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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:32:13 -0600
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
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Subject: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD
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Hello,

I'm stuck... I need a bootable DOS floppy (for BIOS upgrade) to fix a
broken Windows box.  

I have no problem formatting and putting an msdosfs on a floppy but it
appears I cannot make it bootable with native tools.

I tried emulators/mtools mformat, but it doesn't create bootable media.
I even installed emulators/qemu and installed Win98 into it but format
fails trying to format the host's floppy.

I'm in a bit of a time crunch here, does anyone know how do create a
bootable DOS floppy using just FreeBSD and/or it's ports?


-- 
Regards,
Doug