I have solved the problem in several ways: First of all, I should have read the README.1ST that is on the CD-ROM. There it is all explained fairly clearly. Instead of using the \dosutils\autoboot.bat I should have used: ezstart.bat which is a special batch file supplied by CheapBytes. I also prepared a floppy in Linux (from within the directory "images") using the command: dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k and this floppy worked like a charm. Thanks for your help. Later, Jonathan Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED]