Hi! > sys can write the FreeDOS bootsector into a file. Today I recognized > that my freedos.bin working on one harddisk did not work on another > harddisk after a simple copy. > > I know grub4dos as a bootmanager has a generic binary bootable file or > memtest+ also has. > > Can you provide such a generic bootsector file for FreeDOS?
No. The DOS boot sector must contain information about properties of your FAT filesystem and harddisk to stay compatible. As you said, you made it for ONE disk but implanted it on ANOTHER disk, so you forced it to have wrong information. As grub and memtest are just single files, they do not care much about the filesystem where you install them, if any filesystem is used at all. Most of the time you boot such tools from the MBR anyway... Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
