>From: "Charles M. Yates" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [PCSOFT] dos woes
>Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:47:19 -0500
>
>Hi All,
> I've got a problem with getting dos 6.0 installed properly on my
>windows machine. When I try to install from A my machine simply bypasses A
>on the reboot. Bios should hold my bootup sequence but I can't find it.
> I've copied the dos discs into a dos directory in hopes of getting it
>to work this way, but no luck. I wouldn't go to all of this trouble, but I
>have to get dos operating properly so that I can use a dos-only mapping
>program. Specifically, I need to get enough memory available to use it.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Advice is welcome too. Thanx.
>
>Mike Yates
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Assuming you are running Win9x, immediately on turning the machine on, or
immediately after initiating a reboot, hit F8. You will get a menu allowing
you to select plain DOS (no windows). You should be able to run plain DOS
applications from there.
=====Korny=====
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