Win4Lin User's Guide

About DOS Images

Win4Lin uses three different types of DOS images: cga, mono, and vga. Normally, Win4Lin chooses the correct image type for you, and you never have to worry about the appropriate image to use.

Moreover, you typically do not need to create DOS images because it is done automatically when the Windows 9x installation files are loaded from CD.

The only times you need to create DOS images are:

  1. If you modify the config file in one or more of the following directories:

    These files are where the STACKS, FILES, BUFFERS, and LASTDRIVE settings are made.

  2. When you use custom devices, and the devices contain ROMs or other kinds of memory-mapped IO.

When you create new DOS images: