Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:29:59 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD Message-ID: <20051116202959.GA60297@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20051116183213.GA32134@polands.org> References: <20051116183213.GA32134@polands.org>
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:32:13PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a > broken Windows box. > > I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it > appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools. > > I tried emulators/mtools mformat, but it doesn't create bootable media. > I even installed emulators/qemu and installed Win98 into it but format > fails trying to format the host's floppy. > > I'm in a bit of a time crunch here, does anyone know how do create a > bootable DOS floppy using just FreeBSD and/or it's ports? For a floppy to be bootable one must install an OS on to it that it has something to boot. Did what you are looking to do Once Upon A Time using http://www.freedos.org/ -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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