[TRLog] Booting to MS-DOS with Windows ME

[John Unger]

> I would like to run TR in MS-DOS, not a DOS window. On shutdown or = 
> booting of the computer (holidng F8 or Ctrl) does not give me an MS-DOS = 
> option. Selecting the boot mode that steps through the commands and = 
> saying "no" puts the computer in Windows safe mode. And the help files = 
> are so helpful, what they say to do does not match what the computer = 
> shows.

One option, which works very well for all DOS apps, is to get a copy of "Partition Magic" and load it on your Windows machine. This software allows you to create a REAL MS-DOS partition (you have to supply the MS-DOS disks, you didn't throw them out, did you?) on your hard disk. Then "Boot Magic" (part of the software package) allows you to choose whether you want to boot from your Windows or your DOS partition at startup. The default OS will automatically load after n seconds if you don't make a choice. If you want to have a true MS-DOS OS on a machine along with some flavor of Windows, this is one way to do it. I think it also works on NT machines, but I'm not sure about that.

The only downside is that Partition Magic is not free...

YMMV

73 - John, W4AU


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