[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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