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How do I boot to dos from windows 2000?

 
 
Reply Mon 9 Feb, 2004 09:26 pm
Hello!

I am trying to install Fedora Core 1 directly from the ISO files, and am wondering how the heck I can get my computer to boot Into DOS mode!

I cannot begin the installation from the command prompt window, and searching on google has proved to be less than helpful (I don't have the *four* blank floppies required to create a 'setup disk') Any ideas??
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Reply Mon 9 Feb, 2004 10:21 pm
You can download the w2k boot disk set easily, or create it yourself if you have a w2k installation CD, but those floppies are designed to get you to the Recovery Console or to help you install Windows -- It's not true "MS-DOS mode" (for good reasons).

If you want to get into DOS mode, use a Windows 98 or ME boot floppy (you can use even older boot disks too, but they won't include generic CD-ROM drivers or FAT32 support).

Note that if your hard drive is partitioned using NTFS, you'll first have to delete your partitions & recreate them as FAT32 in order to access your HD from the boot floppy.

You can download Windows boot disks here...

www.pchelplive.com

From there log in with with my account below (or create your own):

Name: bootdisks
Password: password

then go to the downloads page and click 'Windows Boot Disks' in the bottom right. From there you can get a copy of the boot disks that came with everything from DOS 5 to WinXP.
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crashoveride
 
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Reply Sat 15 May, 2004 03:28 pm
try to go to the bios and boot from cd rom
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