Microsoft KB Archive/72160

= MS-DOS 5 README.TXT: Installing on OS/2 Dual-Boot System =

Article ID: 72160

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q72160



SUMMARY
The following information was taken from the Microsoft MS-DOS 5 README.TXT file. This is the packaged product of MS-DOS version 5.0 that is licensed to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers).



Installing MS-DOS 5.0 on an OS/2 Dual-Boot System
If you install your operating system by using the BOOT /OS2 or BOOT /DOS command, install MS-DOS 5.0 as follows:
 * 1) Start DOS by using the BOOT /DOS command.
 * 2) Run Setup.

If you use the form of an OS/2 dual-boot system that prompts you at startup to select an operating system, do the following:  Install MS-DOS 5.0 on your hard disk. Create a system disk by inserting a disk in drive A and typing the FORMAT A: /S command. Delete the COMMAND.COM file from the floppy disk. On the floppy disk, create a CONFIG.SYS file that includes the following:

shell=c:\dos\command.com /p /e:256

 On the floppy disk, create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that includes the following commands:

path=c:\dos

append /e

append c:\dos

prompt $p$g

set comspec=

 Reinstall the OS/2 operating system on your hard disk. Insert in drive A the system disk you created and restart your computer.</li> Run the dual-boot program (C:\DUALBOOT\DUALBOOT.EXE).</li></ol>

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