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Another user suggested that the DOS Loopback .img file is the same as the two floppy .img files.  I thought to use that I would have to load and run a DOS (MSDOS or FreeDOS) before that would work.  Any ideas?
> -------------- Original message from James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>: -------------- 
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> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, t.maiden AT att.net wrote: 
> > 
> > >>>> A hybrid approach would be to do what you've done 
> > >>>> specifying -fda DISK1.img, then putting DISK2.gz onto a floppy and 
> > >>>> sticking that in your floppy drive. 
> > > 
> > > This hybrid approach didn't work, sorry. 
> > 
> > I didn't realize this involved a USB floppy drive. That definitely won't 
> > work with BL3 unless you compile a kernel with the USB floppy modules 
> > built in. Looks like combining the two floppy disks, however that's done, 
> > would be the only way you could boot your laptop to BL3. I mean, apart 
> > from using the qemu image I provided. 
> > 
> > James 
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