DOS boot process (article)

Delmiroc

I thought I would share this article on booting DOS

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/structBoot-c.html

I thought it explains the process well and easy to understand.

blackzone

That's what I hate about certificate. They force me to learn somthing I dont' want to learn.

Only thing I want to know about Dos is I can use Dosbox to run old games.

billg

It is very important to learn about DOS. It is not a waste of time. The next time you have to try and figure why a computer will not boot into the OS you might be very glad that you know DOS and understand how to use some of the commands. I miss the old days of DOS. The best times that I had as a programmer were programming under DOS back in the 80s. Yes, we did not have the luxury of windows and a GUI but as a programmer we had control of the machine. There were not DLLs all over the place. No Dll hell. I would code my program. In DOS, I would run the compiler and linker and if it worked the program would run if not I would hit a keystoke, and up would pop SideKick, my faithful TSR and I would try to find the problem. No mouse, No drivers. I loved it. Of course I love my Windows but I still once and a while miss my old DOS.

Plantwiz

billg wrote:

It is very important to learn about DOS. It is not a waste of time. The next time you have to try and figure why a computer will not boot into the OS you might be very glad that you know DOS and understand how to use some of the commands. I miss the old days of DOS. The best times that I had as a programmer were programming under DOS back in the 80s. Yes, we did not have the luxury of windows and a GUI but as a programmer we had control of the machine. There were not DLLs all over the place. No Dll hell. I would code my program. In DOS, I would run the compiler and linker and if it worked the program would run if not I would hit a keystoke, and up would pop SideKick, my faithful TSR and I would try to find the problem. No mouse, No drivers. I loved it. Of course I love my Windows but I still once and a while miss my old DOS.

Thank you!

snokerpoker

cool little article, thanks!