Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: Sample 5.76MB/11.52MB/23.04MB floppy images
started by: xoben
Posted by xoben on Nov. 13 2003,09:31
Just download them form the following links, and add files to them by WimImage.

< http://www.ezbsys.com/download/dos05760.zip >
< http://www.ezbsys.com/download/dos11520.zip >
< http://www.ezbsys.com/download/dos23040.zip >

Note: EasyBoot V4.55 has a build-in feature to create large floppy image in any size, and you can specify the seed image which includes different boot sector.
Posted by peter on Nov. 26 2003,18:59
HOW to build a bootable image that supports
MS-DOS 6.22.

All downloadable images supports
only Windows 98 (Version 4.10.2222)
Posted by martinx on Nov. 26 2003,21:06
You can change boot sector by hex editors such as UltraEdit, then add MS-DOS 6.22 boot files to the image.
Posted by peter on Nov. 27 2003,03:53
Can you send me a sample or further informations
how to do this? I don't know what i've to change!

Kind rgds :o)
Posted by martinx on Dec. 03 2003,19:11
Please wait for version 4.55, which can help you to create large MS-DOS 6.22 bootable floppy image.
Posted by Peter on Dec. 08 2003,15:30
when is the version available?
Posted by martinx on Dec. 08 2003,19:51
Quote (Guest @ Dec. 08 2003,20:30)
when is the version available?

December 15. You can get a pre-release version from < http://www.ezbsys.com/download/ezb455en.exe > right now.
Posted by Peter on Dec. 09 2003,10:42
Okay, image creation works but files like command.com,
io.sys etc. are missing after creation and if i put these files
later into the image i got an error.

Any solution?
Posted by martinx on Dec. 09 2003,19:48
You should set the right 'seed image' which can boot to MS-DOS 6.22 correctly.

You can get one from here: < http://www.ezbsys.com/download/boot_msd.img >
Posted by Peter on Dec. 11 2003,09:07
ERROR 404 - File not found:
< http://www.ezbsys.com/download/boot_msd.img >

Pls send me the right url.


Thx
Posted by xoben on Dec. 11 2003,10:01
lower case problem ... it's ok now.
Posted by peter on Dec. 11 2003,12:34
sorry, but i think i'm to stupid to create the image. I'ld like to build a 4320KB large floppy image.

1.) I select my downloaded "boot_msd.img" as "seed image"
2.) I select 4320KB Image Size
3.) I select the Image Output Filename ("c:\4320.img")
4.) I open the new Image with WinImage V6.10.6100 but the image is empty and i'm not able to put some files into.

5.) If i download the 4320KB floppy image from your website, i'm able to edit this file with WinImage but after i delete all files from the image and insert "command.com", "io.sys" and "msdos.sys", the image doesn't boot anymore.

Okay, i know the wrong way - but what's the exact right way???
Posted by peter on Dec. 11 2003,12:40
After i closed EZB i can open the above created file "c:\4320.img" with WinImage, but the file is empty and if i put "io.sys" etc. into it, it still doesn't boot.

sorry for this, but EZB wasn't closed when i wrote the above message.
Posted by martinx on Dec. 11 2003,20:28
Some files of MS-DOS 6.22 is position sensitive, please do as following:

1) Click 'Tools' and select 'Create New Image' on the popup menu, a dialoge window will appear
2) Set "boot_msd.img" as "seed image", select 4320KB for "Image Size(KB)", and specify "Image Output Filename" to "c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot\4320.img", then click 'Create'
3) Make a temporary folder such as 'c:\temp', open 'boot_msd.img' by WinImage or UltraISO, and extract all files to 'c:\temp'
4) Open newly created '4320.img' by WinImage, firstly add 'c:\temp\io.sys', 'c:\temp\msdos.sys' next, 'c:\temp\command.com' and 'c:\temp\drvspace.bin' follows up - ONE BY ONE. Other files can be added as you need.

Then, you get it.
Posted by teufel on Dec. 12 2003,01:59
I created a 5.76 mb image with EasyBoot 4.55 beta, with the windows 2000 setup disk set (4 floppy set). I used the first diskette image as the seed image, and and added all filed from the disk set into the 5.76 image. Everything was created successfully, i boot the cd, select the 5.76 win2k image, and the image starts to load. Eventually i get a blue screen with a stop error "INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" ive also seen similar errors with Partition Magic, after booting it cant read drive A:. Any help would be appreciated!
Posted by martinx on Dec. 12 2003,04:15
For windows 2000 bootable CD, you can use w2ksect.bin and prepare files in non-emulation mode - just see above information on top of this topic.
Posted by rattkin on Dec. 12 2003,13:56
got same problem as teufel has. done exactly the same routine (4 disks, first as seed), but chosen 11mb image.
INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE still appears.
i know I CAN use bin file and start with no-emulation, but what i should do when i WANT to boot it this way. then if i cannot - why?
Posted by teufel on Dec. 12 2003,18:37
Im not looking for a "well, just put it on a cd then" awnser. Im telling you that the system has a problem accessing the image, my guess, since the image begins to load, is that the system has a problem accessing the image over 1.44/2.88mb? Is there a driver for the oversized floppy dirive emulator, that needs to be loaded maybe?
Posted by martinx on Dec. 13 2003,08:45
You may be right. EasyBoot does not care anything about the boot loader of windows 2000, it just emulate the image, load MBR and transfer control to it.
Posted by rattkin on Dec. 13 2003,11:28
1. accesing bootimage over 1.44 : don't think it's a problem, cause win2k needs all four disks to start - when you're booting it from floppies, it reads first. then ask for second and yadayada...
when you merge 4 disks into one bigger image, and boot it with ezboot, all the files are loaded properly (means that win2k installer recognizes 4 disks and load files from all).
if it was a problem with acessing data over 1.44 it would probably ask for next disk or something (my guess only).

2. as far as i am concerned, win2k makes a ramdisk 'in background' and copy there files from floppies. so the startup runs from ramdisk and not from floppies directly.

3. then again it may be a problem with proper floppy emulation problem. for example i made few one-floppy linux bootdisks and tried to boot them via ezboot - image started, but then linux kernel is trying to mount filesystem in /dev/fd0 :( (not in virtual floppy). but i don't think there's a solution for that - it's hardcoded into a linux...

4. i've been told that inacessible boot device problem occurs when you're trying to boot from udma/66 disk. it's silly, but i wonder what will happen when i boot my comp directly from win2k floppies. :)))

5. doh' ! waiting for answers...
Posted by martinx on Dec. 15 2003,21:47
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i've been told that inacessible boot device problem occurs when you're trying to boot from udma/66 disk. it's silly, but i wonder what will happen when i boot my comp directly from win2k floppies.

EasyBoot read and check MBR of hard disk, if the last two bytes is not '55AA'(hex), it will stop to boot. Maybe a bug to you?