Re: [ProgSoc] MS-DOS bootdisk

[slim jim <jrwatkin@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale wrote:

> The only problem with this is that the Windows 95 command.com is about 90k,
> whereas the MS-DOS 6 command.com is only about 50k. But if you want to use
> Dos 6, you've got to find a DOS6 command.com and system files, AND DOS 6
> versions of himem and emm386, so it might not be worth the effort.

I think the best solution would be to find the DOS6.x boot files.  Not all
dos games and device driver workin with the Win95 command.com. If you had
a FAT32 partition then you wouldn't be able to access the hard drive if
you booted with an old dos version.

- James.
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