Tutorial About BootProg?

Nathan · **Posted:** Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:15 pm

Hello,
I was wondering if someone could make a tutorial about how to use and install BootProg, because I'm having a lot of programs when trying to install it to the boot sector, the program used to write the data to the floppy, keeps saying that my floppy has a FAT16 partition, not FAT12, but I think this is because I'm using Windows XP. :cry:

Best Regards,
Nathan Paulino Campos

Combuster · **Posted:** Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:05 am

Why should we make a tutorial on something that does not work?

Edit: I tried to verify your complaints: Windows is not broken. In fact, using bootprog to read the bootsector yields the correct result. Which brings us to the other point: WTF are you using a DOS application

Nathan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:15 am

Combuster wrote:

Why should we make a tutorial on something that does not work?

Edit: I tried to verify your complaints: Windows is not broken. In fact, using bootprog to read the bootsector yields the correct result. Which brings us to the other point: WTF are you using a DOS application

Hmm, then I'm going to try by using VMWare emulating MS-DOS 6.22...

qandrew · **Posted:** Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:59 am

You are crazy. Use BFI.

gravaera · **Posted:** Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:59 am

Hi:

Nathan, I think the video in this link will be useful to you. It's not long either; just fourteen seconds. Please take the time to watch it.

Title:"The most inspiring thing ever said..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVsDIv98TA

--All the best,
gravaera.

bobmorton · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:29 pm **Posts:** 1

gravaera wrote:

Hi:

Nathan, I think the video in this link will be useful to you. It's not long either; just fourteen seconds. Please take the time to watch it.

Title:"The most inspiring thing ever said..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVsDIv98TA

--All the best,
gravaera.

Lolz. I like it.

But Nathan just try to do what qandrew's said, use BFI.

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:29 am

bobmorton wrote:

gravaera wrote:

Hi:

Nathan, I think the video in this link will be useful to you. It's not long either; just fourteen seconds. Please take the time to watch it.

Title:"The most inspiring thing ever said..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVsDIv98TA

--All the best,
gravaera.

Lolz. I like it.

But Nathan just try to do what qandrew's said, use BFI.

qandrew wrote:

You are crazy. Use BFI.

Just one question: What is BFI?

Solar · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:51 am

Valid question, I admit. My first couple of Google attempts turned up empty, too. But a couple of clicks later:

http://www.nu2.nu/bfi/ - a floppy image tool. I assume that's what qandrew meant.

qandrew · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:43 am

Solar wrote:

Valid question, I admit. My first couple of Google attempts turned up empty, too. But a couple of clicks later:

http://www.nu2.nu/bfi/ - a floppy image tool. I assume that's what qandrew meant.

Yes, you are right.
I also want to add that there's a stub BFI with links too.

Best regards,
-- Andrew

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:18 am

I've done it using BFI, but now after BOCHS boot it up, I got this error:

Code:

prefetch: getHostMemAddr vetoed direct read, pAddr=0x000a5c00

I've done it using this:

Code:

C:\> bfi -f=test.img -o=BOOTABLE.EXE -b=BOOT16.BIN

Tommy · **Posted:** Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:49 am

Nathan wrote:

I've done it using this:

Code:

C:\> bfi -f=test.img -o=BOOTABLE.EXE -b=BOOT16.BIN

You need to specify the path of the directory which must contain all files that should be included in the floppy image.
BTW, is BOOT16.BIN a FAT16 boot sector? If yes, that's wrong. FAT12 is better suited for floppies.

Nathan wrote:

that my floppy has a FAT16 partition, not FAT12

Never seen a floppy with partitions. Well, it's possible, but I'm not sure if Windows recognizes that.

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