Quattro boot DOS 6.22/98/2k/XP

[Raptor]

Hello,

How do I go about getting DOS to show properly in the boot menu?

I've installed the OS from old to new on seperate partitions and Win2k and XP function fine. I've googled around a bit but I can' t really find a surefire guide  that will tell me how to edit the boot.ini file. I've just done the following and I'm going to restart to see if it worked.

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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 98 Second Edition" /w95
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Disk Operating System 6.22" /w95DOS
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Will probably regret not having created an image first but heck..

[Raptor]

O.K, that didn' t work...

[BC_Programmer]

welcome back Raptor! Where you been?

I had a dual boot between Windows 2000 and DOS 6-

four of your boot.ini entries are confusing me though:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 98 Second Edition" /w95
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Disk Operating System 6.22" /w95DOS
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

what are the /w95 and /w95DOS switches for? also: as a point of note- ARC paths "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk ... blah blah" are only used to designate NT partitions.

I don't know your drive setup- but the last line you have, "C:\="Microsoft Windows"" is the type of syntax you need for both the DOS and Windows98 partitions; that is, drive:\="Description"

[Raptor]

I moved! They couldn't bear anymore of me where I used to live so I' ve been offline for a few.



Here's where I found the /95 and /95DOS switches:

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000492.htm

/w95     Used when booting Windows 95 or Windows 98.
/w95dos    Used when booting MS-DOS.


The " C:\="Microsoft Windows"  Boots Windows 98.
How do I rename this entry and how do I get DOS to appear in the list as well?

four of your boot.ini entries are confusing me though:

Don't assume that they have to make sense! I have no clue as to what I'm doing inside the boot.ini when it doesn't concern an NT Windows OS.

[BC_Programmer]

hmm, times like these make me wish I had my old crap cyrix computer, where I originally tested out a windows 2000/DOS dual boot... I remember the DOS boot entry was similar to what your current windows boot line looks like-


I would imagine the line would be similar- depending on where you installed DOS 6.

[Raptor]

Well, the confusing thing is that Windows 98 is installed on D:\, yet the boot.ini says C:\windows.

I'm going to try something with those switches.