[syslinux] Any errors in the process for creating bootable DOS image

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Sep 13 15:20:03 PDT 2002


Michael Zhu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to create a bootable DOS 6.22 image for
> pxelinux + memdisk. The following is my steps, anyone
> who knows what wrong with them?
> 
> 1. Create image from a bootable floppy
>     dd if=/dev/fd0 of=dosboot.img
>     dd if=/dev/fd0 of=dos.bss bs=512 count=1 
>     mount -o loop -t msdos dosboot.img /mnt/image
>     cp dos.bss /mnt/image
>     umount /mnt/image
> 2. config file in pxelinux.cfg folder
>     LABEL dos
>     KERNEL memdisk
>     APPEND initrd=dosboot.img
> 
> The error message are:
>     ......
>     Disk is floppy, 1440 K, C/H/S = 80/2/18
>     ......
>     Booting ...
> 
>     Non-System disk or disk error
>     Replace and press any key when ready
> 

Step 1 is for a completely different procedure (constructing a hybrid
SYSLINUX disk.)

	-hpa




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