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Re: DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 04:37

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I use Windows 98 SE's DOS 7.1 exclusively for DOS and have never had an issue with applications/games even when Windows 98 SE was current (not with Windows 95's DOS 7.0 either) .That's not to say there aren't any potential issues, just that I have never experienced one . The only exception to this …

Re: DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 03:16

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

DOS 6.22 cannot create partitions larger than 2 GB. You can install Windows on this, and then create additional data partitions, but it's not ideal. Then should I just install freedos and windows or just windows with 7.1 built in. People say there are some issues with 7.1 compatibility. I use …

Re: DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 02:36

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Errius wrote on 2020-11-29, 02:15: DOS 6.22 cannot create partitions larger than 2 GB. You can install Windows on this, and then create additional data partitions, but it's not ideal. Then should I just install freedos and windows or just windows with 7.1 built in. People say there are some issues …

Re: DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 02:09

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Errius wrote on 2020-11-29, 01:44: Try FreeDOS instead of MS-DOS 6.22? I'm not familiar with FreeDOS myself, but it will allow you to format the entire disk for Windows to later use. How about using the CD installation version of DOS 6.22 that I linked?

Re: DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 01:40

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

The problem with installing DOS 6.22 before Windows 98 is that you are stuck with a 2 GB partition. The way this is traditionally done is to boot from a Windows 98 startup floppy, which will detect and configure the CD-ROM drive, before launching the Windows installer on the CD-ROM. The Windows …

DOS 6.22 and Windows 98 SE Multi Install

Posted on 2020-11-29, 01:10

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hello everyone, how would I go about this exactly, I have a one storage device which is a CF Flash Adapter and a 16 GB Card for 6.22 of course. I am not putting a floppy drive in my system as I have no use for it when it comes to games and rather will run them off of my CF card. So as a result, I …

Re: DOS and Windows 98 Driver Question

Posted on 2020-11-29, 00:28

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

CuteMouse is for DOS, not sure about Win 3.1x. Win 9x and later won't need it. GPUs don't need graphics drivers, although VBE can add features that games will use on some cards. I don't think it'll be needed for your GPU Soundcards I can't comment on, as, being tone deaf in one ear and deaf in the …

Re: Himem.sys vs. AutoExec.bat vs. Config.sys

Posted on 2020-11-29, 00:27

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Errius wrote on 2020-11-28, 22:49: Are you sure you need pure DOS? It's not the same as running games in a DOS window in Windows. Most DOS games will run just fine under Windows. That's what I was saying, I am not installing pure DOS.

Re: Himem.sys vs. AutoExec.bat vs. Config.sys

Posted on 2020-11-28, 22:19

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Don't worry about that stuff if you are just going to run Windows 98. It will take care of everything for you. Pure DOS memory management is a headache which you do not want to get into. It's useful to load device drivers and programs separately, hence CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. HIMEM.SYS allows …

Himem.sys vs. AutoExec.bat vs. Config.sys

Posted on 2020-11-28, 19:48

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hello everyone, this may come off as a shockingly dumb question as I haven't even installed 98 on my machine yet but I just wanted to know before hand what stands out about these specially. Like why couldn't autoexec.bat be built into config.sys because isn't that the file that boots anyways. Also I …

DOS and Windows 98 Driver Question

Posted on 2020-11-28, 19:39

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hello, so I am going to read off the drivers I got for my 98 system and will explain below. GPU: GeForce 2 MX 400 (64MB) - Yes Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 1.5 - CT4760 - Yes 5.25" DVD Drive Bay: TOSHIBA SD-M1202 - Didn't get driver as it's just firmware and wanted to avoid …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 08:18

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Actually I just checked out the torrent file and there doesn't seem to be anything but just olddos.exe, just that one file? Thanks. As noted above, it is a self-extracting archive. The easiest thing to do would be to just open it with 7zip and copy the files where they need to go. Or just copy …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 08:15

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

leileilol wrote on 2020-11-26, 03:03: Just so you know, there's also FAT32 support in Windows 95 OSR2's DOS. Thanks 😀

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 08:12

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

kolderman wrote on 2020-11-26, 06:32: Might want to search for Phil's msdos stater pack. Sadly only for pure DOS, I am using the Windows 98 built-in one 🙁 I rather keep it simple honestly but thank you.

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 08:11

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Also I know I had this answered in another thread but I wanted to go more into the CuteMouse program for DOS, is it for pure DOS or MS-DOS, also how do I run it, I think there is an AUTOEXEC file in the bin folder of the program so do I edit the sys config and set that as a launch program. Like I …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 07:55

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Actually I just checked out the torrent file and there doesn't seem to be anything but just olddos.exe, just that one file? Thanks. As noted above, it is a self-extracting archive. The easiest thing to do would be to just open it with 7zip and copy the files where they need to go. Or just copy …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 06:22

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Also another question, for the CuteMouse directories, do I only need the bin folder and not doc or source, those are not needed I am pretty sure, it seems that the bin has the important stuff like ctmouse.exe and a couple .com files.

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 06:21

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Also I know I had this answered in another thread but I wanted to go more into the CuteMouse program for DOS, is it for pure DOS or MS-DOS, also how do I run it, I think there is an AUTOEXEC file in the bin folder of the program so do I edit the sys config and set that as a launch program. Like I …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 06:10

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Also I know I had this answered in another thread but I wanted to go more into the CuteMouse program for DOS, is it for pure DOS or MS-DOS, also how do I run it, I think there is an AUTOEXEC file in the bin folder of the program so do I edit the sys config and set that as a launch program. Like I …

Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-25, 09:37

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Awesome! Thank you guys very much for all the info. My choice will be just plain installing Windows 98 SE which comes with 7.1 (FAT32 Support) and then end up configuring the system to display to either enter Windows 98 SE or DOS 7.1 on startup. Thank you all, take care 😀

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