Hi Eric,
As we cannot go and steal the MS DOS boot sector, you have to do that yourself ;-). Either use MS DOS SYS or use FreeDOS SYS and a copy of the MS DOS boot sector in a file
OK, maybe that's the answer! I'll give it a try. > (however, you report that the "take boot
sector from file" failed for you - probably BECAUSE you tried to override the kernel name at the same time, which ONLY works for FreeDOS boot secs).
Hmmm, yes that could explain why it didn't work. Does this mean FreeDOS cannot install an NT boot sector and call NTLDR?
Disk Error Press any key to restart
This is odd. Which sector contained that? Or is it a message from the BIOS?
Well, I did some Google searches, and people were saying "it's the BIOS", but I didn't believe them, so I looked at the NT boot sector and I'm pretty sure it's a message from the boot sector, NOT the BIOS. I have no idea what triggers this message though, and it's VERY rare.
PS: Please rename the "FDISK 1.2.1-k not working" thread, contents seem to belong to this thread
Well that thread was all about booting FreeDOS on an IBM eServer and how to get hold of specific FreeDOS files, whereas this thread is nothing to do with FDISK 1.2.1-k, but rather about boot sectors created by FreeDOS and how Windows deals with them (not!) and is based on FDISK 1.3.0 beta:)
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