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Aug 25th, 2000, 09:10 PM
I have a 486 with Win and DOS. It currently starts at Win. How do i make it boot up and start at dos?
dimava
Aug 25th, 2000, 09:15 PM
ez

1 get to dos

2 type:


del C:\win

(or where ever the win exe is)
Aug 25th, 2000, 09:28 PM
So i have to delete windows?!?!?!? I dont even remember seeing a win.exe.
Aug 25th, 2000, 09:34 PM
I Think its called win.com.
Aug 25th, 2000, 09:35 PM
you could rename win.com to _win.com or something, then you could change it back anytime.
noone
Aug 25th, 2000, 10:11 PM
This should work for older versions of Windows.
Open up C:\autoexec.bat in your favourite text editor.
The last line should be "win", remove that line.
Make a boot disk first just in case something goes wrong.
dimava
Aug 25th, 2000, 10:31 PM
guys guys guys, I was just kidding when I said to delete windows, I'm sure that there is a way to do it by click the mouse. Check out the control panel in win3.1 I can't help you any furthur becuase I dont have win 3.1 installed (it fits on 6 flopies)
Aug 25th, 2000, 10:48 PM
Well ive decided to delete every thing and just re-install dos. Now the problem is that i need a C++ compiler for DOS, NOT for console applications.
dimava
Aug 25th, 2000, 11:18 PM
is it free
noone
Aug 25th, 2000, 11:49 PM
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
dimava
Aug 25th, 2000, 11:54 PM
not that I need it, I was just wondering
Aug 26th, 2000, 02:33 AM
I have DJGPP on my PIII, i cant use it on the 486 cuz id have to transfer it by floppies. It will have to be 4 MB or less. And DJGPP is 32 bits, it requires windows.
Aug 26th, 2000, 02:18 PM
Use "noone's" solution after you automatically boot to windows.

This should work for older versions of Windows.
Open up C:\autoexec.bat in your favourite text editor.
The last line should be "win", remove that line.
Make a boot disk first just in case something goes wrong.
parksie
Aug 26th, 2000, 05:09 PM
You're all on the wrong track here.

Set the file c:\msdos.sys to non-hidden, non-readonly. If there is a line BootGUI=1 or there is no line, set it to BootGUI=0
Then, set it back to hidden, readonly. Restart the computer and it will appear in DOS 7.
Aug 26th, 2000, 07:46 PM
Well its too late for that. Ive deleted everything and am looking for a small O/S to download.
dimava
Aug 26th, 2000, 08:10 PM
get linux
Aug 26th, 2000, 08:35 PM
Linux is to big to download and i dont have any money to buy it with.
parksie
Aug 27th, 2000, 06:07 AM
You can download the kernel and core tools only, which is only about 10 megs.