Re: [Freedos-user] Searching FDBOOTCD.ISO

[Bernd B. <bb...@ho...>]

Op 20-7-2012 15:06, Christian schreef:

> I downloaded the latest fd11src.iso version too and checked for a
> bootable dos-image. Again I'm about to be clumsy but within that more
> recent package I do *not* find some file that looks like a bootable
> dos-CD-image.

What are you expecting as 'dos-CD-image' ? Usually a CD-image is an 
*.iso file and already represents the entire CD. That probably means you 
can rightclick the downloaded ISO file and select to burn it.
Note that some archivers/compressors (7zip, winrar, winzip) and other 
tools (WinImage) can access contents of an ISO-9660 file also.

> Is there really an image ready to boot contained in fd11src.iso? And if
> so: Can you help me with the file's name, please?

The emulated floppy boot image file is FDBOOT.IMG and is 360KB in size, 
it can be converted to 1.44MB by using WinImage for example.

Ready to run floppy disk images can be downloaded from
[ https://sites.google.com/site/rugxulo/ ]

Boot order for loading FreeDOS from CD is:
BIOS -> CD -> bootsector -> bootcatalog -> isolinux -> memdisk -> FDBOOT.IMG
(this also means the CD uses non-emulation eltorito bootmode, instead of 
disk emulation for floppy and/or harddisk).

Bernd