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  1. Aug 25th, 2000, 09:10 PM #1
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    I have a 486 with Win and DOS. It currently starts at Win. How do i make it boot up and start at dos?
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  2. Aug 25th, 2000, 09:15 PM #2
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    ez

    1 get to dos

    2 type:


    del C:\win

    (or where ever the win exe is)
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  3. Aug 25th, 2000, 09:28 PM #3
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    So i have to delete windows?!?!?!? I dont even remember seeing a win.exe.
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  4. Aug 25th, 2000, 09:34 PM #4
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    I Think its called win.com.
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  6. Aug 25th, 2000, 09:35 PM #5
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    you could rename win.com to _win.com or something, then you could change it back anytime.
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  7. Aug 25th, 2000, 10:11 PM #6
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    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.
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  8. Aug 25th, 2000, 10:31 PM #7
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    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)
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  9. Aug 25th, 2000, 10:48 PM #8
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    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.
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  11. Aug 25th, 2000, 11:18 PM #9
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    is it free
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  12. Aug 25th, 2000, 11:49 PM #10
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    http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
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  13. Aug 25th, 2000, 11:54 PM #11
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    not that I need it, I was just wondering
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  14. Aug 26th, 2000, 02:33 AM #12
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    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.
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  15. Aug 26th, 2000, 02:18 PM #13
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    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.
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  16. Aug 26th, 2000, 05:09 PM #14
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    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.
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  17. Aug 26th, 2000, 07:46 PM #15
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    Well its too late for that. Ive deleted everything and am looking for a small O/S to download.
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  18. Aug 26th, 2000, 08:10 PM #16
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    get linux
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  19. Aug 26th, 2000, 08:35 PM #17
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    Linux is to big to download and i dont have any money to buy it with.
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  20. Aug 27th, 2000, 06:07 AM #18
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    You can download the kernel and core tools only, which is only about 10 megs.
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