alright, i'm back for more sage advice. earlier this year, i began exploring the possibility of installing dos 6.22 in order to properly play my older games, since dosbox just didn't cut the mustard. since i have more than one computer, i thought my older one would do nicely. see, i'd had success wiping the hard drive of my first computer (a used one given to me) clean with dos 6.22 (since windows os' never lets you go backwards) and then mounting windows '95, then '98, so that my compatibility issues on my other computer (xp, now windows 7) would vanish.
so, i went forth and purchased dos 6.22 os floppies.
the problem was, i didn't get any utility drivers with it, so it would not recognise the exxistence of a cd-rom, let alone a dvd-r-rw.
so, i came here, asked a question about this issue, and received much information, all useful, i'm sure, but ultimaately not helpful. see, it came down to the lack of utilities. well that, and the fact that my command of dos is abyssmal. i can use computers, but i do not know what makes them work, sort of kidney.
so, here i be again, asking for help. i now possess dos 6.0 utilities floppy discs, dos 6.22 os floppy discs, and every damned wndows (okay, not every) os from '95 to 7 ultimate ('95, '98se, 2000 pro, xp pro sp2, with a sp3 disc, xp home sp2, 7 ultimate 32-bit, 7 ultimate 64-bit, and some utilities for 7, either version). whoopee. i still can't play my older games, although i am getting an education on the guts of my machines, among other things.
my questions are these.
are my dos 6.0 utilities discs compastible with dos 6.22?
and, if so, what commands do i use to make the os recognise the cd-rom (or dvd, although i can swap one out briefly, just 'til i can start slapping the '95, then the '98, onto the computer)?
now, there is the possibilty that all i have to do is put the discs in and install them with a simple Y, but i have been busy with other issues of a non-computer nature, and i would love to simply be sure that i am doing this right before i monkey any further with the infernal machine in question.
thanks in advance to all those who willrespond with usefful help and hints.
carl bailey.
so, i went forth and purchased dos 6.22 os floppies.
the problem was, i didn't get any utility drivers with it, so it would not recognise the exxistence of a cd-rom, let alone a dvd-r-rw.
so, i came here, asked a question about this issue, and received much information, all useful, i'm sure, but ultimaately not helpful. see, it came down to the lack of utilities. well that, and the fact that my command of dos is abyssmal. i can use computers, but i do not know what makes them work, sort of kidney.
so, here i be again, asking for help. i now possess dos 6.0 utilities floppy discs, dos 6.22 os floppy discs, and every damned wndows (okay, not every) os from '95 to 7 ultimate ('95, '98se, 2000 pro, xp pro sp2, with a sp3 disc, xp home sp2, 7 ultimate 32-bit, 7 ultimate 64-bit, and some utilities for 7, either version). whoopee. i still can't play my older games, although i am getting an education on the guts of my machines, among other things.
my questions are these.
are my dos 6.0 utilities discs compastible with dos 6.22?
and, if so, what commands do i use to make the os recognise the cd-rom (or dvd, although i can swap one out briefly, just 'til i can start slapping the '95, then the '98, onto the computer)?
now, there is the possibilty that all i have to do is put the discs in and install them with a simple Y, but i have been busy with other issues of a non-computer nature, and i would love to simply be sure that i am doing this right before i monkey any further with the infernal machine in question.
thanks in advance to all those who willrespond with usefful help and hints.
carl bailey.
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