Basic dos bootdisk for win2k-SCSI system

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Hello Group:

Apologies if this is not on topic.

I want to make a very basic boot disk to boot my Win2K-SCSI system to
use certain low-level DOS programs. I can boot fine with a Win98SE
floppy, but I don't need CD ROM drivers and all the other stuff on the
win 98 boot disk. When I try to whittle it down to basics, however, my
own custom disk won't boot.

Here's what I have on my custom floppy, copied from the win98 disk:

command.com
IO.sys
msdos.sys
autoexec.bat
config.sys
aspi8u2.sys (this is the correct driver for my SCSI device)

My autoexec.bat really doesn't have anything in it. Just @echo off
My config.sys contains the following lines:

FILES=10
BUFFERS=10
DEVICE=ASPI8U2.SYS

LASTDRIVE=Z

I am obviously missing something, since the standard Win98SE disk
boots the system fine, but the above does not.

Thanks very much for any help or suggestions.

Jack
 
JClark said:
When I attempt to boot, I get message
"NTLDR missing".
Setup is configured to look for legacy floppy first, then SCSI boot
device. Again, it boots fine with the WIN98 floppy.
Thanks for help.

Jack
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I sense some confusion here.

- Either you use a Win98 boot disk, and launch those devices that
your require via config.sys & autoexec.bat;
- Or your use a Win2000 boot disk, which you can use to launch
an existing Win2000 installation on the hard disk.

It seems you're trying to mix the two: Placing files like command.com,
config.sys etc. on a Win2000 boot disk. This will never work.

It might be a good idea to state what you are trying to achieve.
You said you can boot your system with a Win98 boot disk.
What else do you require?
 
I sense some confusion here. Pegasus:

I sense some confusion here.
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Me too! But then again, I am the amateur! What I am trying to
accomplish is to make a very basic dos boot disk which will boot my
Win2k system to dos prior to loading of windows, so that I can use
programs like "diskpatch" which do low level things like backup mbr,
partition tables, etc and restore, view hex dump of various sectors,
etc.
I can do this, but I have to boot first with a windows 98 boot disk,
(which works fine) then I insert the other disk, such as diskpatch,
which is not bootable, and run the program. No problem. I'm just
trying to simplyfy the process, that is create a basic dos bootable
disk and then put the other program's files on it,so that it will boot
and start the desired program in DOS.
I have since learned that part of my probllem may be that a bootable
diskette cannot be created by simply copying the DOS system files from
hard disk. The boot disk apparently must be created from a machine
running win98 with the "format a: /s" or "sys a:\" command, or
created from special programs downloaded from sites like bootdisk.com.
(By the way, diskcopy does not work on my win2k machine, but that may
be another issue.)
Sorry to be a pest. I can actually do what I'm need to do in two
steps. I'm just curious as to why I can't put the two diskettes
together.

I appreciate your comments and help.

Jack
 
JClark said:
Me too! But then again, I am the amateur! What I am trying to
accomplish is to make a very basic dos boot disk which will boot my
Win2k system to dos prior to loading of windows, so that I can use
programs like "diskpatch" which do low level things like backup mbr,
partition tables, etc and restore, view hex dump of various sectors,
etc.
I can do this, but I have to boot first with a windows 98 boot disk,
(which works fine) then I insert the other disk, such as diskpatch,
which is not bootable, and run the program. No problem. I'm just
trying to simplyfy the process, that is create a basic dos bootable
disk and then put the other program's files on it,so that it will boot
and start the desired program in DOS.
I have since learned that part of my probllem may be that a bootable
diskette cannot be created by simply copying the DOS system files from
hard disk. The boot disk apparently must be created from a machine
running win98 with the "format a: /s" or "sys a:\" command, or
created from special programs downloaded from sites like bootdisk.com.
(By the way, diskcopy does not work on my win2k machine, but that may
be another issue.)
Sorry to be a pest. I can actually do what I'm need to do in two
steps. I'm just curious as to why I can't put the two diskettes
together.

I appreciate your comments and help.

Jack
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You can also download a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com,
then copy diskpatch.exe to that bootdisk.
 
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