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multi-boot OS problems trying to boot to C drive I get error mess non sys disk nodisk
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multi-boot OS problems trying to boot to C drive I get error mess non sys disk nodisk
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#1 Sep 16th, 2004
Sounds straight forward, but I can not figure this out I am new to this. I have a Etower 500 MHz with 192 mb's of memory and 4 gig hard drive. I used partition magic 3.5 to partition the drive in order to try and install DOS and win98 and I also want to install unix or windows 2000.I am following the instructions from this web site here:
>> http://www.xperts.co.za/multi-boot/ I am using the disks that I made from downloading from this site referring to REUEL Boot disk this disk took me through the entire process. It all went great until I rebooted and I keep getting Non-System disk or disk error I have no disk's in the drives. I even installed win98 and all it did was go straight to windows. With in windows I could see the drives I partitioned all of them except the one that windows was actually on. I have done this again and again trying to see if I did anything wrong. Anybody know what is wrong?
Also can anyone tell me how to get free dos I can not figure out what files to download. The one that I am trying to install now is suppose to be mini dos 6.22. I am really new to dos so I am doing a lot of guessing. :cry: :-|
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#2 Sep 16th, 2004
Greetings,
I'll be the first one to mention, I'm not a expert in Dual Booting, since I use VMWare installed on the same system. =P
I would suggest maybe gettin' a dual boot program (Google it) to make your options easier, and if your planning on installin' Linux (Unix) it has it's own verstile boot manager. Usually GRUB, or LILO and should be able to pick up your different "Boot up selection."
Just my thoughts,
Alistair
I'll be the first one to mention, I'm not a expert in Dual Booting, since I use VMWare installed on the same system. =P
I would suggest maybe gettin' a dual boot program (Google it) to make your options easier, and if your planning on installin' Linux (Unix) it has it's own verstile boot manager. Usually GRUB, or LILO and should be able to pick up your different "Boot up selection."
Just my thoughts,
Alistair
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#3 Sep 17th, 2004
First thing I'd like to ask you is if you're sure you want to put this all on a 4GB HDD? I installed Win98Se and Win2K on a 4.3GB along with some anti-virus software and that alone used about a third of my drive.
I can't help you much with the DOS part -- never did use it much and I don't know when it should be installed in a multi-boot configuration.
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong (are you sure the HDD is good?), but generally it is preferred to install Win98 first, and then Win2K, and Linux (or Unix) last.
I've attached detailed instructions for creating a dual-boot with Windows 98SE and Windows 2000 Pro, the only thing you would need to do for Unix, is create one more partition and install it on there.
By the way, I tried that link you included and it didn't work for me (page not found).
If you follow the instructions in the attachment and still have problems, post the details, including at what point the problem(s) occured and any error messages.
One more thing, if you have a 4 gig hard drive, you do have a disk in (that message is not referring to a floppy or CD, but rather any disk with an operating system).
I can't help you much with the DOS part -- never did use it much and I don't know when it should be installed in a multi-boot configuration.
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong (are you sure the HDD is good?), but generally it is preferred to install Win98 first, and then Win2K, and Linux (or Unix) last.
I've attached detailed instructions for creating a dual-boot with Windows 98SE and Windows 2000 Pro, the only thing you would need to do for Unix, is create one more partition and install it on there.
By the way, I tried that link you included and it didn't work for me (page not found).
If you follow the instructions in the attachment and still have problems, post the details, including at what point the problem(s) occured and any error messages.
One more thing, if you have a 4 gig hard drive, you do have a disk in (that message is not referring to a floppy or CD, but rather any disk with an operating system).
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#4 Sep 17th, 2004
To: dlh6213 I am only putting all of this on this HHD for learning purposes I have three computers so if it doesn't work I will change it again. I am into learning as much as possible right now. I forgot to mention that that computer does have a second hard drive that is two gigs and when I installed win 98 it installed it on that drive and would not let me install it on the first HHD unless it was C drive which I had installed mini dos, anyway I will follow your instructions and see what happens. I will scale back the number of OS until I get it right.
I also tried the link to the web site I posted and it did not work as you said I found that for whatever reason if I copied and pasted it, it did not work. So type it in using www.xperts.co.za/multiboot/ I just saw why it did not work the orginal link has a dash in multiboot. Must have been a type O from his web site because I copied and pasted from his site.
I am going to try your link now and thanks. :eek:
P.S. The link works now.
I also tried the link to the web site I posted and it did not work as you said I found that for whatever reason if I copied and pasted it, it did not work. So type it in using www.xperts.co.za/multiboot/ I just saw why it did not work the orginal link has a dash in multiboot. Must have been a type O from his web site because I copied and pasted from his site.
I am going to try your link now and thanks. :eek:
P.S. The link works now.
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#5 Sep 17th, 2004
I tried the link again and still no go. I tried typing it in and that didn't work. I even did a google search for 'xperts multiboot' which came up with several links, but none of those worked either. Maybe their site is having some trouble, or maybe I just can't access it for whatever reason.
I did find a link that I think may be helpful to you though:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue47/deblende.html
Seems this is just what you are trying to accomplish.
Since your doing this for the learning experience, I think you should still start with the dual-boot till you get that right, then move on to three, then four. It appears from that link that DOS should be installed first, but fdisk from the DOS installation disk should be used (not fdisk from Win98).
If you decide to use the instructions in the attachment to my first post, I'd appreciate any feedback; if there's anything that is mispelled, or isn't clear enough, I'd like to know as I'm trying to make it as clear and concise as possible.
Thanks and good luck!
I did find a link that I think may be helpful to you though:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue47/deblende.html
Seems this is just what you are trying to accomplish.
Since your doing this for the learning experience, I think you should still start with the dual-boot till you get that right, then move on to three, then four. It appears from that link that DOS should be installed first, but fdisk from the DOS installation disk should be used (not fdisk from Win98).
If you decide to use the instructions in the attachment to my first post, I'd appreciate any feedback; if there's anything that is mispelled, or isn't clear enough, I'd like to know as I'm trying to make it as clear and concise as possible.
Thanks and good luck!
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#6 Sep 19th, 2004
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Originally Posted by dlh6213
I tried the link again and still no go. I tried typing it in and that didn't work. I even did a google search for 'xperts multiboot' which came up with several links, but none of those worked either. Maybe their site is having some trouble, or maybe I just can't access it for whatever reason.
I did find a link that I think may be helpful to you though:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue47/deblende.html
Seems this is just what you are trying to accomplish.
Since your doing this for the learning experience, I think you should still start with the dual-boot till you get that right, then move on to three, then four. It appears from that link that DOS should be installed first, but fdisk from the DOS installation disk should be used (not fdisk from Win98).
If you decide to use the instructions in the attachment to my first post, I'd appreciate any feedback; if there's anything that is mispelled, or isn't clear enough, I'd like to know as I'm trying to make it as clear and concise as possible.
Thanks and good luck!
I need a copy of dos 6.22 or at least the IO.sys , msdos.sys, command.com files I think the ones I have are corrupt.
Can you tell me why when I type in ( at the comand prompt ) a:\ sys or c:\ sys , d:\ sys it actually changes directories I thought the change directory command was ( CD d:\ ) for instance.
I tried the attactment and when I used win98 start up disk and tried using without cd support it did not work. I used the start up disk I downloaded from the site you can not access. Using partition magic 3.5 I partitioned the drive then installed windows 98 and then installed XP. It works fine and windows XP Professional comes with a biult in partitioner and I also have a choice of which operating system I wanted to start up at the boot process. I still as previously said I can't install and get to work ms-dos I need help here.
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#7 Sep 19th, 2004
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Originally Posted by bpsman
Can you tell me why when I type in ( at the comand prompt ) a:\ sys or c:\ sys , d:\ sys it actually changes directories...
sys C:
With the syntax you're using, your commands are interpreted as:
A:\
C:\
D:\
which to DOS means "change to drive directory A:\, C:\, and D:\" respectively).
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#8 Sep 19th, 2004
Well, the link works for me now -- don't know what the problem was before. I'll take a look through it when I get a chance.
As I mentioned before, I don't know much about DOS, so hopefully someone else will be able to help you with that. I don't know why a sys command would change the directory, I believe you're correct about cd being the command for that.
I don't understand why using a win98 startup disk didn't work either, unless it's corrupted or incomplete like your DOS.
As I mentioned before, I don't know much about DOS, so hopefully someone else will be able to help you with that. I don't know why a sys command would change the directory, I believe you're correct about cd being the command for that.
I don't understand why using a win98 startup disk didn't work either, unless it's corrupted or incomplete like your DOS.
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#9 Sep 19th, 2004
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Originally Posted by DMR
Your syntax is incorrect; the command to transfer system files to a given drive is "sys drive letter:'. For instance, if you wanted to make C: bootable, the syntax would be:
sys C:
With the syntax you're using, your commands are interpreted as:
A:\
C:\
D:\
which to DOS means "change to drive directory A:\, C:\, and D:\" respectively).
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#10 Sep 19th, 2004
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Originally Posted by bpsman
If it I type sys c: while in drive A and my dos start up disk in the floppy drive I get bad command or file name.
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Originally Posted by bpsman
I can not seem to find the sys files needed to make c drive bootable. are these hidden files?
IO.SYS (hidden)
MSDOS.SYS (hidden)
COMMAND.COM (not hidden)
To verify that all three files are available on the floppy, use the following command:
DIR /A
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