Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Doug Poland
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:07:33PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:32:13PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a > > broken Windows box. > > > > I have no problem formatting and putting an msdos

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread David Kelly
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:32:13PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a > broken Windows box. > > I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it > appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools.

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Martin McCann
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 18:32, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a > broken Windows box. > > I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it > appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools. > > I tr

Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:32:13PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a > broken Windows box. > > I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it > appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools.

Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD

2005-11-16 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a broken Windows box. I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools. I tried emulators/mtools mformat, but it doesn't create bootable media. I