First post, by Guest
I've transformed my boot disk into an IMG file (e.g. diskimg1.img).
I know it's a raw file without headers or anything (exactly 1,474,560 bytes).
So when I use "boot diskimg1.img", I get:
Invalid system disk
Replace the disk, and then press any key
Meanwhile, the status window reads:
Loaded disk 0 from swaplist position 0 - "DISKIMG1.IMG"
Loaded disk 1 from swaplist position 0 - "DISKIMG1.IMG"
However, I know it's valid because it does work as a normal disk.
i.e. I can run "imgmount a diskimg1.img -t floppy"
and I can browse its files on A (command.com, autoexec.bat, etc.).
Meanwhile, the status window reads:
Mounted FAT volume is FAT12 with 2847 clusters
P.S.
What's FAT12 anyway?
So in other words, how can I make it bootable?
After all, if it's a perfect copy of my bootable floppy, it should have also copied the bootable sectors or whatever makes it bootable.
Thanks!