China DOS Union

May I ask if it is possible to add a function to support NTFS?

The following is the speech of MLD on 2003-11-8 20:43:06:
1. If you downloaded Pmini98se.rar in this post, it seems that the WINIMG software is not installed in Program Files.
2. dazip.exe is made with ARJ2.81a, and the command line I used is: C:\ARJ a -r -a dazip z:\*.* -je
3. After the PMINI98SE starts up, you can change the CD, strictly speaking, you don't need the CD after the decompression is completed.
4. Whether "the real practical mini98" depends on everyone's needs, you think it is "really practical" but others don't.
5. Directly restoring this mini98 system to the hard disk will not run, and the registry must be modified.

There are a few problems I want to talk about. There is no problem running MINIwin on the hard disk. It just needs to use subst to virtualize the folder where your miniwin is located as drive Z. This can be done through a batch file.. The practicality of miniwin needs to be supported by most software, especially some tool software. This involves the selection of.dll files in the system folder. It is recommended that users propose the software you need to run under miniwin, so that MLd can improve miniwin. Another thing is whether miniwin needs to run on a RAM disk or CD-ROM, I hope everyone can discuss it. The advantage of running on a RAM disk is that you can use this CD-ROM again. Avoid wear and tear of the disc.. The program execution is relatively fast. But users with small memory will be unable to do anything, and the startup speed is very slow.. And running on the CD-ROM avoids these. Disadvantages.

I think it's not a matter of "whether it needs to run on a RAM disk or CD-ROM", but a matter of "whether it can run on a CD-ROM"; that is, we can talk about the question of "whether it needs to run on a RAM disk or CD-ROM" only after solving some technical problems for running on a CD-ROM.

Using it to run on a hard disk feels of little significance because you can easily install a fully functional Windows 98 on any partition, so why use this MINI98 which is extremely limited in functionality?

Especially when your hard disk has problems, you should know that this MINI98 can build a Windows platform you are familiar with without a hard disk, which is the real significance of it.

It goes without saying that the limitations of running in virtual memory are very great, so its functions must also be greatly restricted, and the possibility of improvement and development on this basis is very small; in contrast, running on a CD-ROM is very advantageous.

In fact, I first conducted experiments on running on a CD-ROM. I encountered the problem that the program group in the menu could not be established, so I transferred to experiments on running in virtual memory. I can't recommend something that doesn't work.

As for why running MINI98 on a CD-ROM was not successful, I feel that there was a problem with writing to the disk when Windows was starting, and there was no such problem when running in virtual memory.

The reason why I chose to post in this forum is that I see that the predecessors here have very good basic (DOS) knowledge! Regarding booting Windows from a CD-ROM, which is DOS + GUI, I think if it can't be solved here, there is nowhere else to find it. I very much hope that the experts can do their best to help........

Support MLD!

I have made a fully CD - run version of miniWIN98..
But there is a problem, that is, it is okay to use the boot img file or floppy disk to boot. But once this img is made into the boot file of the CD, it doesn't work, because at this time the A drive can't be written.. Is there any solution for the experts here?

Downloaded MLD's mini98, made it into a bootable CD and can run 98 normally. Thanks MLD!

When running, found that the MS-DOS mode doesn't work, showing garbled screen.

If it can be made into a fully CD-run version of miniWIN98, of course it's best. But because of the inability to write to disk, making it is more difficult.

I tend to MLD's solution and am going to continue improving it to meet my needs:
1. Increase the memory disk to about 64-100M (nowadays, computers have relatively large memory).
2. Add applications, such as: disk scanning, registry scanning, virus killing, file recovery, partition recovery, etc.

In short, this mini98 is going to be used for repair and new computer installation.

The following is the speech quoted from wglwx on 2003-11-16 14:08:35:
Downloaded the mini98 of MLD, made it into a bootable CD and it can run 98 normally. Thanks MLD!

When running, found that the MS-DOS mode cannot work and shows garbled screen.

If it can be made into a fully CD-running version of miniWIN98, of course it is the best. However, because of the reason of not being able to write to the disk, making is relatively difficult.

I tend to the MLD's plan and am going to continue to improve it to meet my needs:
1. Increase the memory disk to about 64-100M (now the memory of the machine will not be small).
2. Increase applications, such as: scan the disk, scan the registry, kill virus, recover files, recover partitions, etc.

In short, this mini98 is going to be used when repairing and installing a new machine.

The original intention of me making this system is also for maintenance, looking forward to experts further playing!

1. This is the screenshot of the 200M small CD I have already burned (cannot take a screenshot at BOOT, so I have to use VPC)


2. This is the startup desktop of PMINI98SE (only changed the wallpaper, the rest is the same as the uploaded PMINI98SE)


3. This is the screenshot of using the MS-DOS mode, I don't know why yours "the MS-DOS mode cannot work and shows garbled screen"

The following is the speech of Master Rushi on 2003-11-14 9:33:29:

There are a few problems I want to mention. Running MINIwin on the hard disk is no problem.. Just use subst to virtualize the folder where your miniwin is located as drive Z. This can be done through a batch file..

I did it like this, but the system blue - screened, and it prompted a vfat error, alas!

Can WinRAR be used to repackage dazip.exe?

I did it like this, but the system blue - screened, prompting a vfat error
: I think it should be the problem of the files msdos.sys and autoezec.bat?
(But there is really no meaning to install mini98 on the hard disk, it is better to install another Windows 98 on the hard disk)

Can WinRAR be used to compress and make dazip.exe again?
: It can be used!

Bump this first

What the hell? The good Windows screen is made a mess, the colors are extremely ugly, and my eyes hurt after looking at it for less than a minute

Find someone with a little bit of aesthetics to make some changes and remove those big names.