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中国DOS联盟论坛 » DOS汉化世界 & 中文系统 (中文化室) » A few comments on the boot disk you made, zl7322! View 1,005 Replies 3
Original Poster Posted 2003-07-06 00:00 ·  中国 上海 电信
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zl7322, I tried the boot disk you made.
Now I'd like to state a few of my own personal views,
and I hope they will be helpful to you after you hear them!

1. I really do not recommend using the MSDOS8.0 kernel to make a boot disk.
The moderator-modified MSDOS7.10 kernel is very stable,
and I strongly recommend using it.

2. It takes up far too much system memory!
I think this has also been a problem that has been troubling you all along, right?
I think you must have noticed this long ago too, right?
Otherwise you would not have exited the Tianhui Chinese character support system first when running KV3000, right?
If you use MSDOS8.0 then you can only use UMBPCI and QEMM386,
but I still recommend using the EMM386.exe that comes with MSDOS7.10,
because no matter whether in size or compatibility, it is the best!
You only need to add the following two lines to config!
device=himem.sys /testmemff
device=emm386.exe noems novcpi i=b000-b7ff
DEVICEhigh=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
lastdrive=z

3. Please load the XMS driver,
so that many programs can run.
At the same time I strongly recommend loading
the XMSDSK.exe virtual RAM disk software that I localized!
That way software will run in it many times faster!

4. I strongly recommend using CAB archives to package your software.
Not using compressed archives is also the main reason why your floppy is so short on space!
Be careful not to throw all the software into it,
because that will make startup very slow.
Just put in those files with relatively high compression ratios!

5. Do not use the original MSCDEX to load the CD-ROM extension driver.
Please use SHSUCDX.EXE instead.
That way the memory usage will also be a bit better.

6. Do not use Kingsoft's Pinyin and Wubi input methods,
because they take up far too much memory!
Use the Key included with Tianhui to load the Pinyin and Wubi input methods!
I strongly recommend loading the Tianhui ABC input method!
Typing speed will be much faster.

7. I do not recommend putting RAM, this memory-viewing software, on the floppy.
Aside from using it while making the disk,
who would use it for no reason!

8. The today calendar is also unnecessary. Doesn't Tianhui already come with a clock?

9. I strongly recommend using the shutdown program that I localized to replace the
Off shutdown reboot restart software on your disk.

10. I strongly recommend replacing Fdisk with the localized WinMe version,
because only the WinMe version supports hard disks larger than 80G!

11. I strongly recommend loading Tianhui's file translation dictionary!
That way most software will not need Chinese localization!

12. I strongly recommend loading these two programs, the Chinese long filename driver and DOSKey.
That way entering commands under DOS will be much more convenient!

13. The cdplay on your disk seems not to support Chinese very well!
I recommend using the cdplay program from the moderator's disk!

14. I suggest deleting some unnecessary files from the disk.
One look at your boot disk and it's obvious that it was modified from a WinXp boot disk.
There are far too many files in it that you will never use in your life!
For example EGA3.CPI、EGA.CPI、EGA2.CPI、KEYBRD4.SYS、KEYBOARD.SYS
KEYBRD2.SYS、KEYBRD3.SYS、KEYBRD4.SYS、KEYB.COM
These files are loaded by winxp only to ensure compatibility of its boot disk around the world.
Mainly because keyboard key layouts and monitor definitions differ from country to country, these files were included.
But this fully Chinese boot disk would of course only be used in China!
Then aren't these files unnecessary!

15. I saw that your startup disk has two files, AUTOEXEC.625 and CONFIG.625.
These seem to be leftovers generated after using memmaker to optimize memory.
These are backups of your old AUTOEXEC and CONFIG.
I think your memory optimization must also have ended in failure, right!
Don't worry—if you improve it according to what I said above, things will definitely get better!

I've said so many bad things,
so don't get angry!
Actually, your boot disk also has some commendable points!
For example, the startup speed is super fast!
That is one of its strong points!
Work hard, and I believe you will definitely be able to make a very good boot disk too!
I'm rather tired today.
If there are still problems, come ask in the Chinese-localized edition!
I will help you as much as I can.
Finally, thank you for uploading my boot disk to the Sky website!
Thanks! I have already added you as my friend!
Floor 2 Posted 2003-07-06 00:00 ·  美国 肯塔基州 费耶特县 列克星敦 Charter_Communications
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I found that getting a boot disk onto skycn is just too easy... maybe there's no quality standard there at all... (Note: I'm not talking about your boot disk, but I really did notice this kind of phenomenon there).
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Floor 3 Posted 2003-07-06 00:00 ·  中国 上海 电信
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The moderator means it should be a bit difficult!
Right?
That way it's more challenging!
Anyway, I think uploading it there is just so more people can download my boot disk.
I have absolutely no intention of trying to outdo anyone!
Floor 4 Posted 2003-07-07 00:00 ·  中国 湖南 湘潭 电信
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Shen Jie:
Thanks for your advice. I will improve this boot disk!
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