Re: [OT] Need bootable MS-DOS 6.22 disk image

[Paolo Carballo <jplcarballo@eudoramail.com>]

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Hi there!
I hope this helps.
At 10:38 PM 9/1/00 -0700, Neato wrote:
>Does anyone have/know where i can get/is able to make a rawriteable
>image of an ms-dos 6.22 boot disk? (360k 5 1/4")
>
Unfortunately, the only boot disk I have can be read thru "dir", but
upon further checking, fails to boot. Sorry, it's that OLD and
unused.

>(and also, does anyone know what files go on what disks? I have all
>the files backed up but lost my list of where they go.)
>
A directory of my dos 6.22 boot disk reveals the following:

dos622         <DIR>        01-24-1998  8:53a DOS622
dm5            <DIR>        01-17-1998  5:06p DM5
anti-vir dat         1,600  01-23-1998  6:43p ANTI-VIR.DAT
config   sys            86  01-19-1998  2:08p CONFIG.SYS
command  com        54,645  05-31-1994  6:22a COMMAND.COM
*drvspace bin        66,294  05-31-1994  6:22a DRVSPACE.BIN
emm386   exe       120,926  05-31-1994  6:22a EMM386.EXE
fdisk    exe        29,336  05-31-1994  6:22a FDISK.EXE
himem    sys        29,136  05-31-1994  6:22a HIMEM.SYS
*io       sys        40,774  05-31-1994  6:22a IO.SYS
*msdos    sys        38,138  05-31-1994  6:22a MSDOS.SYS
         9 file(s)        380,935 bytes

Note that this is a 1.44 floppy, so only the root files will interest
us. The files with an asterisk (*) are either system or hidden from a
normal dir command. When one makes a bootdisk from any other dos 6.22
system, the files loaded by a sys or a format /s command are:
io.sys, msdos.sys, drvspace.bin and command.com
The file "drvspace.bin" can be deleted, unless the system you boot up
with the floppy uses disk compression. These three, plus himem.sys
and emm386.exe make up a viable system that can fit on your 360k 5
1/4" floppy.
Everything else is optional.



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