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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / May 2008Bootable lloppy images?
Where can I get a set of floppy images that will allow me to install DOS on a VPC? I don't have a physical floppy drive, and all the images I've tried return a "Non-System Disk" error. Therefore the VPC tries to boot from C: drive, but can't because I can't install DOS on it, which I can't do because the floppy image won't boot. Thanx: Buddha > Where can I get a set of floppy images that will allow me to install DOS on > a VPC? I don't have a physical floppy drive, and all the images I've tried [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Buddha Windows XP can make a bootable floppy when you format a disk. You can also install FreeDOS http://www.freedos.org/ MS-DOS is still under copyright so you cannot legally download it. >> I don't have a physical floppy drive > Windows XP can make a bootable floppy when you format a disk. That's true, but not much use to the OP...  SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net Since I still have my original DOS 6.22 floppies, I have no ethical qualms about downloading it. The problem is that my system doesn't have a floppy drive, or I'd just use my original disks. Buddha On May 4, 10:59 pm, "Buddha" <TEPo...@SBCGlobal.net> wrote: > Where can I get a set of floppy images that will allow me to install DOS > on [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Buddha Windows XP can make a bootable floppy when you format a disk. You can also install FreeDOS http://www.freedos.org/ MS-DOS is still under copyright so you cannot legally download it. > I don't have a physical floppy drive Do yourself a *huge* favour and get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/1-44MB-External-Floppy-Drive-Black/dp/B000M3GODW/ref=pd_bb s_sr_10?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1209983683&sr=8-10 Your virtual machines will see it as a regular floppy drive via emulation, which will allow you to install DOS from your physical diskettes... > all the images I've tried return a "Non-System Disk" error. Where have you found DOS images...? SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net I got the images at bootdisk.com. >> I don't have a physical floppy drive > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where have you found DOS images...? [top-posting corrected] >> Where have you found DOS images...? > >I got the images at bootdisk.com. Oh right - thought you meant actual copies of DOS... SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net I have those as well, but I don't recall where I got them. The VPC will boot with the image from bootdisk.com. The problem starts when I try to install the full DOS package. the VPC won't boot from disk 1, which it needs to do to install the OS. Buddha > [top-posting corrected] > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Oh right - thought you meant actual copies of DOS... >I have those as well, but I don't recall where I got them. The VPC will >boot with the image from bootdisk.com. The problem starts when I try to >install the full DOS package. the VPC won't boot from disk 1, which it >needs to do to install the OS. (Answered on the wrong thread as Jack noted....) I got curious and looked through my old MSDN disks and found one labelled "16 bit operating systems", which contained MSDOS disk images (both 1.2 and 1.44 Mb floppy images). However after concering the IMG file format to VFD using WinImage and booting a new guest from the VFD it turned out that it won't install because it is an "upgrade" and it could not find any operating ystem installed to upgrade... Bottom line though: WinImage can create a VFD image file, which will catually boot in VPC2007. You only need to supply a valid source, which in this case is not so easy given the lack of a 3.5" drive... Bo Berglund |
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