A. The easiest way I've found is to download the MS-DOS 6.22 boot ISO and boot the VM from it. If you're using Hyper-V, you could also use virtual floppy disks and boot from the MS-DOS install disks, but this isn't an option for Windows Virtual PC. Follow these instructions to copy DOS from the ISO to the virtual hard disk.
Start fdisk and create a new primary partition. Once created, reboot the machine and format the new partition as a system partition using the command
format c: /s
Now copy over the content:
C: MD MSDOS COPY A:\*.* .\MSDOS /v COPY A:\CONFIG.SYS COPY A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT COPY A:\HIMEM.SYS COPY A:\CD1.SYS
You'll now be able to reboot to DOS in your VM. If you're running Virtual PC or Windows Virtual PC, you can even add Windows for Workgroups for a real old-school feel.
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