At its most basic, FreeDOS requires only kernel.sys and command.com. I have
some utilities, but I don't have all of them, and won't attempt to guess at
what you want (you can get them yourself at
http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=util).
However, I have put something online for you at
http://personalpages.tds.net/~ikc/dirtcheap/Roberto.zip
Unzip this file to your desktop. The "images" folder will later become the
root directory of your CD. Put whatever files you want in this folder, but
don't mess with the other stuff that's already in there. Double-click on
mkBootableCD.bat. It will create a CD image called myCD.iso. Burn that to a
disk and you'll have a functional FreeDOS live CD.
The utilities already on the floppy drive image are located in the bootdisk
folder, just for safekeeping. The actual floppy drive image (which becomes
drive A: on bootup) is boot.img in the ISOLINUX folder. This image can be
edited using the Virtual Floppy Drive software that I've supplied (look in
the VFD2.1 folder). Obviously this floppy image cannot hold more than 1.44
MB, so be judicious with what you put in there.
The CD itself will show up as the Y: drive after bootup. For convenience
I've also loaded a 5-MB RAMdrive as drive Z: and copied the command
interpreter in there so it will run faster. The path is currently set to
search drives A:, Y: and Z:. FreeDOS should also find any other physical
partitions on your computer that are in a FAT format, but I'm not
guaranteeing it.
If you want to put other files on the RAMdrive or launch extra TSRs or
generally have something else happen at bootup just edit the file
WRAPPER.BAT. Loading additional device drivers, however, will require
editing CONFIG.SYS then copying that (and the driver) to boot.img using VFD.
For your convenience I've also placed a file in there called
Making_A_Bootable_CD_V15.pdf. This pdf was captured from the web page that
I told you about earlier and should provide some additional guidance if you
want to do further modifications.
Happy New Year,
Bruce
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 2:39 AM, iw2evk <marinellucc...@tiscali.it> wrote:
>
> Hi and happy 2013.
>
> My simple request it :
>
> A cd with latest freedos 1.1. full (no source)and utily files like doslfn
> etc.
> I boot the freedos from cd , then i can load usb utility from Breth and
> manage programs located in USB key.
> Only request it's XMS and EMS .
> I use this configuration for programming via rs232 many kinds of
> transceivers (Motorola, icom etc).
> Thath's all..
>
> Roberto
>
>
>
>
>
> bruce.bowman wrote:
> >
> > Just booting a CD and getting to a FreeDOS prompt is something I can
> > provide without difficulty. If you want to build a custom CD of some sort
> > using FreeDOS as the OS you can use the instructions at
> > http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V%201.5.pdf
> >
> > Depending on what drivers etc you want to load you will have to build
> your
> > own floppy disk image using Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD).
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:32 AM, iw2evk <marinellucc...@tiscali.it>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi at all,
> >>
> >> whath is the right and shorth procedure for create a freedos 1.1 booting
> >> live cd?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> iw2evk Roberto
> >>
> >> P.s have a good 2013!!
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> >>
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