Because of the launch of this forum's boot disk evaluation activity, I want to offer a few suggestions to beginners who are interested in trying to make boot disks. (The experts don't need to read this, so I don't end up getting a face full of rotten eggs.)
The first point is the purpose, plainly speaking, what kind of need the boot disk you make is meant to satisfy. For reasons everyone knows, floppy disk space is limited. It is impossible for one tiny boot disk to include everything. Therefore, the first thing in making a boot disk is positioning it: antivirus, or networking, or decryption, or recovery, and so on······only then is it easier to get started. Just like writing an essay, you must first have a topic.
The second point is function. Once the topic is set, you can begin laying out the framework in detail and decide what functions this boot disk should achieve, such as: support for long filenames, support for usb, support for ntfs read/write, loading mouse and CD-ROM support, and so on······Around the selected functions, choose and include the corresponding *.com and *.exe programs. This way, the flesh and blood of the boot disk will gradually fill out.
The third point is configuration, and this is quite important. How to arrange the statements in the autoexec file so that the boot disk will execute them one by one according to our instructions; how to set things up in the config file and load drivers, so as to obtain the maximum memory and the best execution speed. Because dos does not care how much physical memory you have; it only gives you 640k of conventional memory to use. At this point we have to find ways to squeeze out its expanded or extended memory.
The fourth point is the ending. By this step, our boot disk should already have passed its own tests and achieved or basically completed the original idea. At this time, we need to make a documentation file. Explain in detail the special features of this boot disk. It can also finally raise our sense of achievement to a whole new level.
One last thing can still be done: please post the boot disk you successfully made on the forum.
The first point is the purpose, plainly speaking, what kind of need the boot disk you make is meant to satisfy. For reasons everyone knows, floppy disk space is limited. It is impossible for one tiny boot disk to include everything. Therefore, the first thing in making a boot disk is positioning it: antivirus, or networking, or decryption, or recovery, and so on······only then is it easier to get started. Just like writing an essay, you must first have a topic.
The second point is function. Once the topic is set, you can begin laying out the framework in detail and decide what functions this boot disk should achieve, such as: support for long filenames, support for usb, support for ntfs read/write, loading mouse and CD-ROM support, and so on······Around the selected functions, choose and include the corresponding *.com and *.exe programs. This way, the flesh and blood of the boot disk will gradually fill out.
The third point is configuration, and this is quite important. How to arrange the statements in the autoexec file so that the boot disk will execute them one by one according to our instructions; how to set things up in the config file and load drivers, so as to obtain the maximum memory and the best execution speed. Because dos does not care how much physical memory you have; it only gives you 640k of conventional memory to use. At this point we have to find ways to squeeze out its expanded or extended memory.
The fourth point is the ending. By this step, our boot disk should already have passed its own tests and achieved or basically completed the original idea. At this time, we need to make a documentation file. Explain in detail the special features of this boot disk. It can also finally raise our sense of achievement to a whole new level.
One last thing can still be done: please post the boot disk you successfully made on the forum.
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青云碧空在，净瓶水不流。
http://dos.e-stone.cn/guestbook/index.asp
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明月鹭鸟飞， 芦花白马走。
我自一过后，野渡现横舟。
青云碧空在，净瓶水不流。
http://dos.e-stone.cn/guestbook/index.asp
＝＝＝＝＝＝中國DOS聯盟＝＝＝＝＝
我的新网页http://rsds.7i24.com欢迎光顾
