Re: Bootable MSDOS filesystem from Linux
At 19:23 20.12.1999 +0100, you wrote
--------> This was the original Message:
MK>On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 06:56:42PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
MK>> MK>> get IO.SYS to take up the first few sectors of the disk.
MK>> MK> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MK>> MK> This was needed in pre MS DOS 6.0 (or even 5.0) time.
MK>> MK>
MK>> MK>Now you need a proper boot (and maybe master boot) sector and (I'm not
MK>> MK>shure) not fragmented IO.SYS ...
MK>> MK>
MK>> MK>Mirek
MK>>
MK>> IO.SYS is needed for WinSuck95.
MK>
MK>Yes it's needed but you said "first few sectors of the disk",
MK>no just copy it into partition.
MK>
MK>Mirek
IO.SYS is NOT the bootsektor !!!
Open IO.SYS and you will see...
Michelle
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