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Boot DOS from Boot.ini

,8,1 · 2008-11-02 10:24:42

Is it possible to have DOS on the NTLDR Boot.ini operating system list, without having to give DOS its own partition? I'd like to have the DOS system files contained simply in a subdirectory on the C:\ drive.

02-11-2008 10:24am

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Is it possible to have DOS on the NTLDR Boot.ini operating system list, without having to give DOS its own partition? I'd like to have the DOS system files contained simply in a subdirectory on the C:\ drive.

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#2 02-11-2008 1:57pm

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DOS will only boot up from a FAT16 volume of 2GB or less.

NTFS or FAT32 aren't recognised by DOS, (nor are 4GB FAT16 ones)

retro fitting DOS on to a FAT16 volume that has NT / 2K on it is messy
you have to SYS C: and then then start a reinstal of windows to a temp folder and then edit the boot.ini OR use utilis to fix , either way it's messy #

XP/Vista - they default to NTFS and 2GB is way too small

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