The 16-bit versions of Windows (up to 3.11) ran as a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on top of MS-DOS. With Windows 95, 98, and Me, the role of MS-DOS was reduced to a boot loader according to Microsoft, with MS-DOS programs running in a virtual DOS machine within 32-bit Windows, with ability to boot directly into MS-DOS retained as a backward compatibility option for applications that required real mode access to the hardware, which was generally not possible within Windows.[77] The command line accessed the DOS command line (usually COMMAND.COM) through a Windows module (WINOLDAP.MOD).[clarification needed]
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In contrast to the Windows 9x series, the Windows NT-derived 32-bit operating systems (Windows NT, 2000, XP and newer), developed alongside the 9x series, do not contain MS-DOS compatibility as a core component of the operating system nor do they rely on it for bootstrapping, as NT was not with the level of support for legacy MS-DOS and Win16 apps that Windows 9x was,[78] but does provide limited DOS emulation called NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine) to run DOS applications and provide DOS-like command prompt windows. 64-bit versions of Windows NT prior to Windows 11 do not provide DOS emulation and cannot run DOS applications natively.[82] Windows XP contains a copy of the Windows Me boot disk, stripped down to bootstrap only. This is accessible only by formatting a floppy as an "MS-DOS startup disk". Files like the driver for the CD-ROM support were deleted from the Windows Me bootdisk and the startup files (AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS) no longer had content. This modified disk was the base for creating the MS-DOS image for Windows XP. Some of the deleted files can be recovered with an undelete tool.[83] When booting up an MS-DOS startup disk made with Windows XP's format tool, the version number and the VER internal command reports as "Windows Millennium" and "5.1", respectively, and not as "MS-DOS 8.0" (which was used as the base for Windows Me but never released as a stand-alone product), though the API still says Version 8.0.
This page provides a setup program that makes it easy to create a Windows 3.11 system that runs under DOSBox-X or DOSBox. The setup program does the installation for you, but you will need to provide a full set of Windows 3.1x or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation files, disks, or disk images, or a Windows 3.1x or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation CD (or CD image file),or an MSDN download of Windows for Workgroups 3.11. You may use the installation files or disks from any roman-alphabet version of Windows 3.11. (No product code is required when installing Windows 3.x.)
1. Find the Win31DOSBox\SETUP folder in the files that you extracted from the downloaded system setup archive. (I assume that you have Windows 3.11, but the installation should work with the earlier 3.1 version.)
It requires no installation. It can be used on linux servers, linux desktops or windows boxes. The kernel supports the important file systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs). The bootable ISO consolidates as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD, DVD, or thumb drive. When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu will be displayed, and you will be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.
If you want to boot more than one operating system ("OS") on a single computer, a boot manager or multi-boot loader comes in handy. The boot loader allowsyou to easy create and configure a boot menu so that you can select which OS to boot, set a timeout so that a certain OS is booted if no keys are pressedwithin a certain time limit, and even prevent the booting of certain operating systems on a computer if a certain password is not entered. Note thatsome operating systems, like most (if not all) of thefree Linux distributions already come with their ownboot loader that can dual boot / triple boot Linux, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and other systems that you want.
The FreeBSD boot loader requires either a primary or GPT partition.If all of the primary or GPT partitions are already in use, one must be freed for FreeBSD.To create a partition without deleting existing data, use a partition resizing tool to shrink an existing partition and create a new partition using the freed space.
Proper sector alignment provides the best performance, and making partition sizes even multiples of 4K bytes helps to ensure alignment on drives with either 512-byte or 4K-byte sectors.Generally, using partition sizes that are even multiples of 1M or 1G is the easiest way to make sure every partition starts at an even multiple of 4K.There is one exception: the freebsd-boot partition should be no larger than 512K due to current boot code limitations.
I misplaced the original floppy that would have kicked off the Windows 3.11 CD-ROM install, so I tried using my Windows 98 boot floppy disk. It seemed to work OK. After I go through the Windows installation, reboot and try to launch Windows, the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 splash screen comes up and it starts cranking away, but it gives up and says "incorrect DOS version". This leads me to believe that the Windows 98 DOS is not recognized properly by Windows 3.11 because it is newer. Any suggestions?
hi posting new thread.I have a 386dx40 up and running windows 3.11The current cdrom driver is oak oti-011. The physical drive is a nec cdr-1400b. I have been unable to locate a suitable driver. The current one reads fine in dos but in windows just freezes the system in file manager when i click on D:The disc i have is space quest 4. Is it possible to dos copy contents to the hdd and then run setup that way as in dos setup states it must occur in windows. These old games i really love them.Thanks for time and any help
Hi not having much luck with my access to cd rom. I couldn't install the vide drivers. I tried off the cd i burnt with the files but when running setup from dos it states cannot create directory or access file. So i then made the directory in c: and copied contents accross then ran setup but same error occurs.Is there any other way to access the cd rom via windows apart from file manager.? A shortcut?Do i have a hardware conflict? Its just a controller ISA board with one IDE connector going to hdd and cd rom. Thought i set jumpers correct.Thanks again for any help
Thanks. Yes right now dos cd read/write etc no problem so sounds more a windows issue. I have tried both burnt and original cds. Dos fine. Windows a problem. Yes troubleshooting for me is just relearning. I still remember copy/mkdir and mem commands. I was trying to remember like norton commander but it may not work on 3.11 Windows.
Ok i think I opened Pandora's Box.So rem out the MSCDEX line caused windows boot to not see a d: drive icon. So i took out rem and upon reboot I'm now getting a hdd controller failure 50% of the time. If it does work then ive got some graphical glitches on the display. Dos looks ok but windows can have bad screens. Oh boy.I was not successful in getting d: icon back.Wondering if I should put another hdd in as i still have the floppy disks for dos 6.22 and windows 3.11.These are the original config/autoexec files before touching.
Final update. Thanks for peoples input. So i went back to basics and used a new ide rbbon cable, a ide hdd 40gig newer and reinstalled 3.11 via floppy discs. It worked well as i can also sync hdd with my windows 10 system via a ide caddy. I put all drivers on very easy.So i now have a system with no glitches, a faster spin hdd and the cdrom now accesses via file manager in 3.11 and dos. Final things to do is test the sound card with a game and check out web browsing.
To do this work, you can use a third-party program called MobaLiveCD. It is a free application that allows you to test a bootable USB drive or ISO image file with a few clicks. Installation is not required and it uses an excellent emulator, QEMU to check if the drive is bootable.
You can switch disks by hitting Ctrl + F4. Each time you switch disks, it will mount the next image you passed to the boot DOSBox command, until you cycle around to the first disk again. The setup will now complete itself, prompting only when it requires the next floppy disk to be mounted.
You can start DOSBox up again, and MS-DOS will now boot on its own. You are now free to perform tasks such as installing the MS-DOS supplementals, tune your autoexec.bat and config.sys to load additional drivers and optimise the memory usage, or install applications. 2ff7e9595c
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