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re: Can BOOT.INI load a DOS partition? Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:36 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites Click Here You can play with the boot.ini file but I would suggest you use OSL, it was free but it's looks like he selling it now,it's great program.. OS Loader from: osloader.com OR BootIT NG is a partition and multiboot manager with a powerful and simple-to-use set of tools for partitioning, imaging, and multi-booting your computer. It combines the features of several standalone products costing hundreds of dollars more. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html # Compatible with all Windows versions (9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2003/Vista). # Compatible with x64 (AMD64/EM64T) and Windows 64bit OS (non-GPT). # IEEE1394/USB 2.0 high-speed support for imaging/partitioning # Support for large hard drives (2 TB) and partitions (1-2 TB) # Non-destructive resizing and conversion for FAT/FAT32 # Non-destructive resizing for NTFS # Creation and (secure) deletion of partitions/volumes # Undelete partitions/volumes # FAT/FAT32 formatting # Copying and moving of partitions/volumes # Support for Linux Ext2/Ext3 and ReiserFS file systems # Imaging (including directly to CD-R/RW or DVD+R+RW-R-RW) # Booting any partition on any hard drive (via BIOS) # Booting from the CD/DVD drive # Booting multiple operating systems from a single partition # Create over 200 primary partitions (if desired) # User ID and password protection # Free upgrades (1.00-1.99) (registration-key versions only) # And lots more.. ========= Are you a wood worker ?,if so Click Here On Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 3:14 pm, geek9pm wrote: >I was thinking of chreating a small DOS partition on my hard drive. Or maybe using >a small secondary drive for an older version of DOS. There are some things I would >like to try, but not on my Windows 2000 system! >So, the question is this. How do I tell the BOOT.INI to load the DOS partition as >an option in the OS menu? I recall that with Windows 98 it was just >C:\WINDOWS >or something like that. Could that work also for DOS? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can BOOT.INI load a DOS partition? Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:02 pm Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) Thanks DEX. Both products are impressive. I can understand that want a small fee for the product. But right now I a bad time for use to make more purchases. ust upgraded to a refurbished Dell computer, which the fist time I have have a factory built PC in about sis years. One of the issues with boot managers is if they follow the Microsoft standers for how the MBR is now defined. I have notices that after using some other OS and I want to repair Windows 2000, I get a message that the MBR appears to be non-standard. This makes me thing there is something that other boot managers do the differs from Microsoft. In the past I have got into a case where I could not boot up my system except with the help of the third-party utility to fix whatsoever it did to the MBR. I believe it was the Norton Part ion Magic that did that to me. So I am reluctant to use a third-party manager unless it is really good. But then it would cost. Thanks anyway. Geek9pm     Squawk! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can BOOT.INI load a DOS partition? Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 8:37 pm Posted by Jacob6601 (2174 messages posted) The biggest problem you have is that (true, 6.2 and lower) DOS needs a FAT16 partition. It might need to be the primary partition also. Create a FAT16 partition and boot from a floppy to determine if you can see it. Once you get the floppy to recognize a partition, continue to boot from a floppy for access to DOS and SHELL out the command processor in the Config.sys file: SHELL=d:\DOS\DOS6\COMMAND.COM D:\DOS\DOS6 /P Reading/d-loads: http://oldfiles.org.uk/ [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum