Which kind of boot disk do you prefer? - China DOS Union Forum

The following is a quote from cn_archer on 2003-8-13 23:50:24:
Of course it can be done. It's very easy to achieve with EasyBoot.

But it is said that the compatibility of EasyBoot is not as good as DiskEmu 1.x.

MiniWin series, with a graphical interface of Win3.1!!! It's best to have a USB flash drive driver inside

But EasyBoot is more suitable for beginners. At least using EasyBoot first can lay the foundation for learning DiskEmu.

I like boot disks from CDs because my computer doesn't have a floppy drive.

By the way, I want to make a bootable CD. How should I edit the boot image? Specifically, I use Nero Burning Rom 6.0 to burn a bootable disk. Nero reads the boot files from a floppy disk and then burns them to the CD. I want to put more DOS tools on it. One floppy disk isn't enough, and I don't want to put them in the data area of the CD. What should I do?

What is this written about?

I think there should be the following types of boot disks:
1. A: drive: for use on practical old machines and P4, but the boot speed is relatively slow
2. CD-ROM drive: suitable for current P4 series
3. USB flash drive: suitable for medium and high-end machines
The boot disk supports Chinese, machine maintenance, system installation, DOS learning
The content is simple, practical, with fast boot speed, and some common Windows software is added.

It would be great to have a boot disk with 633K of free memory.

The following is a quote fromiceboyat 2003-8-20 22:32:47:
It would be nice to have a bootable disk with 633K of free memory

Is there really one?

I think the bootable CD made by Yiye Song is quite good, and I like it very much

It seems that most still love WinPE...

The following is the statement by cn_archer on 2003-8-31 13:40:40:
It seems that most people still love WinPE...

They don't mean that! They mean they love "CD-bootable operating systems" (that is, "CD boot disks"

; WinPE is just one type of CD-bootable boot disk; similarly, "DOS CD version" and so on are also CD-bootable boot disks. They say they like "CD boot disks", which is relative to "floppy boot disks". How can it be said that liking "CD boot disks" means liking WinPE???? Isn't there the word "(such as WinPE)" in the parentheses? Everyone didn't choose the option "like WinPE boot disk" (and there isn't such an option above at all).

Hehe, this is a loophole in my words. But what everyone is referring to should be boot disks like WinPE.

I like the combination optimization of Shen Jie's Chinese boot disk and Super Universal MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk, delete the useless ones, and add small software that is not in my own commonly used disks

The following is a quote from iceboy on 2003-8-20 22:32:47:
It would be nice to have a boot disk with 633K of free memory

Does this count?

Modules using less than 1 MB of memory:

Name Total Conventional Memory Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
SYSTEM 33,984 (33K) 9,744 (10K) 24,240 (24K)
HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,200 (3K) 3,200 (3K) 0 (0K)
XMSDSK 688 (1K) 0 (0K) 688 (1K)
MOUSE 6,592 (6K) 0 (0K) 6,592 (6K)
VIDE-CDD 5,024 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,024 (5K)
IFSHLP 2,864 (3K) 0 (0K) 2,864 (3K)
COMMAND 8,064 (8K) 0 (0K) 8,064 (8K)
DOSLFN 26,720 (26K) 0 (0K) 26,720 (26K)
MSCDEX 28,032 (27K) 0 (0K) 28,032 (27K)
TW 39,040 (38K) 0 (0K) 39,040 (38K)
Free 648,800 (634K) 641,120 (626K) 7,680 (8K)

Total memory:

Memory Type Total Used Free
---------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Conventional Memory 655,360 14,240 641,120
Upper Memory 148,944 141,264 7,680
Reserved Memory 0 0 0
Extended Memory (XMS) 132,954,672 2,279,984 130,674,688
---------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total Memory 133,758,976 2,435,488 131,323,488

Number of bytes below 1 MB 804,304 155,504 648,800

Maximum executable program size 641,104 (626K)
Largest free upper memory block 7,072 (7K)
MS-DOS is resident in the upper memory area.

Floor16　Wengier	Posted 2003-08-13 00:00
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*The following is a quote from cn_archer* on 2003-8-13 23:50:24:** Of course it can be done. It's very easy to achieve with EasyBoot. But it is said that the compatibility of EasyBoot is not as good as DiskEmu 1.x.

Floor17　tdh	Posted 2003-08-14 00:00
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MiniWin series, with a graphical interface of Win3.1!!! It's best to have a USB flash drive driver inside

Floor18　cn_archer	Posted 2003-08-14 00:00
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But EasyBoot is more suitable for beginners. At least using EasyBoot first can lay the foundation for learning DiskEmu.

Floor19　lizisun	Posted 2003-08-15 00:00
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I like boot disks from CDs because my computer doesn't have a floppy drive.

Floor20　winddeity	Posted 2003-08-16 00:00
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By the way, I want to make a bootable CD. How should I edit the boot image? Specifically, I use Nero Burning Rom 6.0 to burn a bootable disk. Nero reads the boot files from a floppy disk and then burns them to the CD. I want to put more DOS tools on it. One floppy disk isn't enough, and I don't want to put them in the data area of the CD. What should I do?

Floor21　youka001	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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What is this written about?

Floor22　zl7322	Posted 2003-08-19 00:00
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I think there should be the following types of boot disks: 1. A: drive: for use on practical old machines and P4, but the boot speed is relatively slow 2. CD-ROM drive: suitable for current P4 series 3. USB flash drive: suitable for medium and high-end machines The boot disk supports Chinese, machine maintenance, system installation, DOS learning The content is simple, practical, with fast boot speed, and some common Windows software is added.

Floor23　iceboy	Posted 2003-08-20 00:00
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It would be great to have a boot disk with 633K of free memory.

Floor24　Wengier	Posted 2003-08-21 00:00
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The following is a quote fromiceboyat 2003-8-20 22:32:47: It would be nice to have a bootable disk with 633K of free memory Is there really one?

Floor25　B999999999	Posted 2003-08-31 00:00
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I think the bootable CD made by Yiye Song is quite good, and I like it very much

Floor26　cn_archer	Posted 2003-08-31 00:00
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It seems that most still love WinPE...

Floor27　Wengier	Posted 2003-09-15 00:00
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*The following is the statement by cn_archer* on 2003-8-31 13:40:40:** It seems that most people still love WinPE... They don't mean that! They mean they love "CD-bootable operating systems" (that is, "CD boot disks"; WinPE is just one type of CD-bootable boot disk; similarly, "DOS CD version" and so on are also CD-bootable boot disks. They say they like "CD boot disks", which is relative to "floppy boot disks". How can it be said that liking "CD boot disks" means liking WinPE???? Isn't there the word "(such as WinPE)" in the parentheses? Everyone didn't choose the option "like WinPE boot disk" (and there isn't such an option above at all).

Floor28　cn_archer	Posted 2003-09-15 00:00
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Hehe, this is a loophole in my words. But what everyone is referring to should be boot disks like WinPE.

Floor29　龙王	Posted 2003-09-15 00:00
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I like the combination optimization of Shen Jie's Chinese boot disk and Super Universal MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk, delete the useless ones, and add small software that is not in my own commonly used disks

Floor30　LK	Posted 2003-09-22 00:00
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*The following is a quote from iceboy on 2003-8-20 22:32:47:* It would be nice to have a boot disk with 633K of free memory Does this count? Modules using less than 1 MB of memory: Name Total Conventional Memory Upper Memory -------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- SYSTEM 33,984 (33K) 9,744 (10K) 24,240 (24K) HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K) EMM386 3,200 (3K) 3,200 (3K) 0 (0K) XMSDSK 688 (1K) 0 (0K) 688 (1K) MOUSE 6,592 (6K) 0 (0K) 6,592 (6K) VIDE-CDD 5,024 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,024 (5K) IFSHLP 2,864 (3K) 0 (0K) 2,864 (3K) COMMAND 8,064 (8K) 0 (0K) 8,064 (8K) DOSLFN 26,720 (26K) 0 (0K) 26,720 (26K) MSCDEX 28,032 (27K) 0 (0K) 28,032 (27K) TW 39,040 (38K) 0 (0K) 39,040 (38K) Free 648,800 (634K) 641,120 (626K) 7,680 (8K) Total memory: Memory Type Total Used Free ---------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Conventional Memory 655,360 14,240 641,120 Upper Memory 148,944 141,264 7,680 Reserved Memory 0 0 0 Extended Memory (XMS) 132,954,672 2,279,984 130,674,688 ---------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total Memory 133,758,976 2,435,488 131,323,488 Number of bytes below 1 MB 804,304 155,504 648,800 Maximum executable program size 641,104 (626K) Largest free upper memory block 7,072 (7K) MS-DOS is resident in the upper memory area.