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Date:      Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:18:35 +0000
From:      Martin McCann <martin@orbweavers.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <200511162018.36202.martin@orbweavers.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20051116183213.GA32134@polands.org>
References:  <20051116183213.GA32134@polands.org>

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On Wednesday 16 November 2005 18:32, Doug Poland wrote:
> 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?

do a google on bootable floppy images, there are quite a few about, then dd 
the image you download onto your floppy disk

Cheers, 
Martin 



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