#Ms dos 6.22 download install#
Here is what I did if anyone else comes across this in the future:Ĭreate DOS 6.22 install disks Downloaded DOS 6.22 Connect floppy drive to VM In xp vm create DOS 6.22 disks, make14.bat a: Then I read your post Richard which got me through to complete the install. Why would that put the DOS 6.22 upgrade out there without the original DOS 6.22?!?!? I was having the same issue that mikerowaved was having. I am really late on this but I found this post helpful with my DOS 6.22 install from technet. Now reboot again and this is enough for the upgrade to think it's upgrading, then the install works OK. Then copy the contents of the first disk to C:\DOS To get around the issues of only having the upgrade disks from technet do the following:īoot from the first disk and keep pressing F8, select no to everything and get a DOS prompt. (grumble grumble) Thanks again gentlemen. I guess I will have to find out for myself how well it works (or not), once I dig up some DOS boot disks. I'm currently running several flavors of *nix under Hyper-V that are not officially supported some with greater success than others. I understand that "supported" and actually working (or even working with limited functionality) are different things. But like I said, this is probably the wrong forum to raise that complaint. I am completely devoid of a reason they put an UPGRADE version in their TechNet download area, and not a standard version.
My observation was simply that Microsoft ONLY offers MS DOS 6.22 in an UPGRADE version, which needlessly complicates getting it going on a test machine (virtual or not). Unfortunately, MS-DOS is still required for some applications that just won't die and testing IS a required part of supporting those apps. 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.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
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