[syslinux] Making DOS/Win9x HD Image for memdisk

[oss at need2eat.com]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [syslinux]  Making DOS/Win9x HD Image for memdisk
> From: "Lukas Tribus" <lukyt at gmx.net>
> Date: Fri, August 25, 2006 4:07 am
> To: <syslinux at zytor.com>
> 
> nobody knows??
> 
> 

Hi Lukas,

I used QEMU (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html) to
create a blank disk image
(http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/QuickStartGuide)
and installed DOS 6.22 then copied the image file to the pxelinux folder
and DOS boots up perfectly.  Didn't try Win 9x.

Additional cool stuff to mount the disk image:

losetup /dev/loop0 /path_to/diskimage.img -o 32256 (if loop0 doesn't
work 

mount -t vfat /dev/loop0 /mountpoint

umount loop device
losetup -d /dev/loop0

(For Reference:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CDServer-HOWTO/addloops.html
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/losetup.8.html)

Good luck!

oss at need2eat.com