From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Embedded programming
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 19:38:18 +0400
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Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using SYSLINUX too boot different OS's...
> 
> To do that, I copy the bootsector in a file like
> 
>         .CBT    COMBOOT image (not runnable from DOS)
>         .BSS    Boot sector (DOS superblock will be patched in)
>         .BS     Boot sector
>         .COM    COMBOOT image (runnable from DOS)
> 
> Curently I an using the linux Kernel or msdos.bss too boot.
> 
> But my question is, and from the original poster of this
> Message-Thread, is how can we create the COMBOOT image ???

Explain, plz your problem. I think there is nothing difficult in booting from
real-mode regardless of DOS presence. I have special version of my OSLoader that
strats directly from MSDOS.

> Which requires no OS, because it MUST replace the OS and its
> functions...

Original version of my OS Loader needs no any OS. Just a MS FAT12/16 disk
(floppy/hdd) and BIOS ... and a computer of course. :))


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