[arachne] Re: Boot Win Me to DOS

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Greg,

I have XP on my "new" Dell Inspiron 510S, nope...no DOS in XP.  WinXP is based 
on Win NT.  If you want a DOS, you have to partition the hard drive and install 
one in it's own partition, then use a boot manager if you desire to boot into 
it.
Just like you would not expect to find DOS on a Ubuntu Linux machine.
CU L8R!
Wiz  <{;-)

Wizard57M
Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
http://www.geocities.com/wizard57m/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/9/2008 8:10 PM
Subject: [arachne] Re: Boot Win Me to DOS

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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:13:54 -0500, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> Hey Art
> Check this out

> http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/

Interesting, but I've got XP....

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/wxpmsdos.html

This says that it can't be done, and while the DOS-window can run most
16-bit software, it won't let them access any of the hardware.

Sheeeesh! Gates's boys (and girls) are making it harder and harder for
us dinosaurs!

Ah, well, there are still some DOSes around that can be made to work
with some of the newer computers....

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    and remember what peace there may be in silence.
        "Desiderata", Max Ehrmann, copyright 1952.

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