First post, by feipoa
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Is anyone willing to provide step-by-step directions for running a DOS TSR program prior to loading Windows NT 4.0? Rio444 suggested modifying the MBR and placing the code within the first three sectors, but I have no idea how to do this. I sort of recall someone mentioning that there is a way to load a DOS driver prior to loading NT4, but I have no further detail.
Why do I want to do this?
My SXL2-66 systems has an AMI BIOS, and I have been unable to find older versions of AMIBCP to modify the BIOS for PS/2 mouse support. The system has the native PS/2 mouse adoption done to the keyboard controller. I am able to use the PS/2 mouse in DOS and Windows 3.x because user Rio444 made a TSR program which adds PS/2 mouse support. I would like to run the TSR prior to loading NT4 so that I can use the PS/2 mouse in NT4.
EDIT: I'd also like to be able to run cyrix.exe, which enables the L1 cache, sets the CPU in clock-doubled mode, and sets non-cacheable region. The CPU cache setup is of more importance than the mouse - if I cannot setup the cache and clock-doubling, then the system will run too slow and having a working PS/2 mouse will be of little need.
Thanks!
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