Making foreign DOS boot floppies (IBM).

From: chris <cb_at_mythtech.net>
Date: Mon Apr 12 11:20:32 2004

>Apparently all DOS 3.5" floppies are FAT format with the capacity
>is 1,457,664 bytes, regardless the version, after accounting for the
>two hidden files, so...
>Is there a way I can patch or debug the floppy after generic
>format to make it look bootable?

I thought there was a Format /b switch to set a floppy as bootable (which
is different then Format /s which sets as bootable AND copies system
files). Of course, I seem to recall that as an option with DOS, so I
don't know if it is an option with something higher. A quick look in
Win2k doesn't list /b as an option (or /s, and neither seem to work when
tried).

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Mon Apr 12 2004 - 11:20:32 BST

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