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I have succeeded in loading the 32-bit dpmi dos from Windows ME from a
single floppy. I am calling this XDos (eXtended Dos). Not sure about the
utility of something like this, but it appears that this boot floppy is
not machine-specific. Wish I could distribute this floppy, but obviously
Microsoft would not be pleased with an effort such as this :0). The neat
part is that the files just barely fit onto a single floppy, vmm32.vxd
alone taking up a whopping 1,012,656 bytes !
Unfortunately, ME
real dos requires a patch in order to allow booting to C:\> rather than
directly to Windows. This patch can be obtained at : ME Dos patch
The
following link provides a dpmi application to test your XDos installation
: Testfloat.exe
Click
here for directory in text format
Click
here for filelist in text format
Click here for boot information in
text format
The command sys.com will not work with ME Dos
(MSDos8). To make a bootable disk, you will have to format with format a:
/s under another dos version, then delete all these files, and finally
copy the root ME files. Copy io.sys first, as it needs to be at the
beginning of the disk.
Mike
Risch