Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

[David Kelly]

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/

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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