> Perhaps a misunderstanding? I'm not using a Windows CD, I'm building > over the network. You basically put an image of your o/s with > customizations on a network share, boot to FreeDOS, create temporary > partition on the first physical hard-drive, then run the Windows setup > program. The setup program has to reboot to begin the next phase, and > this is the point where it would fail if there was no MBR.
MS-DOS probably works then because Windows assumes that the user is upgrading. With FreeDOS, Windows doesn't know that. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user