DOS ain't dead

Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 (Users)

posted by paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 06:27

> But you could also try
> BOOTMGR, which
> fits entirely in your boot sector (512 bytes) and lets you save a
> backup to file in case you want to "go back" later on.

Rugxulo: thanks for that. Reading the install instructions, it states "You should run `bootmgr.com' from plain DOS, not from a MS Windows DOS box, nor under any multitasking environment".

Not sure how to do this since I need, in my case, GAG to get into a DOS environment and (Free)DOS can only see my XP D:\ drive (as its C:\ drive) so I'm not sure how it can modify the MBR of the 'real' C:\ partition (NTFS)

---
Paul
Melbourne, Australia

Complete thread:

• Considering MS-DOS (now FreeDOS) - Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:11
  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 03:34
    • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - LBA48 and > 128 GiB - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 03:51
      • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 12:36
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - SOLVED - paulrichards, 08.08.2011, 23:37
        • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - DOS386, 08.08.2011, 23:39
          • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 09.08.2011, 04:18
            • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 04:48
              • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 06:27
                • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 10.08.2011, 14:32
                  • Considering DOS (now FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 10.08.2011, 15:40
                • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 | GAGA real/unreal "C:\" - DOS386, 17.08.2011, 09:20
                  • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 17.08.2011, 23:02
                    • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - Rugxulo, 18.08.2011, 01:59
                      • Considering DOS (FreeDOS) Part 3 - paulrichards, 19.08.2011, 05:34