I want to install MS-DOS on my personal computer for studying and working. I have no CD-ROM driver or floppy disk driver, But I have a USB flash disk. I saw the bin directory and the source directory, but how to use them to install MS-DOS on my pc? Should I copy these directories to my USB flash disk directly and boot from my usb driver?
CD-ROM Drivers
- Floppy Boot Disk Images for DOS - Windows 98 contains all the floppy disk boot images you need to get any old operating system installed including DOS, Windows 95, 98, XP, ME, and 2000. We hear from a lot of people who prefer Windows 7 because they hate Windows 10.
- These are the MS-DOS boot disk images available from AllBootDisks. Download the diskette image you need, and if you need assistance creating a bootable diskette from this image, visit the how-to page. Thanks to Ed Jablonowski from Bootdisk.com for creating these disks.
- These are the MS-DOS boot disk images available from AllBootDisks. Download the diskette image you need, and if you need assistance creating a bootable diskette from this image, visit the how-to page. Thanks to Ed Jablonowski from Bootdisk.com for creating these disks.
MS-DOS and Windows 3.x
(CD-ROM's for Windows are installed via MS-DOS but may have a Windows Setup available)
In order to use a CD-ROM Drive, your computer must first have a CD-ROM software driver installed. This is usually supplied with the drive but may not necessarily have been installed. The CD-ROM software driver is normally supplied on a floppy disk and includes a SETUP or INSTALL program. Following installation, the CD-ROM software driver is normally loaded at system startup time via a series of entries in the machine's C:CONFIG.SYS & C:AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
For example:
[config.sys]
DEVICE=C:DOSHIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:DOSoakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
LASTDRIVE=F
[autoexec.bat]
LH C:DOSMSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /l:D
The first /D: switch is the drive number, which must be the same in both config.sys and autoexec.bat. In the above example its '/D:mscd001'. (If you had 2 drives fitted the second may be /D:mscd002) The /l:D switch sets a drive letter for your CD-ROM. (In this case DriveD:) You can make this anything you want after your Hard Drives that is not taken, but make sure you put a 'LASTDRIVE=' line at the end of config.sys to allow for enough environmental space. This can be made as the letter after your last drive in use (i.e. =F) as each letter used, uses a small piece of available environment. (LASTDRIVE=Z would enable ALL available Drive Letters) In this example HIMEM.SYS is used to load driver into upper memory block.
oakcdrom.sys = CD-ROM Driver (Which is named differently by each manufacturer) and can be located in its own directory.
MSCDEX.EXE is provided as part of MS-DOS and sometimes on Install Disk as well.
HIMEM.SYS is provided as part of MS-DOS and enables use of the upper memory area.
Windows 95
Windows 95 does not need a CD-ROM Driver installed as above, as it installs its own driver. However you may want to install a DOS Driver in this way to enable you to use your CD-ROM at the DOS Prompt. Remember that Windows 95 stores its DOS files at C:WINDOWSCOMMAND not C:DOS as in older versions!
Some CD-ROM Drivers you can try:
Oak Technologies Universal IDE CD-ROM Driver ~ 162Kb Download
This will get you into almost all of the IDE CD-ROM Drives on the market. ~ Oak Technologies manufacture the Semi-Conductors fitted into almost all CD-ROM Drives.(With Setup Program)
Goldstar (LG) CD-ROM Driver.~ 148Kb Download
Also a very good CD-ROM Driver, that starts almost any IDE CD-ROM Drive. (With Install Program)
Adaptec Drivers part of the Adaptec Support Site. Or available here:
Adaptec SCSI Driver Kit for DOS and Windows
CD-ROM God v5.5
CD-ROM God Ver 5.5 is a boot disk that has 50+ CD-ROM drivers.(Including SCSI) It has basic ATAPI drivers, and model specific drivers. This version unzips drivers to a ramdrive! It has a better - sleeker - shareware free menu. This disk uses DEVICE.COM to load. This way you won't have to re-boot a million times! ISO-9660 CD Support and SMARTDRV.EXE
Bootdisk Page~A selection of DOS Bootdisks with Add-On IDE & SCSI CD-ROM Drivers.
Note ~ The MS-DOS 6.22 Emergency Boot Disk (EBD) has been replaced on this site with the Bootdisk Project Files, to give a wider selection of MS-DOS versions and to include both IDE & SCSI drivers while reducing download size and web storage space..
http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/
Try this link to locate your CD-ROM Manufacturer to see if a MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 Driver is available.
http://www.bootdisk.com/ or http://support.mpccorp.com/downloads/boot.html
Have a nice selection of CD-ROM Bootdisks that will start most systems. The Autoexec.bat & Config.sys files and drivers can be copied and used to start your system, Or in the case of Windows 95/98, To start your CD-ROM to install Windows.
The following Pages may provide additional help:
The CD-ROM Drivers Guide~ A Guide to CD-ROM driver resources on the Internet!
PCMCIA Card Services Resource Download Page ~ PCMCIA Support for DOS & Windows 3.1
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Universal MS-DOS 8.0 Multiboot Live CD
- Basically, you can do that by creating a bootable 1.44mb floppy disk image, and then using a CD-burning program that supports it to create a bootable CD with that image (boot options are usually specified in a special settings or options menu). Note that to see the rest of the CD you must include DOS CD-ROM drivers. I've use Imageburn 2.4.4.0 to make such CDs. But someone might be able to recommend a better tool.
Or better yet, just attach a USB 1.44mb floppy drive. Everyone should have a floppy drive, or better yet a dozen! :P
Also, if you just want real-mode DOS, but don't care about the version, you can also try the unofficial CDU DOS '7.1' CD. https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/7x (Basically the DOS included with Windows 98). - Well, i do have a usb floppy tool, but only one disk which is right now, and i think you need 3 disks. I'll try to use the CD tips you gave me, and I will get back to this soon to see how it goes!
I could try putting it on a raspberry pi, but I'll save that for a later time - Basically, you can do that by creating a bootable 1.44mb floppy disk image, and then using a CD-burning program that supports it to create a bootable CD with that image (boot options are usually specified in a special settings or options menu). Note that to see the rest of the CD you must include DOS CD-ROM drivers. I've use Imageburn 2.4.4.0 to make such CDs. But someone might be able to recommend a better tool.
Or better yet, just attach a USB 1.44mb floppy drive. Everyone should have a floppy drive, or better yet a dozen! :P
Also, if you just want real-mode DOS, but don't care about the version, you can also try the unofficial CDU DOS '7.1' CD. https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/7x (Basically the DOS included with Windows 98).
Agreed, 7.1 CD would be much better for this purpose. It includes 'native' CD and Mouse drivers, unlike 6.22.
Although it is your choice, MS-DOS would probably not be a very good use of that computer. My suggestion would be to install Windows 2000 or even (shudder) Millenium Edition to truly experience the computers of old. With specs like it has, Windows 7 would honestly be pretty good as well on such a machine (if you have enough disk space and could afford another 4GB of RAM). From there, you could probably just install VirtualBox or PCem and you'd be much better off to get the most out of your computer, as installing MS-DOS by itself would not have the drivers for your sound card or video card. - I don't recommend to install real MS-DOS on core 2 duo or higher.
The perfomance of 8088 emulation on modern CPU is slow than 80386 / 80486 / Pentium 1 based machine.
But if you really want to install DOS on real PC, I recommend unofficial CDU DOS '7.1' CD that SomeGuy said. - I recommend trying FreeDOS, as its still being supported and gets regular updates... you can get it from http://www.freedos.org
- Basically, you can do that by creating a bootable 1.44mb floppy disk image, and then using a CD-burning program that supports it to create a bootable CD with that image (boot options are usually specified in a special settings or options menu). Note that to see the rest of the CD you must include DOS CD-ROM drivers. I've use Imageburn 2.4.4.0 to make such CDs. But someone might be able to recommend a better tool.
Or better yet, just attach a USB 1.44mb floppy drive. Everyone should have a floppy drive, or better yet a dozen! :P
Also, if you just want real-mode DOS, but don't care about the version, you can also try the unofficial CDU DOS '7.1' CD. https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/7x (Basically the DOS included with Windows 98).
Agreed, 7.1 CD would be much better for this purpose. It includes 'native' CD and Mouse drivers, unlike 6.22.
Although it is your choice, MS-DOS would probably not be a very good use of that computer. My suggestion would be to install Windows 2000 or even (shudder) Millenium Edition to truly experience the computers of old. With specs like it has, Windows 7 would honestly be pretty good as well on such a machine (if you have enough disk space and could afford another 4GB of RAM). From there, you could probably just install VirtualBox or PCem and you'd be much better off to get the most out of your computer, as installing MS-DOS by itself would not have the drivers for your sound card or video card.
I actually tried 2000, but i cant get it to boot off of a cd or a usb. I was going to try mistake edition, but it would not be worth it. It could be my cd drive, but that could not be it. I have used 7 on it by using a HDD from a old laptop, and using my 7 disc. Here's a off topic question, is there a certain way to make boot cd's? I am never able to boot off of them, and I have to find other options. Thanks! - Basically, you can do that by creating a bootable 1.44mb floppy disk image, and then using a CD-burning program that supports it to create a bootable CD with that image (boot options are usually specified in a special settings or options menu). Note that to see the rest of the CD you must include DOS CD-ROM drivers. I've use Imageburn 2.4.4.0 to make such CDs. But someone might be able to recommend a better tool.
Or better yet, just attach a USB 1.44mb floppy drive. Everyone should have a floppy drive, or better yet a dozen! :P
Also, if you just want real-mode DOS, but don't care about the version, you can also try the unofficial CDU DOS '7.1' CD. https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/7x (Basically the DOS included with Windows 98).
Agreed, 7.1 CD would be much better for this purpose. It includes 'native' CD and Mouse drivers, unlike 6.22.
Although it is your choice, MS-DOS would probably not be a very good use of that computer. My suggestion would be to install Windows 2000 or even (shudder) Millenium Edition to truly experience the computers of old. With specs like it has, Windows 7 would honestly be pretty good as well on such a machine (if you have enough disk space and could afford another 4GB of RAM). From there, you could probably just install VirtualBox or PCem and you'd be much better off to get the most out of your computer, as installing MS-DOS by itself would not have the drivers for your sound card or video card.
I actually tried 2000, but i cant get it to boot off of a cd or a usb. I was going to try mistake edition, but it would not be worth it. It could be my cd drive, but that could not be it. I have used 7 on it by using a HDD from a old laptop, and using my 7 disc. Here's a off topic question, is there a certain way to make boot cd's? I am never able to boot off of them, and I have to find other options. Thanks!
It's probably not going to boot from USB anyways. Try checking your BIOS settings under the 'Boot' section. Make sure the optical drive is both enabled and before the hard disk in the listing.
Some computers also have a BBS Popup option or a Boot menu you can get into upon start up by pressing a key (usually F12). You could always try this too. - It's probably not going to boot from USB anyways. Try checking your BIOS settings under the 'Boot' section. Make sure the optical drive is both enabled and before the hard disk in the listing.
Some computers also have a BBS Popup option or a Boot menu you can get into upon start up by pressing a key (usually F12). You could always try this too.
I have tried F12, but not the boot order. I will try to burn a Windows 2000 Advanced server, and try it since the computer might get new plans soon. Thanks for the information, and I will still check back if anyone has any suggestions.
Thanks again! - It's probably not going to boot from USB anyways. Try checking your BIOS settings under the 'Boot' section. Make sure the optical drive is both enabled and before the hard disk in the listing.
Some computers also have a BBS Popup option or a Boot menu you can get into upon start up by pressing a key (usually F12). You could always try this too.
I have tried F12, but not the boot order. I will try to burn a Windows 2000 Advanced server, and try it since the computer might get new plans soon. Thanks for the information, and I will still check back if anyone has any suggestions.
Thanks again!
Windows 2000 Advanced Server might not be a good choice either. Professional or Server would probably be best.
I suppose if you are going to go for the absolute top end, you could try Database Server as well. - It's probably not going to boot from USB anyways. Try checking your BIOS settings under the 'Boot' section. Make sure the optical drive is both enabled and before the hard disk in the listing.
Some computers also have a BBS Popup option or a Boot menu you can get into upon start up by pressing a key (usually F12). You could always try this too.
I have tried F12, but not the boot order. I will try to burn a Windows 2000 Advanced server, and try it since the computer might get new plans soon. Thanks for the information, and I will still check back if anyone has any suggestions.
Thanks again!
Windows 2000 Advanced Server might not be a good choice either. Professional or Server would probably be best.
I suppose if you are going to go for the absolute top end, you could try Database Server as well.
Ok, so I did try booting it off of the cd again, i changed the boot order, went to the hdd . (I did check to see if it saved) I tried to boot from it directly, i got an error: 'Could not boot from selected boot device' and some options using the F1, F2, and F5 keys. I tried to retry, but just got the same error. I know it probably isn't the cd-rom drive, since it can boot from a windows 7 disk. Gonna do some more searching, and I could be messing up somewhere along the line. Thanks for all of the help to everyone contributing to this topic! :P - It's probably not going to boot from USB anyways. Try checking your BIOS settings under the 'Boot' section. Make sure the optical drive is both enabled and before the hard disk in the listing.
Some computers also have a BBS Popup option or a Boot menu you can get into upon start up by pressing a key (usually F12). You could always try this too.
I have tried F12, but not the boot order. I will try to burn a Windows 2000 Advanced server, and try it since the computer might get new plans soon. Thanks for the information, and I will still check back if anyone has any suggestions.
Thanks again!
Windows 2000 Advanced Server might not be a good choice either. Professional or Server would probably be best.
I suppose if you are going to go for the absolute top end, you could try Database Server as well.
Ok, so I did try booting it off of the cd again, i changed the boot order, went to the hdd . (I did check to see if it saved) I tried to boot from it directly, i got an error: 'Could not boot from selected boot device' and some options using the F1, F2, and F5 keys. I tried to retry, but just got the same error. I know it probably isn't the cd-rom drive, since it can boot from a windows 7 disk. Gonna do some more searching, and I could be messing up somewhere along the line. Thanks for all of the help to everyone contributing to this topic! :P
At this point it might be your disc. If you can, try re-burning it. - Just FYI folks, there is no need to quote an entire post if it is the previous post. And even if it is not, one should prune a quote down to what is relevant to your reply.
Having to read past a dozen irrelevant nested quotes of the entire thread gets tiresome, and is quite silly. - To install MS-DOS 6.22 on a cdrom, symply copy all of the files (including the hidden files) to directory on a cdrom. If you have the supplemental disk, you can put that into the same directory too. You can install Windows 3.1x in the same way.
You need to make a boot diskette, and use that as the boot block for the cdrom. You don't need an actual floppy, an image that works in VPC is fine. You make up a cdrom with DOS, Windows, and any DOS-era proggies you want to play with, and boot from the cdrom.
You can set the cdrom letter to something high (like s: as in OS/2), and use xmsram for the ram drive on r: You then simply change to the MSDOS622 directory and run setup, and to the WIN311 directory and run its setup.
You need to do something about the config.sys and autoexec.bat files, and copying the dos drivers to the hard drive too. The DOS setup won't do that. It's best to do this from the hard drive.
With Windows 2000, you need to set the 48BLBA in the SETUPREG hive in the install. This involves either creating the boot disks and editing the hive on that disk, or modifying the setup and creating the patch there. There is a discussion at http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/75713-4 ... up/?page=1 the necessary batch file, and how to rename the default folders, is at the bottom of the page. - Just FYI folks, there is no need to quote an entire post if it is the previous post. And even if it is not, one should prune a quote down to what is relevant to your reply.
Having to read past a dozen irrelevant nested quotes of the entire thread gets tiresome, and is quite silly.
My apologies, I'm still trying to get back into the routine since I've been gone for a while (I think my account was suspended or something and then I lost my password anyways).To install MS-DOS 6.22 on a cdrom, symply copy all of the files (including the hidden files) to directory on a cdrom. If you have the supplemental disk, you can put that into the same directory too. You can install Windows 3.1x in the same way.
You need to make a boot diskette, and use that as the boot block for the cdrom. You don't need an actual floppy, an image that works in VPC is fine. You make up a cdrom with DOS, Windows, and any DOS-era proggies you want to play with, and boot from the cdrom.
You also have to edit the startup information, if you just turn the boot block on without defining a startup application, it will just blink the cursor or give you an error. - I realized that i can't really load anything on a usb, and nothing at all boots.
I have re-burned it multiple times, in turn wasting many CD's. I might as well just buy Windows 2000 on amazon or something.At this point it might be your disc. If you can, try re-burning it.
Could the problem be the power supply? Its running on a 430W power supply, and i am unsure about if you need a certain amount to boot off of it. I guess i'll work toward putting new parts.
Yeah, sorry about clogging the reply's with quotes. I'll try not to always clog it!Just FYI folks, there is no need to quote an entire post if it is the previous post. And even if it is not, one should prune a quote down to what is relevant to your reply.
Having to read past a dozen irrelevant nested quotes of the entire thread gets tiresome, and is quite silly. - A couple of thoughts back on the topic:
First, when experimenting with burning CDs, use a rewritable CD-RW. That saves a lot of headache.
With Windows 2000, you should not need to do anything special. Just burn the 2000 ISO to a CD. All 2000 CDs should be bootable unless the images were incorrectly dumped.
However, I think 2000 requires an IDE CD drive or an SATA drive in IDE emulation mode. For any other kind of drive (USB) it will probably fail with an 'inaccessible boot device' error.
As for creating boot CDs from a 1.44mb image, I noticed some later versions of ImgBurn are buggy and fail. If you are using ImgBurn, try 2.4.4.0 as that is known to work.
If your BIOS does not support booting from CD or USB devices, try the Ploop Boot Manger floppy disk. That is a very handy tool.
Unless the system is having trouble keeping itself powered on, it's not your power supply.Could the problem be the power supply? Its running on a 430W power supply, and i am unsure about if you need a certain amount to boot off of it. I guess i'll work toward putting new parts.
I've got a system running Windows 2000 with an 85W power supply, you should be perfectly fine.
This is true, unless you have a SATA driver loaded.However, I think 2000 requires an IDE CD drive or an SATA drive in IDE emulation mode. For any other kind of drive (USB) it will probably fail with an 'inaccessible boot device' error.
Where can I get this, and does it work with Dell notebooks? I ask because I have an old Dell Latitude computer that needs a reinstall of Windows 2000, but it only boots from diskette, despite having an optical drive in place.If your BIOS does not support booting from CD or USB devices, try the Ploop Boot Manger floppy disk.
Somehow I doubt that a Core 2 Duo would have a diskette drive, but then again mine does, so I guess we'll wait and see.- You know, i dont think I checked what drivers it has loaded. I guess I will check. On the plus side, i was bored, so I decided to try Arch Linux on it, ands its pretty good, considering how much customization it is! I will check what drivers it has installed, since it could have IDE drivers.
- Well, I could buy a IDE drive and use a IDE to SATA converter, and that could work. We will have to see.
- Welp, I took the lazy route and just bought 2000 Professional. I will look into the burning problem, but for now, I'm going to try installing it. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
P.S. I will see the thread explaining how to upload operating systems.