> If I format a floppy in DOS, then just copy IO.SYS A:\ (and then > command.com), it boots. When I do the same under Linux, it won't. What I > need is to get a win9x hard drive partition bootable while running off a > Linux boot disk. It has been mentioned that I need a proper boot sector. > How exactly do I get it (i.e. what do I put in the bs= and count= fields > in dd, and do I use raw disk (sda) or partition(sda1), etc, etc?)
I would try: mkfs -t msdos /dev/name_of_device And then copy the windoze files to the partition and make it bootable from fdisk. Please, anyone let know if that was utter nonsense.... Y. -- Bluestream The Flying Elephant. [EMAIL PROTECTED] `Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous.' Zappa
