How to make a boot floppy
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: How to make a boot floppy
started by: sgtroxtc
Posted by sgtroxtc on Jan. 14 2005,05:41
In Linux, mount your cdrom, and do this:dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
There is no boot.img on the cd
tried mounting the iso image, not there either (surprise!)
CD won't boot in either old machine or main machine
Was is den loss?
Thanks!
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 14 2005,07:07
You need to download the boot image file from the DSL web site.It is located here:
< ftp://ibiblio.org/pub....8.0.img >
Posted by Martin23334 on Jan. 14 2005,16:40
How do you make o boot floppy in windows? I've got rawrite2 but when i enter the "source file name" and press enter it does nothing? Any suggestions?
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 14 2005,22:41
Yes, download rawrite32.It is much easier to use than rawrite2 for Windows users.
You may need to change the file type in the File Open search window to *.img or *.*
< http://www.duskware.com/download/rawrite.exe >
Posted by Perry on Jan. 25 2005,13:44
I've downloaded the boot image file and created a boot floppybut when I try to boot from it I get "boot failed".
Is the image corrupted ?
Posted by clivesay on Jan. 25 2005,13:53
If it's not there yet, this question needs to go into the documentation project and/or teach DSLinfo how to create a boot floppy. 
Chris