On 0, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. :(
I have a favourite way and a not-favourite way. The favourite way
goes like this:
Use linux fdisk to create the partition space but not the partition.
Use a DOS boot disk to do the rest.
The not-favourite way goes like this:
do everything you've been doing, up to using mkdosfs to create the fs,
then use dd to copy an MBR (and sector 0 boot sector?) to the
partition.
Should do the trick...
Tom
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