Hi Gerry, > FreeDOS's boot-sector from FORMAT is not the same as that of MS-DOS, so > Windows does not recognize it as an "upgradable" Microsoft o/s.
As we cannot go and steal the MS DOS boot sector, you have to do that yourself ;-). Either use MS DOS SYS or use FreeDOS SYS and a copy of the MS DOS boot sector in a file (however, you report that the "take boot sector from file" failed for you - probably BECAUSE you tried to override the kernel name at the same time, which ONLY works for FreeDOS boot secs). > 4. SYS a: c: BOOTONLY (put FreeDOS bootsector onto c: drv) > 5. Start Windows real-mode setup program > Here is where it goes BADLY wrong! When the system reboots, it tries to > boot the C drive, and gives the following error on a black screen: > Disk Error > Press any key to restart This is odd. Which sector contained that? Or is it a message from the BIOS? Eric PS: Please rename the "FDISK 1.2.1-k not working" thread, contents seem to belong to this thread, e.g.: > However, when using FreeDOS's [FDISK FAT32 FORMAT (not with /s)] to > create the C: drive, Windows suddenly decides there's a "previous o/s" > and backs up it's boot sector and then creates a "boot loader" menu... ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
