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jgrabham
June 20th, 2007, 07:58 PM
OK, I know this isnt the time or place, but -
I want to build a PC, but cant find a floppy cable

P3 700mhz
256mb RAM
Graphics - whatever I have that works
Win 95 - to play my DOS through 98 games without emulators or "compatibility modes"
3GB HDD
DVD ROM drive

(win 95 wont boot from CD)
Is there any way to make a MS-DOS boot CD, that I can then take out, replace with the 95 CD and type D:\setup and the 95 setup will start?

smoker
June 20th, 2007, 08:02 PM
try here: http://www.bootdisk.com/

jgrabham
June 20th, 2007, 08:18 PM
Freedos? - Currently dowloading

mips
June 20th, 2007, 08:28 PM
If Win95 does not boot I doubt a DOS cd will boot as Win95/98 were bootable cds. Check the BIOS or else find a floppy cable.

Another option would be to format the HD in another machine and make it bootable & add dos cd-rom drivers.

jgrabham
June 20th, 2007, 08:36 PM
The win95 upgrade disk isnt bootable

Ill worry about the "insert previous windows installation disks" bit later

UbuWu
June 20th, 2007, 09:01 PM
See instructions here: http://www.geek.com/sysup/sysup042000/upques200.htm

Btw. for me, dosbox on a modern computer runs dos games often better than dos itself.

init1
June 20th, 2007, 09:36 PM
Freedos? - Currently dowloading
Freedos is great. If you want something open source, I recommend it. If you don't care about that, I think Nero makes Dr. Dos CD's.