Re: [Freedos-user] how to create a large freedos image
> Can we run fdisk on a file? I don't know ... possibly not directly ... > Don't we need a block device? Maybe rather a physical disk ? > The fdisk should be from freedos, right? YES. But it's pointless: FDISK will run inside BOCHS and "think" to access a physical disk, and BOCHS will "redirect" it to a file. There could/should be better ways, but no DOS-based solution AFAIK is ready to use now ... -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] how to create a large freedos image
Hi,
both qemu and bochs have such 'image creation tool'
on bochs they call bximage.exe
on qemu they call qemu-img.exe
so, you can use any of those tools to create a 'raw image'
after that, you'll configure your virtual machine to use this
raw image and then you can install any operating system
so, after creating your raw image you can run fdisk inside
your vm...
hope it helps,
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On 8 February 2010 21:54, Kallol Biswas wrote:
> Hello,
> I am not too familiar with DOS or FreeDos.
>
> Can we run fdisk on a file? Don't we need a block device? The fdisk
> should be from freedos, right?
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:35 AM, dos386 wrote:
>> Create empty file of cca 16 MiB (exact multiple of 512*63 Byte's !!!),
>> go into BOCHS (host OS = DOS) with FreeDOS floppy + this file as HD,
>> create MBR area + primary partition ("FDISK"), brew fs ("FORMAT"),
>> copy and install FreeDOS ("SYS"), copy other files, done !!!
>>
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] how to create a large freedos image
Hello,
I am not too familiar with DOS or FreeDos.
Can we run fdisk on a file? Don't we need a block device? The fdisk
should be from freedos, right?
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:35 AM, dos386 wrote:
> Create empty file of cca 16 MiB (exact multiple of 512*63 Byte's !!!),
> go into BOCHS (host OS = DOS) with FreeDOS floppy + this file as HD,
> create MBR area + primary partition ("FDISK"), brew fs ("FORMAT"),
> copy and install FreeDOS ("SYS"), copy other files, done !!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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Re: [Freedos-user] how to create a large freedos image
Create empty file of cca 16 MiB (exact multiple of 512*63 Byte's !!!),
go into BOCHS (host OS = DOS) with FreeDOS floppy + this file as HD,
create MBR area + primary partition ("FDISK"), brew fs ("FORMAT"),
copy and install FreeDOS ("SYS"), copy other files, done !!!
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[Freedos-user] how to create a large freedos image
Hi, We need to create a large (16MB) freedos boot image that can be used with grub. Presently we use fdboot.img but it is too small for our application. Any pointer on how to create a larger fdboot.img will be appreciated. Kallol -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
