You can download free dos from site below.

http://www.freedos.org/

and use shsucdx to CD drive support
http://www.freedos.org/freedos/software/lsm.cgi?q=f&a=base/shsucdx.lsm

http://www.globalvillage.net/windows_freeware.htm
Open README.CDX with Notepad in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS to learn its command line parameters. Then add a SHSUCDX line
to Autoexec.bat (BEFORE the SMARTDRV line), and REMark your MSCDEX line. Reboot. SHSUCDX takes 11 KB of upper RAM (upper
memory manager required in Config.sys) on systems with one CD-ROM drive (each additional CD-ROM drive requires 2.5 KB of
RAM). Example:
LH C:\CDROM\SHSUCDX /D:MYCDROM,D,,1


"Jim Bauer" <noeyes69@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:edbvrvcmodufs0av60m6odu5vrpfoqupvv@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 07:30:53 GMT, "JR K Yoshikawa"
> <yoshikawa@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> >boot from windows98 CD.
> >(If you have bootable one)
> >
>
> I don't have one and wanht to know the best way to make one.
>