Many thanks (three times!). I'll try this tomorrow.
Regards,
Noel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bernd
Blaauw
Sent: 27 May 2005 19:27
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Minimum FreeDOS on a 1.44 Floppy with
Symantec's Ghost
Noel Sant schreef:
>So what else do I need? Command.com, 66Kb. Kernel.sys, 43Kb, I suppose, but
>when I tried creating a disk with just those (from the bootable install
>floppy), it didn't boot properly. When I added Metakern.sys, 3Kb, it did
but
>I got a menu, which seems to be built in somehow, and which I don't really
>want.
>
>
rename kernel.sys to metakern.sys then.
the SYS command (from freedos) can transfer system files (core component
files that make your DOS bootable from disk),
including the so called bootsector (512byte area), which points to the
filename that should be the kernel.
My freedos bootdisk uses a bootsector referring to metakern.sys, a
multiboot menu.
In turn, metakern can boot from harddisk, floppy or just plain start a DOS.
>Do I need to install FreeDOS first somewhere and work with components from
>that? I hope not, because I don't really have any spare disk space.
>
>
No.
Basically:
*Transfer system files (command.com, kernel.sys, bootsector)
SYS A:
*create (optional) config.sys or fdconfig.sys file (fdconfig is just the
preferred file so config.sys can be used for another DOS)
EDIT A:\FDCONFIG.SYS
contents: whatever you like, for example to load an XMS memory driver:
DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.EXE
*create (optional) autoexec.bat file
EDIT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
contents: your ghost commandline probably, or to load a mouse driver
like CTMOUSE first.
*add Ghost's file(s)
Done now :)
Hope it helps.
I usually use a DOS floppy for memory testing (memtest.org) or bios
flashing, not much else
Bernd
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