Installing BSP under DOS and Windows

Installing MS-DOS 7.10

Step 1:

Do a Google search for 'MS-DOS 7.10' then download the 'Boot Disk'
file and BOTH disk file of the 'MS-DOS 7.10 Full install Version'.

Note that you dont actually download 'floppy disks'. Instead you
download zip-files that each contain a Windows program you can
use to create the DOS disks.

Step 2:

The boot disk will be used for partitioning the hard disk:

Boot the computer from the boot disk and use FDISK (found on the
same disk) to partition the hard disk with a FIRST disk partition of
500 MB (not 512!) with FAT or FAT32 but not NTFS).

(The remaining disk space can be used for Windows or Linux)

Step 3:

Now reboot the computer from the first disk of the
'MS-DOS 7.10 Full install Version' disk set.

1) Select the 'Full installation' option but without
    the 'add-on' or the 'access-dos' options.

2) Enable both UMB and EMS memory

3) Select SHARE, LONGFLN, CTMOUSE,
    NSLFUNC and SMARTDRV.

Reboot the computer once again and verify that
it boots to a black screen with a white C-prompt.

Step 4:

Optionally you can finish the installation by installing XP
next to DOS (make sure not to delete the DOS installation).

To install newer versions of Windows (Vista + Win 7) you
need to use a third party partition manager.

With DOS and Windows on the same computer you will
not need a floppy drive or USB stick to transfer files as
you can access the DOS partition directly from Windows.

You can download a sample of MSDOS 7.10 configuration
files from here.