Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Doug Poland
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.

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Roland Smith
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

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Martin McCann
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 18:32, 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

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread 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

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Doug Poland
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