Hello! I need to create a simple bootable fat32 partition. Partitioning, making it active, writing correct MBR isn't a real problem. Formatting that partition is trivial as well- mkdosfs -F32 device, but then the REAL problem begins. Is there a simple way to transfer usual msdos bootloader + system files without messing with BPB/FAT? I've tinkered with mkdosfs, replacing its dummy bootloader with msdos one. It does start, but still refuses to boot io.sys, due to io-errors (yes, I've placed io.sys + msdos.sys correctly and double-checked the FAT).
What's the solution? Of course, using dosemu + dexe to run "sys source: target:" still works, but I'd like to do that using native linux tools. Another way is to create a small bootable partition and use dd to read/write image, but this way will work for this particular case only, cause some specific info is still located in BPB/FAT table. :( Regards! -- Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
