Ms Dos 6.22 Install Iso

[Doménica Spielmann]

Hiall,

I have been trying to build root 6.22 from source file by following instructions on _from_source/. I tried including python2 and python3 also. When I am building using cmake, I get this error. Can you please help?

I have an IBM PC-XT that I installed a CF card adapter into. The floppy drive on the machine is broken, so I'm unable to install DOS conventionally. A few months ago, I was able to finally get the boot disk installed with the help of this form, but I'm stuck when it comes to installing the other two disks. I tried extracting the files from disk2, making a directory on the CF card, pasting the files in and then using the "SUBST" command to attempt to use the directory as a disk, but I got an error message. Does anyone have any ideas for getting the setup disks installed?

Just remember to FDISK /MBR in VirtualBox after you install DOS and then reboot to confirm it loads properly in the VM before inserting into your retro PC. (You may need to loadup your bootdisks IMG to do so.)

What version of DOS ? If the drive (CF card in your case) is already bootable with the same DOS version you can just create a DOS directory and copy the DOS files into it *IF* they are already expanded. If DOS 6.x then you need to manually expand them before copying the files into the DOS directory. Basically the DOS install just copies+expands the files into the DOS directory after Sys'ing the HD.

The EXPAND.EXE included on Disk1 is used. Basically the command is: expand ATTRIB.EX_ ATTRIB.EXE

you have to do it for every compressed file you want. I have a file list + batch file that I wrote to do it for me. It expands all the main DOS files on disk 2 and 3. Let me check my "work" machine..

This does not include DOSSHELL or anything off the Supplemental Disk, I have a separate file set for that.

It looks like it's all working now! I was able to run Prince of Persia and Monkey Island! They have the framerate of a slideshow, but it's really cool to see them running! Tetris and Zork work too and run really smoothly in comparison.

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 downloaded a CD installer version of DOS 6.22 here: with mouse/keyboard support and all. So do I first just install with the shortcut prompt on the CD version of DOS? I will link a pic below. Then after when I also install the CD drivers do I have to set up certain commands to install Windows 98 SE? I heard that copying the files from the CD to the Drive and then running the setup file there is more efficient. Also how would I go about setting up a boot GUI when the OSs are installed, so when I boot it up I have a menu to go into 6.22 or just plain Windows 98 SE. Thanks. Also lastly I am not sure if this version of DOS 6.22 (CD Install Version) even requires a boot disc, I am pretty sure OEM versions do not but count me possibly wrong.

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 installer will then detect your hard drive and configure all 16 GB of it for use.

If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to have DOS 6.22 ? Is there anything you plan to run that you know for a fact will not run under Windows 98 SE's DOS 7.1 ? Except Windows 3.x, I do not know of anything that runs under DOS 6.22 , but not under DOS 7.1 (EDIT except maybe some low level disk utilities that do not handle FAT32).

By the way, Windows 98 SE can very easily be configured to boot only into its included DOS 7.1 without launching Windows itself automatically . Launching Windows from there is just a question of running the "win" command .

EDIT : Just to be clear, "because you want to" is a perfectly valid reason and I'm not questioning your right to do whatever you want with your hardware. I just wanted to point out that , if there is no practical advantage to doing something, you may to considering abstaining from doing it in order make your life easier .

If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to have DOS 6.22 ? Is there anything you plan to run that you know for a fact will not run under Windows 98 SE's DOS 7.1 ? Except Windows 3.x, I do not know of anything that runs under DOS 6.22 , but not under DOS 7.1 .

FreeDOS would just be a temporary measure to enable you to format the full drive and copy the Windows installation files onto it. FreeDOS can be booted from CD-ROM or SD card, so bypassing the need for a floppy drive. Installing Windows will remove FreeDOS and install MS-DOS 7.1. You don't have to think about FreeDOS again after that.

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 is old system utilities that are not long filename or FAT32 aware, but there is no reason to use those nowadays .

Do you have any examples of incompatibilities that you have heard of ? Specific examples of software with incompatibilities or links to reports by users experiencing issues could be helpful to other users considering the same options that you are .

EDIT : TLDR . With the possible exception of Bio Menace (for which there is a patch) and possibly very old (early 1980s) games there should be no issues with running DOS 7.1 . Even DOS 6.22 has potential compatibility issues, it's not as if anything can be absolutely 100% backwards compatible . IMHO, DOS 7.1 is extremely backwards compatible .

I also used to be suspicious of DOS 7.1, and was annoyed that it was not possible to force Windows to leave the 6.22 installation alone. (It can be done with a boot manager. This will hide the MS-DOS partition from the Windows installer, allowing you to have both 6.22 and 7.1 on the same system.) However I've never encountered a problem with 7.1.

Thank you, I have decided I will just install Windows 98, it will work fine for me. The whole DOS 6.22 thing will just cause more confusion for me and this is my first 98 build. It should work just fine. Plus I am pretty sure you can find game fixes for 7.1 as well without a whole new OS like 6.22. Thanks.

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