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Hi Mister,
The solution would be to format a partition for your legacy pre-NTFS
DOS games in FAT32 format and then use the Multiboot disk.
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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
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My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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"Mister Scary" <daniel_newhouse@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:0pJje.11715$CR5.5543@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
|A DOS boot disk is useless on an NTFS file system. I am well aware of
| DOSbox, and it is THE choice for playing the most primitive DOS titles. But
| last I checked it doesn't implement some advanced features, like POV hat
| (joystick feature) or Soundblaster 16. To do these things there is a
| wonderful utility called SoundFX 2000, but it rides piggy back to the NTVDM
| and therefore needs it to operate optimally. DOSbox also has the advantage
| of being able to run protected mode DOS titles.
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
| news:O3YmIIiXFHA.3732@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| >
| > "Mister Scary" <daniel_newhouse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
| > news:etNEyYdXFHA.160@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| > |I am currently finishing up a computer I just put together. I have
| > edited
| > | config.NT in Windows XP several times before, with other computers.
| > Only
| > | this time when I add EMM = RAM to config.NT I get the following error
| > | message when I start the DOS prompt:
| > |
| > | "Unrecognized command in CONFIG.SYS
| > | Error in CONFIG.SYS line 56"
| > |
| > | I have never had this happen before. If you want to get the more
| > advanced
| > | DOS games working in the NTVDM, the EMM = RAM line is imperative.
| > |
| > | I figure this is probably some bug introduced by Microsoft's updates. I
| > | have had a similar situation before, when I complained on these boards
| > that
| > | a Toshiba SD-M1502 DVD ROM wasn't working with either cmd.exe or
| > command.com
| > | I discovered after the next critical update to Windows that it was
| > working
| > | in the command prompts.
| > |
| > |
| >
| > Hi Mister,
| >
| > When a game is a DOS game, it could work using the Multiboot
| > bootdisk from:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
| > and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.
| >
| > With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
| >
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
| > which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.
| >
| > If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
| > tutorials I've found on the subject:
http://www.dosgames.com/faq.php and
| >
http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
| > issues use:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck!
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| > Game FAQs:
;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
| > Contact
| > MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| > rights.
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