I do not know if this helps you but if you want to set up a bootable CD with FreeDOS let me explain how I do that using is a completely different approach:
I use Bochs to install FreeDOS on a VMWare disk image from the FreeDOS distribution CD ISO image and then make a bootable CD from this disk image. When booting this CD ROM it will appear as the C: drive and FreeDOS scans all other disks and lets you access them as D:,E: etc. Of cause you can access all files on the C: drive which is the CD too. First I make an empty hard disk image with BXImage which comes with Bochs. This can be e.g. 60 MB, 400 MB etc. Then I boot from the FreeDOS ISO image and install FreeDOS 1.1 on this hard disk image. I observed here that I have to uncheck to install the isolinux files to make this hard disk image bootable. The entire install process is described in detail in the FreeDOS Wiki. Then I load VDK which lets me access this disk image from Windows XP explorer and transfer files to it. Bochs lets you test if all works as expected using the hard disk image before making a bootable CD. You can also test the created CD image without burning it to a real CD. Finally I use Nero to convert the disk image to a bootable CD image using the El Torito standard. All this is described in detail my Bochs tutorial chapter four. https://peter-bochs.googlecode.com/files/Bochs%20-%20a%20Guide%20and%20Tutorial%20for%20Windows%20II.pdf I have to add that my applications do not seem to work with FreeDOS 1.1 and I have to resort to Rugxulo's bare DOS distribution to make it work. I get page faults when using FreeDOS 1.1 with cwsdpmi. Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
