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This shutdown and restart function will only be used in the fifth option (that is, like viewing README.TXT), and the other four options (that is, the four options for normal use) will not execute it.

Hope to also make some changes. Just give the user a restart prompt. Leave this right to the user.

Okay. If you don't restart, then go back to DOS.

The following is a quote from Wengier on 2003-4-23 22:37:24:
Okay. If you don't restart, then go back to DOS.

This is good, because I always feel that restarting or shutting down the computer without the user's consent is a bit disrespectful.

nre: Has been modified, made a menu. Just uploaded, download link:

http://newdos.yginfo.net/dosware/mdos71bd.zip

Try again!

Okay. The moderator is really serious and responsible,

When using the original boot disk, I encountered some compatibility issues. Mainly caused by 2 files. xmsdsk.exe and hiram.exe, because I don't have good floppy disks. I can only test with the hard drive. I found that if I use the original 98SE DOS (4.10.2222) and load XMSDSK.EXE, it freezes. Then I forcibly copied the slimmed-down IO.SYS from your boot disk, and XMSDSK can be used. However, when I type VER, it is still (4.10.2222), only the menu at boot changes from 98 to 7.1. I found the RAMDRIVE.SYS from the 98 boot disk to replace XMSDSK, and currently, there are no problems with both systems.
RAMDRIVE.SYS 13K
XMSDSK.EXE 12K
See if it is necessary to revert to the previous RAMDRIVE.SYS. I think compatibility is the most important.
Other issues are still being tested.

The following is the speech of Wengier on 2003-4-23 20:14:33:

You can first use the SYS command to transfer the system, then copy MSDOS.SYS and LOGO.SYS to C:\, then copy other files to the C:\DOS folder, and modify the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

How to modify it? I still don't quite understand^^
This is config.sys


MENUITEM=M1,Boot with EMM386(NOEMS)
MENUITEM=M2,Boot with UMBPCI
MENUITEM=M3,Boot with EMM386(NOEMS), NTFS and USB drives support(if any)
MENUITEM=M4,Boot with UMBPCI, NTFS and USB drives support(if any)
MENUITEM=M5,View the README file only(with Chinese support)
MENUITEM=M6,Shutdown or restart the computer
MENUDEFAULT=M1,15


DEVICE=ECHO.SYS L/o/a/d/i/n/g CONFIG.SYS /w/i/t/h EMM386...
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D100
INCLUDE CD


DEVICE=ECHO.SYS L/o/a/d/i/n/g CONFIG.SYS /w/i/t/h UMBPCI...
DEVICE=ECHO.SYS
DEVICE=UMBPCI.SYS
DEVICE=LOWDMA.SYS
DEVICE=HIRAM.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=HIMEM.SYS
INCLUDE CD


INCLUDE M1
INCLUDE USB


INCLUDE M2
INCLUDE USB


DEVICE=ECHO.SYS Y/o/u /h/a/v/e /c/h/o/s/e/n /t/o /v/i/e/w README /o/n/l/y...
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS


DEVICE=ECHO.SYS P/l/e/a/s/e /w/a/i/t...
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS


DEVICE=ECHO.SYS
DEVICE=ECHO.SYS L/o/a/d/i/n/g USB /d/r/i/v/e/s /s/u/p/p/o/r/t...
DEVICE=DUSE.EXE DRIVES=2 CDD=USB-CD
DEVICE=USBASPI.SYS /R
DEVICEHIGH=DI1000DD.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=USBCD.SYS /D:USB-CD
DEVICE=ASPIOHCI.SYS /INT /ALL
DEVICE=ASPIUHCI.SYS /INT /ALL


DEVICEHIGH=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:IDE-CD
DEVICEHIGH=ASPICD.SYS /D:SCSI-CD
DEVICEHIGH=CLOAKING.EXE


SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM /P /E:640
SET TMP=C:\
SET TEMP=C:\
DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
NUMLOCK=OFF
FCBSHIGH=4,0
FILESHIGH=30
BUFFERSHIGH=30,0
LASTDRIVEHIGH=32
STACKSHIGH=9,256
COMMENT Made by Wengier. 2002-2003.





This is AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF
KPUSH 27 27
KPUSH>NUL
TM /F
LH KILLER
LH DOSKEY
LH CTMOUSE
LH CTMOUSE>NUL
IF %CONFIG%#==M6# GOTO SHUT
IF NOT %CONFIG%#==M5# GOTO BOOT
ECHO.
ECHO Now preparing to open README with Chinese support...
XMSDSK 80 /Y>NUL
FINDRAMD>NUL
IF %RAMDRIVE%#==# ECHO Can't create RAM disk!
IF %RAMDRIVE%#==# GOTO SHUT
EXTRACT /E /L %RAMDRIVE%\ DOSET.CAB EDIT.COM>NUL
XZL
%RAMDRIVE%\EDIT README.TXT
CLS
XZL /Q
:SHUT
CLS
WBAT BOX "Please enter your choice:",Shutdown the computer,Restart the computer
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO ANS
WBAT BOX (RED ON YELLOW) "Note: Please make a choose!",OK
GOTO SHUT
:ANS
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO RES
ECHO Now trying to shutdown the computer..
ECHO.
SHUTDOWN S
ECHO.
ECHO Shutdown failed. Your computer may not have an ATX power.
:RES
ECHO Now restart the computer..
ECHO.
SHUTDOWN R
GOTO END
:BOOT
DREADY C:
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO Warning: Can't find any valid hard drives!
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO NOCACHE
ECHO Y|LOCK C:>NUL
ECHO.
ECHO Preparing to load the hard disk cache(PC-CACHE), press any key to cancel..
WAIT 2
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 ECHO Cancelled.
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 LH PCCACHE /SIZEXT:4096 /WRITE:OFF /WIN /MINI
:NOCACHE
ECHO.
LH MSCDEX /D:IDE-CD /D:SCSI-CD /D:USB-CD /S /K
XMSDSK 4096 /Y
ECHO Setting up the RAM disk...
FINDRAMD>NUL
IF %RAMDRIVE%#==# GOTO NORAM
IF NOT EXIST %RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM\NUL MD %RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM
COPY COMMAND.COM %RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM>NUL
EXTRACT /E /L %RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM DOSET.CAB>NUL
EXTRACT /E /L %RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM VC.CAB>NUL
ECHO The necessary tools have been successfully loaded to drive %RAMDRIVE%.
MD %RAMDRIVE%\TEMP
SET COMSPEC=%RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM\COMMAND.COM
SET TMP=%RAMDRIVE%\TEMP
SET TEMP=%RAMDRIVE%\TEMP
PATH=%RAMDRIVE%.;%RAMDRIVE%\SYSTEM
GOTO NEXT
:NORAM
ECHO Warning: Can't create RAM disk!
SET COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM
:NEXT
SET DIRCMD=/OGN /4
SET PROMPT=$P$G
PATH=%PATH%;C:.;A:.;..
LH SHARE
LH ZENO /Q
LH MOUSCLIP /M
LH DOSLFN /C- /Z:CP936UNI.TBL
IF %CONFIG%#==M3# NTFSDOS /U
LH ESCAPE
FINDCD /Q
CLS
WRITEXT 1 1 -f15 Note:
ECHO.
IF NOT %CDROM%#==# ECHO For accessing CD/DVD drive, use the drive letter %CDROM%(1st).
IF NOT %RAMDRIVE%#==# ECHO For accessing RAM drive, use the drive letter %RAMDRIVE%.
IF NOT %CONFIG%#==M3# ECHO For accessing NTFS drives(if any), type NTFSDOS at the command line.
ECHO At any time, you can press F12 key to return to DOS, or use the mouse.
BREAK ON
LFNFOR ON
IF %RAMDRIVE%#==# GOTO END
ECHO.
ECHO Press ENTER in 2 seconds if you want to start Volkov Commander..
WAIT 2
SET VC=
IF ERRORLEVEL 13 IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 14 SET VC=1
IF %VC%#==# ECHO Skipped.
ECHO.
ECHO Now you're in MS-DOS 7.10 prompt.
ECHO.
ECHO For more information, please look at README.TXT(in Chinese).
ECHO To start Chinese system for Chinese, type XZL at the command line.
WRITEXT 0+ 1 "Any comments, please come to the forum at: " -f15 http://dosbbs.2ya.com/ -f7
ECHO.
IF %VC%#==# GOTO END
SET VC=
ECHO.
ECHO Starting Volkov Commander...
ECHO.
LH VC
:END
ECHO.





The system is installed under c:\dos
Please give advice.
Also, do you need to modify msdos.sys?
There is a sentence in it

WinDir=A:\
WinBootDir=.
HostWinBootDrv=A

In MSDOS.SYS, change A:\ and A to C:\ and C respectively.

As for CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, just add the path (that is, C:\DOS) so that the program can run normally, because the program has been copied to C:\DOS instead of A:\.

nre: That is to say, it is no problem to use the modified and slimmed-down MS-DOS 7.10's IO.SYS to run XMSDSK, right? Then there is no need to change it to RAMDRIVE.SYS.

nre: The appearance of 4.10.2222 when typing VER is due to COMMAND.COM. If I replace it with COMMAND.COM from my MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk, it will display "MS-DOS 7.1 ". The reason I continued to keep the "4.10.2222" wording is just to express some relationship with the DOS boot disk made by Win98. Otherwise, these words would have been modified by me long ago.

You said "The original 98SE DOS cannot boot XMSDSK", it seems there is a compatibility issue between it and XMSDSK. But the IO.SYS in my MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk has no such problems. After all, there are many differences between the IO.SYS in my MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk and that of Win98, which can be seen by comparing them.

The following is a quote from Wengier on 2003-4-24 19:10:10:
In MSDOS.SYS, change A:\ and A to C:\ and C respectively.

As for CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, just add the path (that is, C:\DOS) so that the program can run normally, because the program has been copied to C:\DOS instead of A:\.


nre: That is to say, there is no problem in using the modified and slimmed-down IO.SYS of MS-DOS 7.10 to run XMSDSK, right? Then there is no need to change it to RAMDRIVE.SYS.

In this case, others can only use the IO.SYS you made to start the system and use the tool. This is very inconvenient. Compared with RAMDRIVE, XMSDSK can load and change the size of RAMD at any time. And RAMDRIVE has better compatibility. For compatibility and ease of use, I choose compatibility.

If I think about it, if someone has come to my MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk, if they like XMSDSK, they will take IO.SYS and XMSDSK in the boot disk to use together. If they like RAMDRIVE, then the original IO.SYS is enough. Moreover, XMSDSK may have some problems when cooperating with the original IO.SYS in a few systems.

Can this bootable disk be booted in DOS, and then enter (winme) using win.com?

In the DOS of this bootable disk, you can use win.com to enter Windows 2.x or Windows 3.x and Windows 9x, but not Windows ME, because the DOS version it requires is 8.0, not 7.1. I once used the method of modifying the DOS version number to make MS-DOS 7.10 enter the "Safe Mode" of WinME, but I have never entered the standard mode of WinME.

Moderator, when I use your boot disk to boot my USB active hard drive by selecting the third or fourth option, the computer freezes. The display shows: UHCI USB Coutroller initialized (I/O 0X600 IRQ 11). Why is that?

The following is the statement from tanglu_sd on 2003-4-25 22:10:26:
Moderator, when I use your boot disk to boot my USB active hard disk by selecting the third or fourth option, it freezes, showing: UHCI USB Coutroller initialized (I/O 0X600 IRQ 11). Why?

Did it display information like OHCI USB Controller initialized before?