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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:53:21 -0600
From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: Creating bootable DOS floppy w/FreeBSD
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:07:33PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:32:13PM -0600, 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've used FreeDOS [http://www.freedos.org/] to run utilities for
> flashing a motherboard bios.
> 
> The technique I used was to build a FreeDOS bootable CD with the extra
> stuff I needed on it. That enabled me to run the utilities.
> 
Thanks for the tips everyone...

-- 
Regards,
Doug