boot menu over the past year that i thought i'd share for anyone to use as a template. i'm pretty sure i stole all of my ideas from vogons.org so really feel free to plunder. obviously edit bootgui=0 in msdos.sys to allow win98 to boot using config.sys.

CONFIG.SYS - athlon xp, kt133a chipset, xhdd.sys ver 12/30/21 & prior to reserve first 16mb of xms

1[MENU]
2MENUCOLOR=6,0
3SUBMENU=DOS,MSDOS 7.1
4SUBMENU=WIN,WIN 98 SE
5MENUDEFAULT=DOS,10
6
7[DOS]
8MENUCOLOR=10,0
9MENUITEM=DOS1,MSDOS, no HIMEM
10MENUITEM=DOS2,MSDOS, XMGR
11MENUITEM=DOS3,MSDOS, HIMEMX
12MENUITEM=DOS4,MSDOS, XMGR JEMM386 NOEMS
13MENUITEM=DOS5,MSDOS, JEMMEX
14MENUITEM=DOS6,MSDOS, JEMMEX NOEMS
15MENUITEM=DOS7,MSDOS, XMGR UMBPCI
16MENUITEM=DOS8,MSDOS, HIMEMX UMBPCI
17SUBMENU=WIN,WIN 98 SE
18MENUDEFAULT=DOS3,10
19
20[WIN]
21MENUCOLOR=11,0
22MENUITEM=WIN1,no DOS drivers
23MENUITEM=WIN2,all DOS drivers
24SUBMENU=DOS,MSDOS 7.1
25
26[DOS1]
27;no drivers
28
29[DOS2]
30DOS=HIGH,UMB
31DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS
32DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
33DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
34
35[DOS3]
36DOS=HIGH,UMB
37DEVICE=D:\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
38DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
39DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
40
41[DOS4]
42DOS=HIGH,UMB
43DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS /B /N24
44DEVICE=D:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE NOEMS
45DEVICEHIGH=D:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS
46DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
47DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
48
49[DOS5]
50DOS=HIGH,UMB
51DEVICE=D:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE
52DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
53DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
54
55[DOS6]
56DOS=HIGH,UMB
57DEVICE=D:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS
58DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
59DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
60

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61[DOS7]
62DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
63DEVICE=D:\UMBPCI\UMBPCI.SYS
64DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS /W
65DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16
66DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01
67
68[DOS8]
69DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
70DEVICE=D:\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
71DEVICE=D:\UMBPCI\UMBPCI.SYS
72DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16
73DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01
74
75[WIN1]
76;no drivers
77
78[WIN2]
79DOS=HIGH,UMB
80DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
81DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
82DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S64 /O /R16 /H
83DEVICE=D:\XMGR\XDVD2.SYS /D:DVD01 /H
84
85[common]
86SWITCHES=/F
87BUFFERS=11,0
88FILES=60
89LASTDRIVE=L
90FCBS=1,0
91STACKS=9,128

AUTOEXEC.BAT - current azt-2320 soundcard, previous awe64/vivo90/opti930 lines remarked out

1@ECHO OFF
2ECHO.
3ECHO current configuration is %CONFIG%
4IF "%CONFIG%"=="WIN1" GOTO :WIN
5PATH=%PATH%;D:\;D:\DOS71;D:\FREEDOS\BIN;D:\95DOSAPP;D:\CTCMBBS;D:\SNDSCAPE;D:\OPTI930;D:\XMGR;D:\UMBPCI;D:\SHSUCDX
6REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 
7SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
8SET CTCM=D:\CTCMBBS
9SET SOUND=D:\95DOSAPP
10SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
11SET SOUND16=D:\OPTI930
12REM D:\CTCMBBS\CTCM.EXE > NUL
13REM REM D:\95DOSAPP\DIAGNOSE.EXE /S > NUL
14REM D:\95DOSAPP\AWEUTIL.COM /S > NUL
15REM D:\95DOSAPP\MIXERSET.EXE /P > NUL
16REM D:\SNDSCAPE\SSINIT.COM > NUL
17REM D:\OPTI930\SNDINIT /B > NUL
18REM D:\UNISOUND.COM /XWSS > NUL
19REM D:\SHSUCDX\SHSUCDHD.EXE /F:D:\?IMAGE.ISO > NUL
20REM D:\SHSUCDX\SHSUCDX.COM /D:SHSU=CDH,E > NUL
21D:\SHSUCDX\SHSUCDX.COM /D:DVD01,E > NUL
22IF "%CONFIG%"=="WIN2" GOTO :WIN
23REM D:\FREEDOS\BIN\CTMOUSE.EXE > NUL
24D:\MOUSE.COM > NUL
25D:\DOS71\DOSKEY.COM > NUL
26D:\DOS71\DOSLFN.COM > NUL
27VER
28REM ECHO MIDI emulation syntax: CD 95DOSAPP  LH AWEUTIL.COM /EM:GM-GS-MT32 
29REM ECHO MIDI emulation syntax: LH D:\SNDSCAPE\MT32.EXE ON-OFF 
30GOTO :END
31
32:WIN
33VER
34WIN
35
36:END
37D:

Reply 1 of 1, by stanwebber

Posted on 2023-02-21, 19:31

stanwebber Offline

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this is a variation i use on a pentium p54c laptop running win95 rtm hooked up to an external crt for speed sensitive games. i use setmul to disable the l1 cache and softmpu to output midi over the serial port to an external munt/soundfont emulator.

CONFIG.SYS - nec versa p laptop, xhdd.sys ver 12/30/21 & prior to reserve first 16mb of xms, remarked out cardsoft drivers included for reference

1[MENU]
2MENUCOLOR=6,0
3SUBMENU=DOS,MSDOS 7.0
4SUBMENU=WIN,WIN 95 RTM
5MENUDEFAULT=DOS,10
6
7[DOS]
8MENUCOLOR=10,0
9MENUITEM=DOS1,MSDOS, no HIMEM
10MENUITEM=DOS2,MSDOS, XMGR
11MENUITEM=DOS3,MSDOS, HIMEMX
12MENUITEM=DOS4,MSDOS, HIRAM
13MENUITEM=DOS5,MSDOS, JEMMEX
14MENUITEM=DOS6,MSDOS, JEMMEX NOEMS
15MENUITEM=DOS7,MSDOS, QEMM386 SOFTMPU
16SUBMENU=WIN,WIN 95 RTM
17MENUDEFAULT=DOS3,10
18
19[WIN]
20MENUCOLOR=11,0
21MENUITEM=WIN1,no DOS drivers
22MENUITEM=WIN2,all DOS drivers
23SUBMENU=DOS,MSDOS 7.0
24
25[DOS1]
26;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SSCIRRUS.EXE
27;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE
28;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE 
29;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE
30;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE
31;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE
32;DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE
33
34[DOS2]
35DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS
36DEVICE=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
37DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
38
39[DOS3]
40DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
41DEVICE=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
42DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
43
44[DOS4]
45DEVICE=C:\HIRAM\HISET.SYS
46DEVICE=C:\HIRAM\HIRAM.EXE
47DEVICE=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
48DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
49
50[DOS5]
51DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE
52DEVICEHIGH=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
53DEVICEHIGH=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
54
55[DOS6]
56DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS
57DEVICEHIGH=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
58DEVICEHIGH=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
59
60[DOS7]

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61;DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XMGR.SYS
62;DEVICE=D:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
63DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM
64DEVICEHIGH=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
65DEVICEHIGH=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
66
67[WIN1]
68;no drivers
69
70[WIN2]
71DEVICE=D:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
72DEVICE=D:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
73DEVICE=C:\ATAENAB.EXE
74DEVICE=C:\XMGR\XHDD.SYS /S8 /O /R16 /H
75
76[common]
77SWITCHES=/F
78DOS=HIGH,UMB
79BUFFERS=11,0
80FILES=60
81LASTDRIVE=I
82FCBS=1,0
83STACKS=0,0
84DEVICEHIGH=C:\PTLY2K\PTL1900.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT - ess688 soundcard, vendor drivers remarked out and replaced with unisound.com

1@ECHO OFF
2IF "%CONFIG%"=="DOS1" ECHO current configuration is DOS1
3IF "%CONFIG%"=="DOS1" VER
4IF "%CONFIG%"=="DOS1" GOTO :END
5LH D:\PROGRA~1\SDD\UNIVBE32.EXE -w > NUL
6ECHO current configuration is %CONFIG%
7IF "%CONFIG%"=="WIN1" GOTO :WIN
8PATH=C:\;C:\DOS71;C:\FREEDOS\BIN;C:\ESSUTIL;C:\XMGR;C:\HIRAM;C:\QEMM;C:\SHSUCDX
9SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
10REM ECHO wait 60 sec for ESSCFG
11REM LH C:\ESSUTIL\ESSCFG.EXE /A:220 /I:5 D:1 > NUL
12REM LH C:\ESSUTIL\ESSVOL.EXE /V:8 /L:8 /W:8 /M:0 /C:8 /S:8 > NUL
13C:\UNISOUND.COM /NOPNP > NUL
14IF "%CONFIG%"=="WIN2" GOTO :WIN
15LH C:\FREEDOS\BIN\CTMOUSE.EXE > NUL
16LH C:\DOS71\DOSKEY.COM > NUL
17LH C:\DOS71\DOSLFN.COM > NUL
18VER
19IF "%CONFIG%"=="DOS7" GOTO :SOFTMPU
20GOTO :END
21
22:SOFTMPU
23LH SOFTMPU.EXE /MPU:330 /SB:220 /IRQ:5 /OUTPUT:COM1 /DELAYSYSEX > NUL
24GOTO :END
25
26:WIN
27VER
28WIN
29
30:END
31CD C:\GAMES

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