[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2.88Mb floppy image file.

[Jim Oltman]

Or create a YUMI Bootable USB stick with FreeDOS on it and dump your files
there.


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) <
openindiana at nedharvey.com> wrote:

> > From: Jonathan Adams [mailto:t12nslookup at gmail.com]
> >
> > Hi ... I was recently trying to create a 2.88Mb floppy file to try and
> BIOS
> > upgrade a Dell computer that wouldn't boot anything graphical.
> >
> > I know I'm probably going about this wrong, but I cannot seem to use
> > fdformat, or mkfs -F pcfs on a file, in order to burn the file to a cdrom
>
> I'm reasonably certain if you check dell's website again, you'll find a
> better download (especially if you have support; call them up and they'll
> provide you with an iso) but if you really want to boot from a floppy image
> burned to a CD...
>
> mkisofs -J -r -o somefile.iso -b floppy.img
>
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