How do I create a boot CD from a 2 floppy set?

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I have a 2 floppy Ghost boot set. They boot the system, load drives
for my USB HDD and then run Ghost. I want to convert them to a CD that
does the same thing . Can I just put all the files from the floppies
in a directory, and create a boot CD in Nero while pointing to the
floppy files? I mean, I know the sequence of events (config.sys,
autoexec.bat...) when the floppy boots, what do I do on a CD to mimic
that.

Thanks,
Jim
 
jtpryan said:
I have a 2 floppy Ghost boot set. They boot the system, load drives
for my USB HDD and then run Ghost. I want to convert them to a CD
that does the same thing . Can I just put all the files from the
floppies in a directory, and create a boot CD in Nero while pointing
to the floppy files? I mean, I know the sequence of events
(config.sys, autoexec.bat...) when the floppy boots, what do I do on
a CD to mimic that.
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Its simpler to use ghost to write an image file to CD. That CD will be
bootable and you can just ignore the image file on that CD. If there is
more than one CD to be created for the image, you can just abort the
image creation once the first CD has been burnt.
 
jtpryan said:
I have a 2 floppy Ghost boot set. They boot the system, load drives
for my USB HDD and then run Ghost. I want to convert them to a CD that
does the same thing . Can I just put all the files from the floppies
in a directory, and create a boot CD in Nero while pointing to the
floppy files? I mean, I know the sequence of events (config.sys,
autoexec.bat...) when the floppy boots, what do I do on a CD to mimic
that.

Thanks,
Jim
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Probably but here's another idea. Haven't tried it myself yet, but assume
you can make a boot CD that emulates a 2.88MB floppy.

http://bootcd.narod.ru/index_e.htm

http://bootcd.narod.ru/images_e.htm

Good Luck however you do it.
 
Rod said:
Its simpler to use ghost to write an image file to CD. That CD will be
bootable and you can just ignore the image file on that CD. If there is
more than one CD to be created for the image, you can just abort the
image creation once the first CD has been burnt.
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Good suggestion. Except I don't think it will put the necessary USB
drivers on the CD. But I'll check it out.

-Jim
 
jtpryan said:
I have a 2 floppy Ghost boot set. They boot the system, load drives
for my USB HDD and then run Ghost. I want to convert them to a CD that
does the same thing . Can I just put all the files from the floppies
in a directory, and create a boot CD in Nero while pointing to the
floppy files? I mean, I know the sequence of events (config.sys,
autoexec.bat...) when the floppy boots, what do I do on a CD to mimic
that.

Thanks,
Jim
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Try this, I've used it with great success.

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
 
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