Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/04/16/22:01:17
Damian Yerrick wrote:
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> >
> ><first response censored by the Committee to Prevent Network Meltdown>
> >
> >You know, instead of KILLING DOS entirely, what they should do is by
> >default install a dual boot with the "other" boot being pure DOS.
>
> Currently, I use a similar technique with Windows 98. If I will be
But as noted in another message, you can't do this with W2k, and I think
it's a safe bet WinME will be the same :(
> doing hard-core DOS action, I pick "Command prompt only" so that my
> sound card will not crackle horribly. But with Windows ME, it seems
> I will have to reformat and repartition my hard drive to get several
> boot partitions below 32 MB.
What sound card is this? I vaguely recall some serious lack of support
for certain sound cards in W98.
> >Then Windows could be free of real mode code (since this seems to be
> >their objective), and users who need DOS could still use it without
> >having to thrash around with a boot disk that may or may not work,
> >and without having to hunt for another dual boot util that is
> >guaranteed to work with WinMe (that's almost as good as WinCE :)
>
> This has been CCed to Microsoft's suggestion box:
> mailto:mswish AT microsoft DOT com
Good!! I'd have done it myself if I'd known where to send it offhand!
~REZ~
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