Hello everyone,
I wanted to boot Windows 98 from FreeDOS 1.3, because I would like to
keep all things together without worrying about partitioning.
So I actually have a block device backup of when Windows 98 was working
on this computer. I've extracted the contents and focused on what does
Windows 98 have in its autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
So let's see autoexec.bat from Windows 98:
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 E620 T6
mode con codepage prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=852
keyb pl,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keybdr4.sys
Now, the config.sys from Windows 98:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe
device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
Combining this knowledge, I conceived this, but I'm not sure if this is
correct. That's 7th entry from my FreeDOS fdconfig.sys:
7?DOS=HIGH
7?DOSDATA=HIGH
7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DISPLAY.SYS con=(ega,,1)
7?Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS
7?SHELLHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
/K=WIN.COM
Apparently this doesn't work... kinda. It complains about UMBs, then I'm
dropped into an interactive terminal.
If I try to now run "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024
/P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get a barebones Windows 98 terminal.
Still not there though.
If instead I would have tried "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024
/P C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get stuck at "mode con codepage
prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)".
Any ideas how this can be done and how to progress further?
Best regards,
Michał Dec
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