How to install MS DOS 7.1

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[PhantomFellows]

I love that the Windows 98SE Boot Disk basically *is* MS-DOS 7 :)
once again Phil has come through with another brilliant and priceless video, thanks mate!

[rd]

Excellent. Going to do this on my old 486. Thanks!

[Color-Theory]

I was trying to figure out how to remove the boot logo and this video helped! Thanks!

[jorge]

very good tutorial and very well explained, that Phil!

[vulturius]

Like the starter pack ... Have been using it a while now!

[swiftfox]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial, it will be a handy reference in the future. I have a Windows 98SE CD but not MS-DOS 6.22 install floppies, so I can do MS-DOS 7.1 but not 6.22.

[spearPYN]

I like to edit my autoexec.bat and config.sys manually. Been doing that since 1992.

[northwindkey]

To do this using MS-DOS 8.0 from the Windows ME Boot Disk, follow these steps:
1. Do fdisk exactly like in this video.
2. Format C: /u /v:{Volume Name Here}
3. Take these three files from the Windows ME OEM CD (You can get one at WinWorldPC):
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4. Move them all to the C: drive.
5. Edit msdos.sys to remove the logo and registry, then add all the attributes.
6. Add all the attributes to io.sys.
7. Add the EMM386 from the Windows ME Windows Folder.
8. Base System Installed!
9. The Boot Menu itself does work, but the Windows ME Boot Disk for some reason can't run emm386 at all. Also, using himem.sys is not necessary, as the MS-DOS 8.0 io.sys includes himem.sys in it.

[mrmaxgain]

I may attempt a setup of Win 98 on a “CF disk” but I have to start somewhere before installing Win 98. Hopefully, the later install will be FAT32.

[raspberrymb]

Personally I'd've just used the China DOS Union distribution of MS-DOS 7.1, as that has a bit more flexible installer (as en example relevant to Windows 3.1 users, it asks you if you want to enable LFN or not.)

[autemniaequinoctius]

What about your site, Phil?
where can you find your archive to download?

[phlosopher]

I like that case, Phil. Is it AT or an ATX with PSU adapter?

[danielhegemann]

What a nice case that is. I'm looking for something similar. Where did you get it? Oh, nice video as usual.

[imagineaworld]

Also, can ms dos 3 os like win1.01 be ran on ms dos 6?

[kallelarsson]

Tip for those of you that want windows 3.11 to work with fat32 file system. Works like a charm on my PS\1.

[iraklispap]

hello Phil!! CAN i install the dos boot menu to drive d instead of c? is it possible? or its automated to c?

[kiningroseburg]

I really like the utilities that come with Dos 6.22, like scandisk, defrag, msd, memmaker, edit, qbasic... I was hoping for a video on how to replace the entire MS-DOS 6.22 with MS-DOS 7.1 and have these features.... but if I copy the MS-DOS 6.22 software over to a 7.1 system I get "Incorrect DOS version." when I try to run them. Is it possible to get the entire 7.1 package with all the utils?

[Stjaernljus]

can you make a video about getting pci soundcards to work under dos?

[MrMateczkoYT]

It's important to get the No Ramdrive version.
The Ramdrive version does not have the Format utility!
You can also add DisableLog=1 to MSDOS.SYS so that it prevents from creating BOOTLOG.TXT and BOOTLOG.PRV after every boot, which you can delete after putting this line, for an ever sleeker root directory.
Also, it would be nice to hack the COMMAND.COM (or is it IO.SYS?) to replace the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu text in the boot menu with a a custom one, as it's distracting!

[Stephone-]

where's the build video of this machine? Love to see it..