Multiboot DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux

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MS-DOS 6.22, Windows (da WfW 3.11 a Vista), IBM OS/2 Warp 4, Linux Debian 11

su un HP Pavilion dv1000 – dv1354ea …

Fare riferimento anche alla dichiarazione liberatoria (disclaimer).

 

 

*** Obsolete *** The Vintage Operating Systems Project

Table of Contents

 

Foreword

For this project, I reinstated an old laptop with a 100 Gb hard drive I had in the cellar.

After serving, first my mother and then me, something like more than five years, and after at least ten years in my cellar, before starting this project, I revitalized it with:

  • RAM Upgrade: from originally 512 Mb to the maximum possible for it, i.e. 2 Gb;
  • New battery: the old one was still working, but it could hold just for a little bit more than an hour.

The Project

Goal: install quite all Microsoft OS’ from MS-DOS until Windows Vista on an Pentium II-based laptop so that they are fully functioning.

Requisite:

  • the installed OS’ should be the original one, thus no clones, and as stand-alone systems, thus no virtual machines neither emultaors;
  • the target system should have a multi-booting features, i.e. by booting it should be possible to choose the OS to be booted (see also the note here below);
  • the tools and software for the installation must be the original ones.

Exclusion: following Windows versions are excluded from the installed operating systems:

  • All MS-DOS versions before and after version 6.22;
    • as a matter of fact, Windows for Workgroup 3.11, also installed, is not a bootable Windows for itself, it is run, thus installed, from within the MS-DOS 6.22 environment;
    • as Windows 95 and Windows 98 are MS-DOS based OS’, their respective MS-DOS versions are of course installed together with them;
  • Windows from version 1.01 “Interface Manager” (1985) to version 3.10 “Sparta” (1922);
  • Other versions of Windows 95 and Windows 98 than Windows 95 RTM and Windows 98 SE;
  • Windows NT 3.1 “Razzle” (1993) to Windows NT 3.51 “Daytona” (1995);
  • Windows ME “Millenium” (2000);
  • from Windows 7 to current available windows versions.

Note:

Additional goal: following, not-Microsoft, OS’ have been also installed

SW Support and additional HW

All steps not done on the target laptop have been done on an HP Envy with Windows 11.

All steps not done in the original OS have been done booting from a Linux CD and using two tools: GParted and Dolphin FileManager.

As the target laptop does not have a floppy drive, only external hardware used has been an external floppy disk drive from CSL-Computer.

For transferring programs and data to the target laptop, avoinding burning CDs, I used Google-Drive from within the above mentioned Linux.

Disclaimer

The process and steps described in this pages are the results of many hours of internet-research, attempts, errors, and of starting all over again. Results that eventually brought to successfully achieving the goal of this project.

 

However, the process and steps described in these pages might help you go in the right direction and most of all avoid doing the same errors I did, thus speeding up a possible similar project.

Last but not least, the precepts and constraints listed below are based more on my attempts to achieve my goal than on whatever rule described in the different sites, including the Microsoft Knowledge Base. As I said, these were my way to achieve my goal. They might or might not apply to your own attempt for achieving your goal with your specific HW.

Precepts and Constraints

General

Using some partition managers (e.g. System Commander) one could play around with different configurations, however one of the requisites of this project was to use as much as possible only standard floppy disks, CDs, etc., being the only exception, as said before, the use of a Linux CD, which I used mainly to transfer files and data via ethernet through a cloud service.

Thus, for following the steps in this page, a connection to internet would be required. The above mentioned Linux CD recognize the LAN/Ethernet connection and set it up.

An alternative would be to save all files and data needed on a CD and copy them from it.

Constraints

Following constraints refers to partitions that must be bootable. With specific drivers or programs it might be still possible to create and use larger partitions, overcoming the limits specified below.

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Precepts

Following are the rules I followed in this project. Not all might apply to you and your hardware. These are the rules I elaborated in my many attempts to reach my goals. Keep it always in mind.

For setting up the OS, make the partition as larger as possible.

For setting up an OS, do not take care of the minimum requirements. For later installing drivers, updates, service packs, you will most probable need much more space.

Once all is set as per your goals and wishes, you can delete all temporary files, including the different installation programs, and reduce the size of the corresponding OS’  partition.

With some exception due to the installation of some particular OS:

Setup the OS' in chronological order. First the oldest one.

Backward compatibilities is quite always given, so newer OS’ will usually cope with older ones.

Some how related to the last mentioned precept:

Do not use tools of newer OS' whith partitions/volumes/folders/files of
older ones.
In particular: do not use newer FDISKs with partitions of older OS', if
not explicitely mentioned. In the latest case, limit you to the
operations described.

Regarding FDISK: of course, there are different versions of FDISK. As you will see, they report also different values depending on the OS you are using.

In particolar, MS-DOS 6.22’s FDISK reports a smaller size of the hard drive, Windows 95 RTM and OSR2 propose to convert to LVM, having as defulet No, whereby Windows 98 SE, at the same question, has a default Yes.

therefore

Even if you are experienced and believe you did it many times,
DO NOT just confirm the default values proposed!

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The main rules I followed are:

  • do not touch the partitioning done with older partition managers (like FDISK) with newer ones;
  • neither touch the partitioning done for operating systems until Windows NT 4.0 with the Linux partition manager, like e.g. GParted, but for few operations like hiding the partition.
    • writing from Linux whatever information apart of the flags and of the partition’s label will cause changes in the MBR which will not be correctly understood e.g. by MS-DOS 6.22 or Windows 95.
    • This applies during the installation of the OS’. Once the older OS’ are installed, you will see that using e.g. Gparted will not cause any major issue.

Vintage Operating Systems Installation

I started installing first the oldest operating system (MS-DOS 6.22) and I went on chronologically to the newest one, because backward compatibility is usually given, but not always forward compatibility-

Hard Disk Initialising

  1. Boot the LapTop with the Linux CD.
    • At the boot menu choose MX-21.2.1 fuxbox 386 (…) ↵, i.e. leave the default;
    • if you like to see all what is loaded (verbose mode) press ALT+F1.
  2. Once the graphical desktop is loaded, select on the bottom left: System → GParted and launch it.
  3. For initializing the hard disk: Select Device → Create Partition Table → msdos. Warning: it will erase all data on the hard disk!

For the moment, because of some issues of the earlier Windows setups, leave the hard drive as it is and proceed with the installation of the 1st OS.

MicroSoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) version 6.22 MS-DOS 6.22 Installation

Installing MS-DOS 6.22 is quite stright forward, considering its few challenges.

  1. Follow the steps for the MS-DOS 6.22 installation.

You are done! MS-DOS 6.22 has been installed and it is up and running.

To-Do List

  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Tetris & Text-Adventure Game.
  • Modem & Programs for connecting (e.g. to ITAPAC). See also https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?thread/9320-bbs-mailbox-mit-modem-anrufen/&pageNo=1
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.

Windows for Workgroup (WfW) 3.11 Installation

Windows for Workgroup is not a standalone OS, thus not bootable for itsself. It must be run under MS-DOS.

Therefore, of course, the assumption here is that MS-DOS 6.22 has been installed as shown above.

  1. Follow the steps for the Windows for Workgroup 3.11 installation.

You are done! Windows for Workgroup 3.11 has been installed and it is up and running.

To-Do List

  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Tetris 3D?
  • Modem & Programs for connecting (e.g. to ITAPAC).
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.
    • quite sure with MikTeX through PS.

Preparing the Hard Disk for the further installations

Note: although the size of the partition created for MS-DOS 6.22 was 512 Mb, GParted reported a size of 511,97 Mb.

  1. Re-boot the laptop with the Linux CD (see #1 and #2 above);
  2. With (System →) GParted create one partition:
    1. select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat16, Label: WIN95OSR2 → + Add.
    2. Select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat16, Label: FAT32A → + Add.
    3. Leave the rest of the unallocated space (about 85,32 Gb in this case) as it is. Select Edit → Apply All Operations and confirm clicking on Apply. Click on Close.
  3. Select the first partition (/dev/sda1). Select Partition → Manage flags; uncheck boot, check hidden, and click on Close.
  4. Select the second partition (/dev/sda2). Select Partition → Manage flags; check boot, and click on Close.
  5. Select the third partition (/dev/sda3). Select Partition → Manage flags; check hidden, and click on Close.
  6. Reboot the laptop with the MS-DOS 6.22 CD.
  7. Call FDISK.
    1. Select 2. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive: type1 ↵; Select 2. Create Extended DOS Partition: type 2 ↵; FDISK proposes a maximal value of 6.479 Mb, confirm with ENTER and press ESC; wait until FDISK propose to create the logical drives:
      1. type 512 and confirm with ENTER (Drive D:, for Win 98 / Win NT / OS/2);
      2. wait again, enter 512 again, and confirm with ENTER (Drive E:, Win 98 / Win NT / OS/2);
      3. wait again, enter 2.047, and confirm with ENTER (Drive F:, for Win 2K Pro);
      4. wait again, enter 2.047 again, and confirm with ENTER (Drive G:, for Win XP Pro);
      5. wait again, enter 512, and confirm with ENTER (Drive H:, for the Auxiliary FAT16 volume);
      6. wait again, enter 768, and confirm with ENTER (Drive I:, for the Auxiliary FAT32 volume);
      7. confirm the last value (63 Mb) pressing ENTER (Drive J:, dummy volume, not needed at all);
    2. press ESC twice to exit FDISK.
  8. Remove the MS-DOS 6.22 CD and follow the steps for the Windows 95 OSR2 installation.
  9. …

MicroSoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2)

Now we are in the tricky and cumbersome part of the whole process to have a multi-boot laptop with all Microsoft OS’.

As per my experience, this is most of all due to the different way the different partition managers (in my case FDISK and GParted) handle the MBR and calculate the size of the partitions.

  1. Hide the other two primary DOS partitions. Mark the WIN95 as boot.
  2. Follow the steps for the Windows 95 OSR2 installation.

You are done! Windows 95 OSR2 has been installed and it is up and running.

Now it is time to install all possible drivers for the laptop, as far as they are available, as well as the last updates and service packs for Windows 95 OSR2.

To-Do List

  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.
  • Secret of Monkey Island.
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.
    • sure with MikTeX through PS.

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

The typical Windows 98 or 98SE installation requires about 195MB of hard disk space. Installation can take as little as 120MB of disk space or up to 295MB, depending on your system and the options you choose to install.

If you use the FAT32 file system, you will gain about 10 to 15% more efficient use of disk space on a larger hard disk (above 512MB).

https://kb.iu.edu/d/afqp

Quite the same considerations done for Windows 95 OSR2 apply for the setup of Windows 98 SE, but this time a FAT32 partition worked fine.

From Windows 95, thus in Windows 98 too, FDISK recognizes that the
partition size of some partitions, e.g. here the AUX16 and AUX32
partitions, is larger than 512 Mb and calling it results in FDISK
showing the warning:
"Your computer has a disk larger than 512MB. This version of
Windows includes support for large disks, resulting in more
efficient use of disk space on large drives, and allowing disks
over 2GB to be formatted as a single drive.
...
Do you wish to enable large disk support(Y/N)........? (Y)".
Now, while in Windows 95 the default answer is N, i.e. no, in
Windows 98 the default answer is Y, i.e. yes.
Make sure to NOT ENABLE the large disk support, thus pay attention
to always answer N (no!) to that question.

This is due to the fact that: 1st MS-DOS 6.22 will no more handle the partitions in the correct way, 2nd you cannot undo the operation, i.e. for makinfg MS-DOS 6.22 working again, in the worst case you have to re-do all the steps above.

File system Partition Size Notes
FAT32 Maximum 32.768 Mb (32 Gb) For 128 Gb maximum size see also above in the Windows 95 OSR2 Installation section.
Minimum ∼ xxx bytes (xxx Mb) …
  1. Re-boot the laptop with the Linux CD (see #1 and #2 above).
  2. Activate, i.e. make bootable, the WIN98 partition:
    1. Select the WIN95 partition (/dev/sda2); select Partition → Manage Flags; uncheck boot and check hidden;
    2. Select the WIN98 partition (/dev/sda3); select Partition → Manage Flags; check boot; uncheck hidden, if checked.
  3. Once the activation is done, click on Close.
  4. Plug the external Floppy-Drive.
    • You will not needed it for booting, as the Windows 98 SE CD can boot by itsself;
    • however, if you want to create the Windows 95 Repair Disk I suggest to use an external floppy drive.
    • For the moment, do not put any floppy disk into the floppy drive.
  5. Follow the steps for the Windows 98 SE installation.

You are done! Windows 98 SE has been installed and it is up and running.

Now it is time to install all possible drivers for the laptop, as far as they are available, as well as the service packs for Windows 98 SE.

To-Do List

  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.
  • Secret of Monkey Island.
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.
    • sure with MikTeX through PS.

Windows NT 4.0

https://nt4ref.zcm.com.au/bigdisk.htm

Minimum: >32MB and <2048MB

Although Windows NT 4.0 can read and handle FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems, for installing it on the laptop preventing loosing or messing up the previous installations, it is recommended to set as bootable the 1st partition, i.e. where MS-DOS 6.22 has been installed. Therefore:

1) Windows NT 4.0's setup requires a FAT16 partition in order to
   write the MBR.
2) The NTFS file system of Windows NT is slightly different than
   the one of Windows 2000 and of newer Windows OS. Therefore,
   DO NOT format the Windows NT partition with any other OS than
   Windwos NT itsself.

Moreover, for installing Windows NT 4.0 avoiding any major issue, I used a partition size of 2 Gb formatted first as FAT32. It has been formatted as NTFS by the setup program.

File system Partition Size Notes
NTFS Maximum 136,9 Gb (140.185,6 Mb) For IDE drives. For standard IDE drives maximum is 528 Mb.
2.048 Gb ( = 2 Tb = 2.097.152 Mb) For the original Windows NT.
16.384 Gb ( = 16 Tb = 16.777.216 Mb) for Windows NT 4.0. See also above in the MS-DOS 6.22 Installation section.
Minimum 110 Mb (112.640 Bytes) …

From Window NT 4.0 it is no more necessary to hide the partitions with older OS’. As a matter of fact, in order to let the setup program recognize correctly all the volumes, those should be visible.

  1. Re-boot the laptop with the Linux CD (see #1 and #2 above).
  2. Make visible all previous partitions:
    1. Select the MSDOS622 partition (/dev/sda1); select Partition → Manage Flags; check boot and uncheck hidden, if checked;
    2. Select the WIN95 partition (/dev/sda2); select Partition → Manage Flags; uncheck hidden, if checked;
    3. Select the WIN98 partition (/dev/sda3); select Partition → Manage Flags; uncheck hidden, if checked.
  3. Once the activation is done, click on Close.
  4. Plug the external Floppy-Drive.
    • You will not needed it for booting, as the Windows NT 4.0 CD can boot by itsself;
    • however, if you want to create the Windows NT Recovery Disk I suggest to use an external floppy drive.
    • For the moment, do not put any floppy disk into the floppy drive.
  5. Follow the steps for the Windows NT 4.0 installation

You are done! Windows NT 4.0 has been installed and it is up and running.

Now it is time to install all possible drivers for the laptop, as far as they are available, as well as the service packs for Windows NT 4.0.

To-Do List

  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.
  • Secret of Monkey Island.
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.
    • sure with MikTeX through PS.

OS/2 Warp 4

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https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/User%27s_Guide_to_OS/2_Warp_Version_3_-_Part_4

https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/User%27s_Guide_to_OS/2_Warp_Version_3_-_Part_5

Minimum: 25-45 MB (Plus 10MB for swap file and 10MB for multi-media)

https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/User%27s_Guide_to_OS/2_Warp_Version_3_-_Part_5#Installing_the_Swap_File_and_WIN-OS/2_Support_in_a_Logical_Drive

Logical partition for the swap file.

To-Do List

  • Full proper installation.
  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.
  • Secret of Monkey Island.
  • Allow for printing to HP OfficeJet and PDF.
    • sure with MikTeX through PS.

Windows 2000

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http://educ.jmu.edu/~jarvislb/utils/2000req.html#:~:text=2%20GB%20hard%20disk%20with,are%20installing%20over%20a%20network.)

Minimum: 2GB hard disk with a minimum of 650MB of free space.

File system Partition Size Notes
NTFS Maximum 2.048 Mb (2 Gb) See above in the MS-DOS 6.22 Installation section.
Minimum ∼ xxx bytes (xxx Mb) …

To-Do List

  • Full installation.
  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.

Windows XP Professional

minimum req.: 233 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, 1.5 GB of available hard drive space, and an SVGA-capable video card.

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File system Partition Size Notes
NTFS Maximum 2.048 Mb (2 Gb) See above in the MS-DOS 6.22 Installation section.
Minimum ∼ xxx bytes (xxx Mb) …

To-Do List

  • Full installation.
  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.

Windows Vista Ultimate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista#Hardware_requirements

Minimum 20 Gb, rec. 40 Gb

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File system Partition Size Notes
NTFS Maximum 2.048 Mb (2 Gb) See above in the MS-DOS 6.22 Installation section.
Minimum ∼ xxx bytes (xxx Mb) …

To-Do List

  • Full installation.
  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.

Linux Debian 11

To-Do List

  • Full installation.
  • Render as much devices as possible functioning.
  • Modem functioning properly.

… And finally!

  • Mail for all4roby
  • Choose Bootloader and set it up.
  • Once all is working: BackUp whole HD.
  • Erase it and start the process described here from the beginning.
  • Test the installation, most of all whether some step is missing.

Obsolete

DO NOT DELETE YET

The Challenge

When I started this project I thought the most challenging parts were the installation of old systems on a relative newer HW and the installation of more than one of such systems, even seven thereof.

When looking for help on how to install those systems I read a lot of pages in internet. Most of them were talking about dual-boot systems, some of them even treble[2]-boot, but as a matter of fact I didn not find any page explaining how to install more than three systems on one system. Of course apart of advising to have those OS in many virtual machines, which is not the goal and requisites of this project.

However, wanting all OS installed to work properly and if possible to use as much of the HW available in the old laptop, the really challenge was to find the appropriate drivers, because the HW is relatively new in comparision to the OS installed, and the drivers provided by the maufacters of course work with newer version of the OS but not necessarly with older ones.

Looking for Help (in Google and in fora[3])

… see challenges and solution …

Once the Os are installed, what next?

For emptying my cellar and win some more space, in my flat too, I have another project for digitalizing all my old documents, fotos, VHS, etc..

Winning space means also getting rid of the boxes full of floppy disks of all formats, tapes, hard disks, all containing a lot of SW that I collected and acquired in 35 years and more in IT.

The follow up project will then be installing that old software in the corresponding OS, so that my nostalgic feeling of using it can be revived.

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    1. select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat32, Label: WIN98 → + Add;
    2. select Edit→ Apply All Operations and confirm clicking on Apply.
  2. Once the partitioning is done, click on Close.
Although Windows 95 and Windows 98 can use FAT32, thus allowing
for partitions of at least 128 Gb, these Windows' setups broke up
with partitions larger than 512 Mb, for this reason I have choosen
this size for the 2nd and 3rd primary DOS partitions.
  1. Re-boot the laptop from the Hard-Drive;
    • pressing ESC at the POST stage will allow you to choose booting from the Hard-Drive,
    • alternatively, simply remove the Linux CD from the CD-Rom drive). The laptop will start with MS-DOS 6.22.
  2. Call FDISK. and select 2. Create Extended DOS Partition: type 2 ↵; type 6.492 ↵, i.e. leave the proposed maximal size of the extended DOS partition. Press ESC twice to exit FDISK; after pressing a key (any key will work) the laptop will reboot and start with the Linux CD (if you left it in the CD-Drive, otherwise remember to insert the Linux CD again before pressing ESC twice).
  3. With (System →) GParted create following partitions:
    1. select the unallocated space immediately after the newly created extended partition and select Partition → New: Size  → 2.047 Mb, Logical Partition, File system: ntfs, Label: WINNT40 → + Add;
    2. select the unallocated space immediately after the newly created logical partition and select Partition → New: Size  → 2.047 Mb, Logical Partition, File system: fat16, Label: AUX16 → + Add;
    3. select the unallocated space immediately after the newly created logical partition and select Partition → New: Size  → 2.047 Mb, Logical Partition, File system: fat32, Label: AUX32 → + Add;
      • Leave the rest of the unallocated space (about xxx Gb in this case) as it is.
    4. select Edit→ Apply All Operations and confirm clicking on Apply.
  4. I backed up (just copying all files, as Linux can see and copy also hidden files) the whole MSDOS622 volume into the directory HDDOS in the volumes AUX16 and AUX32.
    • in case of some malfunctioning during the installation of the other OS’, I just copied back the content of HDDOS into the volume MSDOS622. Booting then with the MS-DOS 6.22 CD, just typing SYS C: ↵ the volume was bootable again.
As said, older Microsoft OS' recognize, at least in setup phase,
one and only one primary DOS partition.
However, when more than one primary DOS partition is present on
the hard disk, the same OS' do recognize them, as well as it
recognizes the correct size, in this case 2 Gb.
  1. Activate, i.e. make bootable, the WIN95 partition:
    1. Select the MSDOS622 partition (/dev/sda1); select Partition → Manage Flags; uncheck boot and check hidden;
    2. Select the WIN95 partition (/dev/sda2); select Partition → Manage Flags; check boot; uncheck hidden, if checked.
  2. Once the partitioning and activation is done, click on Close.
Windows 95's and Windows 98's setup programs require the primary
DOS partitions not currently needed for their installation to be
hidden, otherwise either the installation will breake off
and/or raise an error or the installation will mess up the
previously installed OS'.
Hiding a partition will cause FDISK to mark them as NON-DOS,
but will not have any other effect on the partition itsself.
  1. As said before, instead of burning CDs every time I found a needed or wished resp, tool or a driver, I uploaded them on my personal cloud and downloaded them on the laptop as per need. Therefore, because I anyway booted with the Linux CD, I took the opportunity to transfer the MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups as well as the Windows 95 OSR2 files into the corresponding partitions.

 

  1. type FORMAT H: /V:AUX16 /C ↵.

 

  1. Reboot the laptop from the hard drive. At the Startup Menu select 6. Command prompt only and press ENTER. You will be prompted at C:>.
  7. Format the partitions: type FORMAT D: /V:WIN98SE /C ↵; type FORMAT E: /V:WINNT40 /C ↵; type FORMAT F: /V:WIN2KPRO /C ↵; type FORMAT G: /V:WINXPPRO /C ↵; type FORMAT I: /V:AUX32 /C ↵.
  • Windows NT 4.0 … NTFS older version than that of Win2k.

Create following partitions:

    1. select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat16, Label: MSDOS622 → + Add;
    2. select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat16, Label: WIN95 → + Add;
    3. select Partition → New: Size  → 512 Mb, Primary Partition, File system: fat32, Label: WIN98 → + Add;
    4. select Partition → New: Size  → xxx Mb, Extended Partition, File system: fat32, Label: WIN98 → + Add;

Operating Systems Installation

 

Windows for Workgroup 3.11

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  • 10.240 Mb (10 Gb), Primary Partition, ntfs, label: WINNT40, → Add.
  • Hide the WIN95 and WINNT40 partitions:
    • Select the WIN95 partition (/dev/sda2) and Select Partition → Manage Flags → choose hidden → Close;
    • Select the WINNT40 partition (/dev/sda3) and Select Partition → Manage Flags → choose hidden → Close;

 

 

 

See also the final partitioning of the 100 Gb HD.

1. MS-DOS 6.22 Installation and update

Installed MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroup 3.11.

2. Windows 95 Installation

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  • No! Extended Partition, 12.663 Mb, extended, label: EXT4WIN98;
    • select 4. Display partition information, it shows following partitions:
      1. Partition: C:, Status A, Type: PRI DOS, Mbytes: 2.048, System: FAT16, Usage: 26%;
      2. Type: Non-DOS, Mbytes 4.096, Usage: 51%;
      3. Type: HPFS, Mbytes: 1.024 Mb, System: 0, Usage 100;
      4. Partition: %, Status: 4, Type: EXT DO, Volume Label: S, Mbytes: 134, System: 75, Usage: 10;
    • select 1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive;
    • select 3. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition; it shows DOS Partition size 1.347 Mbytes, maximum space available for logical drive 8 Mbytes;
    • entering any number from 1 to 8 has the same effect: FDISK create anyway a logical drive of 8 Mbytes occupying all “available” space;
    • exiting FDISK will reboot the laptop. Leave the MS-DOS 6.22 CD and boot from it.
  • Select Edit → Apply all Operations;
  • To check the correct partiotioning reboot the laptop with the Linux CD and check the partitions with
    • System → Gparted:
      • Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK1031GA
      • Serial: 75CS8546S
      • Size: 93,16 Gb
      • Path /dev/sda
      • Partition Table: msdos
      • Heads: 255
      • Secotrs/track: 2
      • Cylinders: 383.081
      • Total sectors: 195.371.568
      • Sector size: 512
    • Settings → Advanced Network Configuration:
      • Connect name: RobyNet
      • → General
        • Connect automatically with priority: -999,
        • All users may connect to this network,
        • Metered connection: Automatic
      • → Ethernet
        • Device: eth0 (00:C0:9F:C2:26:D5),
        • MTU: automatic,
        • Wake on LAN: Default
        • Link negotiation: Ignore
  • Reboot the laptop with the MS-DOS 6.22 CD;
    • Logical Partition, 2.048 Mb, fat16, label: AUX16;
    • Logical Partition, 5.120 Mb, fat32, label: AUX32;
    • Logical Partition, 10.240 Mb, fat32, label: WIN98
    • Logical Partition, 4.251 Mb, fat32, label: DUMMYW98;
  • unallocated: 63 Gb (64.512 Mb)

1. Windows 98 Installation

  1. Start with Win 98 CD, choose “Start PC with CD-ROM support”
    1. Delete all partitions (FDISK)
    2. Reboot, choose “Start PC with CD-ROM support”
  2. Call FDISK
    1. Note: visible to Win98 are 29.858 Mb only
    2. Create a primary dos partition, not active (14.336 Mb)
    3. Create an extended dos partition (15.519 Mb – C:)
    4. Create two logical dos drives (10,245 Mb – D:; 5274 Mb – E:)
    5. Reboot, choose “Windows 98 setup”
  3. Format all drives (C:, D:, E:)
  4. Install Win98 (german edition, italian keyboard)
  5. Error: “Zu wenig speicher zum initialisieren von windows”
    1. …

Hard Disk Partitions

See https://3il.de/hd-100-gb-hp-dv1354ea-partitions/

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From MS-DOS 6.22 all Windows until Windows XP, including also OS/2 and Linux.

Following Windows versions are excluded from the installed operating systems (OS):

  • Windows from version 1.01 “Interface Manager” (1985) to version 3.10 “Sparta” (1922);
  • Windows NT 3.1 “Razzle” (1993) to Windows NT 3.51 “Daytona” (1995);
  • Windows ME “Millenium” (2000);
  • from Windows 7 to current windows version available.

Moreover, following OS are have been installed:

  • MS-DOS 6.22 with USB support;
  • Linux Debian 11.

All steps not done on the LapTop were done on an HP Envy with Windows 11.

Hardware: HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion dv1000 – dv135a

See https://3il.de/hp-pavilion-dv1000-dv1354ea/

Operating Systems Installation

A connection to internet is required. The Linux CD recognize the LAN/Ethernet connection and set it up.

1. MS-DOS 6.22 Installation and update

Vedi https://3il.de/ms-dos-6-22/

2. Windows 95 Installation

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  • No! Extended Partition, 12.663 Mb, extended, label: EXT4WIN98;
    • select 4. Display partition information, it shows following partitions:
      1. Partition: C:, Status A, Type: PRI DOS, Mbytes: 2.048, System: FAT16, Usage: 26%;
      2. Type: Non-DOS, Mbytes 4.096, Usage: 51%;
      3. Type: HPFS, Mbytes: 1.024 Mb, System: 0, Usage 100;
      4. Partition: %, Status: 4, Type: EXT DO, Volume Label: S, Mbytes: 134, System: 75, Usage: 10;
    • select 1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive;
    • select 3. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition; it shows DOS Partition size 1.347 Mbytes, maximum space available for logical drive 8 Mbytes;
    • entering any number from 1 to 8 has the same effect: FDISK create anyway a logical drive of 8 Mbytes occupying all “available” space;
    • exiting FDISK will reboot the laptop. Leave the MS-DOS 6.22 CD and boot from it.
  • Select Edit → Apply all Operations;
  • To check the correct partiotioning reboot the laptop with the Linux CD and check the partitions with
    • System → Gparted:
      • Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK1031GA
      • Serial: 75CS8546S
      • Size: 93,16 Gb
      • Path /dev/sda
      • Partition Table: msdos
      • Heads: 255
      • Secotrs/track: 2
      • Cylinders: 383.081
      • Total sectors: 195.371.568
      • Sector size: 512
    • Settings → Advanced Network Configuration:
      • Connect name: RobyNet
      • → General
        • Connect automatically with priority: -999,
        • All users may connect to this network,
        • Metered connection: Automatic
      • → Ethernet
        • Device: eth0 (00:C0:9F:C2:26:D5),
        • MTU: automatic,
        • Wake on LAN: Default
        • Link negotiation: Ignore
  • Reboot the laptop with the MS-DOS 6.22 CD;
    • Logical Partition, 2.048 Mb, fat16, label: AUX16;
    • Logical Partition, 5.120 Mb, fat32, label: AUX32;
    • Logical Partition, 10.240 Mb, fat32, label: WIN98
    • Logical Partition, 4.251 Mb, fat32, label: DUMMYW98;
  • unallocated: 63 Gb (64.512 Mb)

1. Windows 98 Installation

  1. Start with Win 98 CD, choose “Start PC with CD-ROM support”
    1. Delete all partitions (FDISK)
    2. Reboot, choose “Start PC with CD-ROM support”
  2. Call FDISK
    1. Note: visible to Win98 are 29.858 Mb only
    2. Create a primary dos partition, not active (14.336 Mb)
    3. Create an extended dos partition (15.519 Mb – C:)
    4. Create two logical dos drives (10,245 Mb – D:; 5274 Mb – E:)
    5. Reboot, choose “Windows 98 setup”
  3. Format all drives (C:, D:, E:)
  4. Install Win98 (german edition, italian keyboard)
  5. Error: “Zu wenig speicher zum initialisieren von windows”
    1. …

Hard Disk Partitions

See https://3il.de/hd-100-gb-hp-dv1354ea-partitions/

 

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