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It doesn't load emm386.exe, I just packed in some tools. Take a look if you're interested!

Not bad, but unfortunately it has neither UMB memory nor a readme file.

Also, there are two points I'd like to ask about:

1: Why is the MSDOS.SYS file empty?
2: Why do VIDE-CDD.SYS and OAKCDROM.SYS both exist at the same time?

I've always used OAKCDROM.SYS and never had any problems with it. Everyone says VIDE-CDD.SYS is good too, so I just kept them both.
This was modified from the Win98 boot disk. At the time I couldn't find a 1K MSDOS.SYS, so I had to use the default one, and later I forgot to update it.

I just wonder why your Himem.sys takes up dozens of K of memory, while it usually only takes about 1K-2K.

Below are the memory check results from my Chinese boot disk:

Modules using memory below 1 MB:

Name Total Conventional Upper Memory
-------- -------------- ---------------- ----------------
SYSTEM 35,024 (34K) 10,784 (11K) 24,224 (24K)
HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 4,320 (3K) 4,320 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 8,064 (8K) 0 (0K) 8,064 (8K)
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)
XMSDSK 688 (1K) 0 (0K) 688 (1K)
MSCDEX 28,032 (27K) 0 (0K) 28,032 (27K)
TW 34,960 (34K) 0 (0K) 34,960 (34K)
Free 678,576(663K) 638,976 (624K) 39,600 (39K)

Memory Summary:

Type of Memory Total Used Free
---------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Conventional 655,360 24,936 633,424
Upper 150,064 110,464 39,600
Reserved 0 0 0
Extended (XMS) 132,953,552 3,790,288 129,163,264
---------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total memory 133,758,976 3,917,136 129,841,840

Total under 1 MB 805,424 126,848 678,576

Largest executable program size 638,960 (624K)
Largest free upper memory block 31,648 (31K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.

http://www.tianao.org/copy114/bbs1/UploadFile/20034712392923651.gif

Let's take a look first.

The following is quoted from lk's post on 2003-4-25 12:07:38:
I just wonder why your Himem.sys takes up dozens of K of memory, while it usually only takes about 1K-2K.

Obviously this is caused by different versions. If you switch to the HIMEM.SYS dated 1999-5-5, the problem will be solved.

Not bad, not bad. Keep improving, it's worthy of praise.

Thanks, I'll keep working hard.

What did you use to make your Chinese menu?
Suggestion: since it's a Chinese menu, why not also change fdisk edit hd-copy into Chinese-localized versions? That would make it look even more like a Chinese boot disk.

The following is quoted from tanglu_sd's post on 2003-4-27 23:29:04:
What did you use to make your Chinese menu?
Suggestion: since it's a Chinese menu, why not also change fdisk  edit  hd-copy  into Chinese-localized versions? That would make it look even more like a Chinese boot disk.

Where is the Chinese menu?

LK, tanglu—sd got this mixed up, he meant another one. I've already commented on it.

Hehe, I really did post in the wrong place, sorry, sorry.