On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 09:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 06:57, Dan wrote: > > Hello! I need to create a simple bootable fat32 partition. > > Partitioning, making it active, writing correct MBR isn't a real problem. > > Formatting that partition is trivial as well- mkdosfs -F32 device, but then > > the REAL problem begins. Is there a simple way to transfer usual msdos > > bootloader + system files without messing with BPB/FAT? I've tinkered with > > mkdosfs, replacing its dummy bootloader with msdos one. It does start, but > > still refuses to boot io.sys, due to io-errors (yes, I've placed io.sys + > > msdos.sys correctly and double-checked the FAT). > > > > What's the solution? Of course, using dosemu + dexe to run "sys source: > > target:" still works, but I'd like to do that using native linux tools. > > Another way is to create a small bootable partition and use dd to read/write > > image, but this way will work for this particular case only, cause some > > specific info is still located in BPB/FAT table. :( > > I think booting from a DOS floppy and saying "format/s c:" or > "sys c:" are the only legal methods. The DOS partition starts > below cylinder 1023, right?? I agree with you in the latter option, run sys c: from a msdos bootdisk, it will transfer the system files to the c: partition, But I think then that the partition must stand as activ, but I'm not 100% sure. > > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: ron.l.johnson@cox.net | > | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | > | | > | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | > | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, CNN, Larry King Live | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- /ernst
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