Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Hi Marc, VFD (Virtual Floppy Driver) is a good, non-Vista, method of editing floppy disk images. It mounts the image file as a lettered floppy drive and you can copy files, do drag and drop, or whatever. Executing the SYS command is the only challenge - you pretty much need a pre-made floppy disk image to get the boot sector. Try ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver instead of VFD. It is much more bugfree than VFD and even installs itself as a context menu item. I do not know if it is already Vista compatible but this project is still actively being developed. Regards Norbert. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Sorry, I forgot the link for ImDisk: http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Hi Enbor, Hi, is there an easy way to make a custom FreeDOS bootable CD? Actually it is not hard :-). You just copy all CD contents to a directory on harddisk, then edit the contents, and run: mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ In of course you would adjust the filenames for your system :-). I used ./ as the directory with the contents in the example. The isolinux directory contains the boot menu and a small disk image which is compressed with gzip. In the 1.0 case, it is a 360k one. You can use mtools to edit the diskimage, or you can mount the image. I think mkisofs is also available for Windows, and I hope you will find a nice diskette image editing tool for Windows as well. There will be at least a port of mtools somewhere in the djgpp or cygwin or mingw ports collection, I guess :-). Eric - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Hi Enbor: One day, I wrote up a rather detailed set of instructions for doing this and customizing it. The big difference is that I use a floppy disk image to boot - it seems to work in more computers than the hard disk image, Anyway, you can look at http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf if you are curious. If you try it, let me know how it works out. This procedure creates the bootable CD from Windows. It may not work on Vista without a floppy disk drive. Mark Bailey Eric Auer wrote: Hi Enbor, Hi, is there an easy way to make a custom FreeDOS bootable CD? Actually it is not hard :-). You just copy all CD contents to a directory on harddisk, then edit the contents, and run: mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ In of course you would adjust the filenames for your system :-). I used ./ as the directory with the contents in the example. The isolinux directory contains the boot menu and a small disk image which is compressed with gzip. In the 1.0 case, it is a 360k one. You can use mtools to edit the diskimage, or you can mount the image. I think mkisofs is also available for Windows, and I hope you will find a nice diskette image editing tool for Windows as well. There will be at least a port of mtools somewhere in the djgpp or cygwin or mingw ports collection, I guess :-). Eric - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Hi Eric: Sorry, I misread it. That is my method as well - use ISOLINUX. VFD (Virtual Floppy Driver) is a good, non-Vista, method of editing floppy disk images. It mounts the image file as a lettered floppy drive and you can copy files, do drag and drop, or whatever. Executing the SYS command is the only challenge - you pretty much need a pre-made floppy disk image to get the boot sector. 73, Mark Eric Auer wrote: Hi Mark, actually no FreeDOS distro has used harddisk images yet. The mkisofs command shown below does not use any image at all. Instead, it uses no emul boot to load isolinux, and this then loads a compressed diskette image into a memdisk ramdisk and boots it. Compared to using a classic diskette image boot, you can write temp files to the memdisk. It should be equally compatible as your method, and you are right that harddisk images would be less compatible. One day, I wrote up a rather detailed set of instructions for doing this and customizing it. The big difference is that I use a floppy disk image to boot - it seems to work in more computers than the hard disk image, Anyway, you can look at http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Since this question comes up from time to time, I guess it qualifies as a FAQ. I've added it tothe FD-DOC FAQ as incoming/2899 -jh On 12/1/07, Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Enbor, Hi, is there an easy way to make a custom FreeDOS bootable CD? Actually it is not hard :-). You just copy all CD contents to a directory on harddisk, then edit the contents, and run: mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ [...] - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS bootable CD
Hi Mark, actually no FreeDOS distro has used harddisk images yet. The mkisofs command shown below does not use any image at all. Instead, it uses no emul boot to load isolinux, and this then loads a compressed diskette image into a memdisk ramdisk and boots it. Compared to using a classic diskette image boot, you can write temp files to the memdisk. It should be equally compatible as your method, and you are right that harddisk images would be less compatible. One day, I wrote up a rather detailed set of instructions for doing this and customizing it. The big difference is that I use a floppy disk image to boot - it seems to work in more computers than the hard disk image, Anyway, you can look at http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf mkisofs -R -D -V FreeDOS 1.0b -o /tmp/fdbasecd-remastered.iso -b \ ./isolinux/isolinux.bin -c ./isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot \ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS Bootable CD
Hi, I tried create booable FreeDOS CD according this howto. But booting everytime ends with this error: Could not find ramdisk image: odin1440.img. But image file odin1440.img is present on CD. Here is isolinux.cfg: default FreeDOS label FreeDOS kernel memdisk append initrd=odin1440.img Can you help me, please? Thanks. Petr Good day, Basudeb: It is easy to create a FreeDOS bootable CD from Windows. See http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf This uses the same technique (isolinux) as the FreeDOS installation CD and has instructions for FreeDOS and MSDOS. Hope this helps. Mark Bailey basudeb gupta wrote: Hi all, I am a new user of FreeDOS trying to port my MSDOS 6.2 based application to FreeDOS. We need to make a FreedOS Bootable CD with the required drivers. Now the CD I get downloaded from the site has options only to install on hard disk or boot from CD without any drivers. Now how do I get a proper bootable FreeDOS CD with drivers? I am sure this has been done over and over many times already. Or is it not possible? Is it a limitation of FreeDOS? Please help. Thanks Basudeb - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to make a FreeDOS Bootable CD
Good day, Basudeb: It is easy to create a FreeDOS bootable CD from Windows. See http://k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf This uses the same technique (isolinux) as the FreeDOS installation CD and has instructions for FreeDOS and MSDOS. Hope this helps. Mark Bailey basudeb gupta wrote: Hi all, I am a new user of FreeDOS trying to port my MSDOS 6.2 based application to FreeDOS. We need to make a FreedOS Bootable CD with the required drivers. Now the CD I get downloaded from the site has options only to install on hard disk or boot from CD without any drivers. Now how do I get a proper bootable FreeDOS CD with drivers? I am sure this has been done over and over many times already. Or is it not possible? Is it a limitation of FreeDOS? Please help. Thanks Basudeb - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
