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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] FreeDOS image that works with qemu (reprise)
  • Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 08:11:40 +1200

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > -------------------------
> > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=dos.img
> > -------------------------
> This will produce a 1.47MB image, right?

It depends on the size of the floppy in /dev/fd0.
You will get a floppy image. If the floppy is
bootable, the image will be bootable.

> > Then activate qemu and do:
> > -----------------
> > qemu -fda dos.img
> > -----------------
> This boots from a floppy disk image on hard drive?

It does a floppy-boot of dos.img. If dos.img is a
bootable floppy image, it will work. If dos.img is
not a bootable floppy image, it won't.

> Can I make some image like the one I downloaded which
> will boot with qemu dos.img from the hard drive?

You could use dd to make a HD image (just like you did
to made the FD image). The if= parameter is /dev/hda
(or b or c or d) instead of /dev/fd0. Please note you
do the entire HD, not just a partition. I suggest you
do this with a very old HD (80mb, 120mb) -- otherwise
you end up with a very large file.

Cheers,
Steven




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