Hi, simple answer: > I use linux, but i also have a NTFS partition with winXP installed. > after i save the iso image of freedos in a cd, and then boot my notebook is > impossible to acess c:\, why?
Because there is no C: ... You can only access NTFS partitions with Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003, not with DOS or Windows 95 / 98 / ME / CE / 3. However, you can use the free-for-personal-use NTFS4DOS drivers. If you want to do more with DOS, then you should use NTFSRESIZE (avail. on several Linux rescue CDs etc.) to make your XP smaller and create a FAT partition for DOS on the new free space. FreeDOS can even use FAT32 anywhere on disks of up to 2 TB (2048 GB!) size... PS: > What is a bootable CD with floppy emulation? What program does this? > mkisofs -b boot.144 -o c:\pcdos7.iso . Note that many BIOSes behave badly with this, e.g. get messed up harddisk info, so after booting in "floppy emulation" mode, if it works at all, you can end up with being unable to access C: even if it is a FAT partition. To solve this, FreeDOS boots the CD in ElTorito no emulation mode and uses the ISOLINUX / MEMDISK tools to boot a disk image from a file on the CD. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
