Download ms dos 6.22 install disks
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There's an entire list of OS's there that fall into this category. TechNet obviously offers MS DOS 6.22 for subscribers to use, even though they have long since stopped supporting it. I realize this is a Hyper-V forum and not MSDN, so my first question might not apply here.
#Download ms dos 6.22 install disks portable#
That’s it! As you can tell, restoring the Compaq Portable 386 is relatively straightforward if you’re even mildly tech-savvy- the components are pretty robust, and due to the price of the computer at the time, they were built to last.Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. You should now be able to boot your Compaq Portable 386 to its hard disk MS-DOS prompt without needing the dos floppy. If, after MS-DOS installation, you get an error message such as “Operating system not found” or something similar, boot to your dos floppy and type “FDISK/MBR.” After executing FDISK/MBR, restart the computer once more. It seems this step may be necessary even after an MS-DOS installation else, you won’t get a hard disk command prompt. Once you have successfully installed MS-DOS, boot again from your dos boot disk, and then type FDISK /MBR at the command prompt – this adds the master boot record to your disk allowing your computer to boot from the CF card / hard disk directly. Follow the commands in FDISK to create your MSDOS partition(s) first (in case you want to set up multiple partitions or adjust their sizes), then restart and resume MS-DOS setup.
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Exit the setup program (press F3) and type FDISK at the command prompt, and press enter – if all is well, the FDISK program should load and give you a series of choices – press “4” to view the existing disk, partitions, and logical drives.
I recommend exiting MS-DOS setup to check that the hard disks / compact flash cards are configured correctly.
If you don’t have a setup disk and just used an MS-DOS boot disk, the computer should at least boot to command prompt, showing “A:/>”.
If you can’t make floppy disks, you can try to find the disks on eBay or leave a comment below, and I will try and help. If you are using a 3.25-inch disk, then you will need to use the 720k version.
If you are using a 5 1/2 inch floppy drive, you will need to create the diagnostic disk using the 360K version.
#Download ms dos 6.22 install disks how to#
I won’t go into too much detail on how to install MS-DOS you can find detailed step by step instructions here if you get stuck with my simplified instructions below: The Compaq MS-DOS does offer some unique features that allow you to manipulate how text is displayed through the MODE command, but at the end of the day, I found MS-DOS 6.22 more familiar and user friendly. When I restored my Compaq Portable 386, I found it was actually worthwhile to install the original Compaq MS-DOS 3.31 just to poke around.