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Topic: DOS boot

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  Boot    DOS boot disk  
  MS DOS    Boot Camp  
  DOS program    Shoes and Boots  
  DOS command    Boot Disk  
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"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steven Wright
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 Expert Talk
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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

DOSEmu is actually an emulated PC environment that allows a DOS kernel to boot up and execute programs.
Any DOS diskette that has been properly formatted contains some executable code in its boot sector.
The redhat boot floppy contains a DOS filesystem with vmlinuz as one of the files.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

DBS = DOS Boot Sector: The first sector of a logical DOS partition on a hard disk or the first absolute sector of a diskette.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Since Boot 95 made it that popular and because of many requests by Windows NT users I decided to develop an enhanced version of this boot utility also supporting DOS and Windows NT.
Boot the PC from a Windows 98 Startup disk or DOS disk.
Boot from a Windows 9x or DOS v6 boot disk with FDISK.
Craig Leveaux,
Blogger

I boot to DOS maybe once every 6 months, if that much.
 
 
 User Talk
Comments from our users:
From:
insane dude
2004-12-05 02:23:23
fuck y'all
From:
insane dude
2004-12-05 02:23:51
how do you boot?
From:
your father
2005-09-18 15:52:22
5 people joim and ignore 1 person he will be automatically booted
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