China DOS Union

In fact, “WIN98 boot disk” does not exist, and it’s a wrong way to call it. For example, can the DOS boot disk made when WinXP formats a disk be called a “WinXP boot disk”? Obviously not—that’s only an MS-DOS 8.00 boot disk.

Actually, Shen Jie never raised this issue to the level of drawing a boundary between win and dos.
He’s only emphasizing individuality a little bit—is even that going to be stifled?

How can you call it “stifling”? It’s just stating the facts, that’s all...

Ah, I can’t argue with the site admin. Shen Jie, you come explain it yourself......

Wengier, from the very beginning I was just asking you for a favor!
Actually, from the start Master Rushi and I already knew that a Win98 boot disk is really an MS-DOS7.0 boot disk.
I also already knew that this prompt line isn’t all that important,
but for the sake of fitting an ordinary person’s point of view. (That is, so most newbies can use it with peace of mind)
that’s why here I absolutely have to find a way to change it.
After all, that’s the view most people have, right!
I don’t think you can deny that point, can you!

Shen Hao, your point of view isn’t wrong either. It’s true that displaying WINDOWS 98 would make beginners feel more at ease, but today what we’re discussing in the forum is the technology of boot disks, and we have a responsibility to let everyone know that a WIN 98 boot disk is actually called an MS-DOS 7.1 boot disk, and also to tell beginners that showing WINDOWS 98 is just one of Microsoft’s tricks. I think beginners have the right to know the truth, and we can’t hide the facts. Otherwise later on beginners may turn around and ask why we never told them that the WIN 98 boot disk was originally called an MS-DOS7.1 boot disk, right?? The forum is a place for discussing technology and explaining facts, and you know that too, right!! So there is absolutely nothing wrong with wengier making his boot disk this way!!

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