Re: Dual boot with dos on floppy

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In fact the reason is quite simple.
The environnement is very agressive and it is impossible to access to the
box (it is in a factory).
I need a DOS OS (a simple boot disk is enough) to interract with a
mechanical device thanks to a software which I can't launch under any other
OS than DOS (it manage a specific way IO)

cheers

Alex


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Kerry Brown wrote:
Alexandre.delay wrote:
Again,

If you want to learn things before answering, just type
"bootsect.dos" in google.
You'll find something like that:
http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm

My need is to keep the floppy inserted and to let me choose. I can NOT
manipulate it.


The link pretty much repeats what every one here is telling you. You can
create a XP boot floppy which only works if the file system is mostly
there
and readable on the hard drive. You can also create a DOS boot floppy.
Insert the correct one and boot the computer. If you need to access dead
XP
systems then use BartPe or a Linux boot CD. You still haven't provided a
reason that makes sense for why you need a dual boot floppy. How hard is
it
to remove a floppy or CD before rebooting?

Kerry

Dont' tell him what he wants to do. He said what he wants to do and is
asking how to do it.

If you actually read his post and use the limited SENSE that you have,
you'll see he is a techie. You don't need to tell him that there are
other ways of booting to DOS e.g. booting off the relevant floppy. He
is obviously aware of that


He doesn't need to convince you of why he wants the convenience of the
solution he is after. Though you should be able to figure out the
reason is that it's CONVENIENT.
Perhaps his computer box, his chassis, his case, is far away from his
monitor keyb and mouse, and he doesn't want to install DOS on his
machine. So he'll put the CD in the drive and go upstairs to his
keyb/mouse/monitor, and choose which he wants to boot to without having
to go back downstairs.

Of course, if that were the problem, he could use a workaround, and use
the BIOS to choose whether to boot from floppy or not. But he is a
techie and is fully aware of that. He didn't come here to argue the
merit of one solution over another. He asked a techie question.

Either solve the problem, or help solve the problem, or refrain. Or do
as I have and rebuke somebody for not following those techie codes of
behaviour. It looks like all the smart people are switching over to
*nix or avoiding this newsgroup.



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