Multi-OS's

abyss · Post by **abyss** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:47 am

Thieir is some really use with having 2 storage drives. I have 4dos start up automatically load up whenever i start dosbox and i have my games in the other drive. It is true my keyboard has only a left ctrl. It's true that my video card is vesa compliant and i have only 256 mb ram.

Post by **dosraider** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:48 pm

Why the combination 4Dos and dosbox ? If it's for the extended batch capacities you would be much better off with the ol'Norton 'BE ** ' batch extender.

abyss · Post by **abyss** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:25 pm

4dos has more commands than dosbox has.

Swiftman · Post by **Swiftman** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:01 pm

I love how my thread turned into a techno-babble e-penis fight.

No really, continue.

*sits down, gets comfy, and watches the Computer terms fly*

MiniMax · Post by **MiniMax** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:49 pm

dosraider wrote:You can only see the ACTIVE one in explorer.
You can only access the ACTIVE one in explorer.

The active-flag has nothing to with the visibility. The active-flag only determine which of the primaries that will be the boot-device.

And unless I am mistaken, it is only the BIOS that is concerned about the active-flag when it goes searching for a boot-loader. DOS and Windows will happily work with a disk with 4 primary partitions - active or not.

Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:15 pm

Ok yeah, getting kinda bored with this now. If this is just going to turn into a pissing contest take it to PMs.

Post by **dosraider** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:33 am

Yeah, it's indeed getting boring.
You know what MiniMax ?
You are right, and I'm an ignorant when it comes to HD partitioning or using partition tools.

You may continue this discussion on your own.
Have fun.