Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:53:21 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD Message-ID: <20051116205321.GB32134@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20051116200733.GA39156@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20051116183213.GA32134@polands.org> <20051116200733.GA39156@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:07:33PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > 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've used FreeDOS [http://www.freedos.org/] to run utilities for > flashing a motherboard bios. > > The technique I used was to build a FreeDOS bootable CD with the extra > stuff I needed on it. That enabled me to run the utilities. > Thanks for the tips everyone... -- Regards, Doug
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