Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:52:53 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: newfs_msdos modifies BPB for bootable dos partition? Message-ID: <20030404145253.GB39067@chuggalug.clues.com>
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When creating a new FAT32 filesystem withe newfs_msdos using the -B option to provide a boot sector (Larger than one sector) should newfs_msdos make all the required changes to the BPB to produce a bootable dos partition? (Provided that IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM corresponding to the boot secotor are copied into the fs next) I am using 28 sectors from win95sr2 and success seems dependant on using similar disk geometry to the doner fs. Do I need this much data? Most of it must be that bitmap image that gets splashed all over the screen. Am I just missing out some obscure parameter, or is work required on one of the other FAST32 specific structures? http://www.file-recovery.net/downloads/filerecovery.pdf http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/win9x/fat32_6re8.asp
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