DOS boot disks: dragon-slaying skill, but where is the dragon?
I’ve been reading here for quite a long time, and I have a question I’d like to ask everyone: you’ve all spent so much effort and so much time making DOS boot disks so good, but what exactly are they used for? Where exactly are their “powerful” functions supposed to come into play?
A “DOS boot disk” is meant to be used, but used in what area? Has everyone really thought this question through?
Back when I was still an ordinary network admin, I made a boot disk for myself that only included CD-ROM boot support, Scandisk, Fdisk, Format, and SmartDrv, and I used it only to install Windows 9x and do simple hard disk management. I kept using it until later I made a second one that could boot and log into the internal network, and all the other tools I needed, including the Windows 9x installation files, were obtained from the internal network. I used it until I was no longer the admin for that network. I was very satisfied with both of those boot disks, because I was actually “using” them, and they met the practical needs of my work at the time very well. Looking at it from another angle, they produced “benefit”!
The moderator’s “super boot disk” seems to be trying to cram in every good thing, but I’d like to ask the moderator: where can it actually put its functions to use and produce “benefit”? Which “dragon” are you trying to capture?
I’d like to suggest that everyone write here about why they need a DOS boot disk, and list which functions they need from it and what tasks they use it to complete. Everyone’s needs are different. Only when everyone lays out their real needs, and a DOS boot disk is customized according to those needs, can it count as a truly useful “tool,” rather than a “collector’s item” or a “toy.”
Of course, I’m not asking the moderator to personally make a separate boot disk for every single person. Rather, I hope that through everyone’s joint effort, we can discuss together which software can implement a certain function, and which software can complete these tasks better, so as to achieve a deeper understanding of DOS and make better use of it.
Let me throw out a brick here, hoping to bring forth a pile of jade.
I’ve been reading here for quite a long time, and I have a question I’d like to ask everyone: you’ve all spent so much effort and so much time making DOS boot disks so good, but what exactly are they used for? Where exactly are their “powerful” functions supposed to come into play?
A “DOS boot disk” is meant to be used, but used in what area? Has everyone really thought this question through?
Back when I was still an ordinary network admin, I made a boot disk for myself that only included CD-ROM boot support, Scandisk, Fdisk, Format, and SmartDrv, and I used it only to install Windows 9x and do simple hard disk management. I kept using it until later I made a second one that could boot and log into the internal network, and all the other tools I needed, including the Windows 9x installation files, were obtained from the internal network. I used it until I was no longer the admin for that network. I was very satisfied with both of those boot disks, because I was actually “using” them, and they met the practical needs of my work at the time very well. Looking at it from another angle, they produced “benefit”!
The moderator’s “super boot disk” seems to be trying to cram in every good thing, but I’d like to ask the moderator: where can it actually put its functions to use and produce “benefit”? Which “dragon” are you trying to capture?
I’d like to suggest that everyone write here about why they need a DOS boot disk, and list which functions they need from it and what tasks they use it to complete. Everyone’s needs are different. Only when everyone lays out their real needs, and a DOS boot disk is customized according to those needs, can it count as a truly useful “tool,” rather than a “collector’s item” or a “toy.”
Of course, I’m not asking the moderator to personally make a separate boot disk for every single person. Rather, I hope that through everyone’s joint effort, we can discuss together which software can implement a certain function, and which software can complete these tasks better, so as to achieve a deeper understanding of DOS and make better use of it.
Let me throw out a brick here, hoping to bring forth a pile of jade.
Then can your machine also use WINDOWS at the same time?
