I just used the GRUB boot manager to create a multi-boot DOS startup disk for ROM-DOS, MS-DOS, hard disk, CD-ROM, etc., which can be easily selected during startup.
Although this startup disk includes two sets of DOS (ROM-DOS 7.10 and MS-DOS 7.10) and the GRUB boot manager at the same time, the actual total space occupied is not too large. I used the latest version of COMMAND.COM (45KB) of ROM-DOS 7.10 as the common command processor for ROM-DOS and MS-DOS. This time, the compatibility is very good, and a lot of space occupation is saved. The combined ROM-DOS and MS-DOS systems are only IO.SYS (125KB) + IBMBIO.COM (75KB) + COMMAND.COM (45KB) = 245KB. Plus the GRUB boot manager (72KB), it's only 317KB in total.. In contrast, the DOS startup disk that comes with Win98 has IO.SYS (224KB) + COMMAND.COM (94KB) = 318KB.. It can be seen that the combined size of GRUB + MS-DOS 7.1 + ROM-DOS 7.1 is even smaller~~
Other features: fully supports FAT32 partitions, large hard disks, large memory, mouse, CD-ROM, etc...
The download is provided below, everyone can give it a try:
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Although this startup disk includes two sets of DOS (ROM-DOS 7.10 and MS-DOS 7.10) and the GRUB boot manager at the same time, the actual total space occupied is not too large. I used the latest version of COMMAND.COM (45KB) of ROM-DOS 7.10 as the common command processor for ROM-DOS and MS-DOS. This time, the compatibility is very good, and a lot of space occupation is saved. The combined ROM-DOS and MS-DOS systems are only IO.SYS (125KB) + IBMBIO.COM (75KB) + COMMAND.COM (45KB) = 245KB. Plus the GRUB boot manager (72KB), it's only 317KB in total.. In contrast, the DOS startup disk that comes with Win98 has IO.SYS (224KB) + COMMAND.COM (94KB) = 318KB.. It can be seen that the combined size of GRUB + MS-DOS 7.1 + ROM-DOS 7.1 is even smaller~~
Other features: fully supports FAT32 partitions, large hard disks, large memory, mouse, CD-ROM, etc...
The download is provided below, everyone can give it a try:
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Wengier - 新DOS时代
欢迎大家来到我的“新DOS时代”网站,里面有各类DOS软件和资料,地址:
http://wendos.mycool.net/
E-Mail & MSN: wengierwu AT hotmail.com (最近比较忙,有事请联系DOSroot和雨露,谢谢!)

欢迎大家来到我的“新DOS时代”网站,里面有各类DOS软件和资料,地址:
http://wendos.mycool.net/
E-Mail & MSN: wengierwu AT hotmail.com (最近比较忙,有事请联系DOSroot和雨露,谢谢!)


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