RE: Write bootsector only

["Adrian Brown" <Adrian@enliten.force9.co.uk>]

You can always use the dos program debug.

-----Original Message-----
From: gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com
[mailto:gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com]On Behalf Of Gerco Dries
Sent: 03 September 2000 22:29
To: gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
Subject: Write bootsector only


To write your own bootsector to disk, I only know of one way:

Write a small program that does it. I have never seen such a program for
DOS, for my amiga, plenty, but not DOS.

Gerco Dries.

----- Original Message -----
From: Lionel Pinkhard <lionelp@worldonline.co.za>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 1980 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Need bootable MS-DOS 6.22 disk image


> Well, I still have my Dos 6.22 disks, but they are 1.44MB 3" format, so I
> don't think I can help you there, but maybe. If you have Linux, or some
> other Unix-variant, you can just copy '/dev/fd0' to a file, and you have
an
> image, otherwise, you might want to use something like WinImage (requires
> Windows), but I don't know of a Dos program that does it, I also kinda
need
> some program to write a boot sector to a disk (for my own OS), so if you
> know of something to copy just the boot sector, PLEASE let me know! And if
> you need more help, ASK!
>
> Ciao,
>
> Lionel
>
> ----------
> > From: Neato <nocirckids@nocirc.org>
> > To: OpenWindows List <owp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>;
> gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com; fd-dev@topica.com
> > Subject: [OT] Need bootable MS-DOS 6.22 disk image
> > Date: Friday, September 1, 2000 6:27 PM
> >
> > Does anyone have/know where i can get/is able to make a rawriteable
image
> of
> > an ms-dos 6.22 boot disk? (360k 5 1/4")
> >
> > (and also, does anyone know what files go on what disks? I have all the
> > files backed up but lost my list of where they go.)
> >
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