MS-DOS Start-up DVD-RW Possible?

A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?

Al

In article <>,
Alfred Kaufmann <> wrote:
>now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
>to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>

Well, you can. Google "el torito".


'Course, it's easier in linux. FYI.

lol :-)

I used Nero 6.6(in an XP machine) to make a MS-DOS CD.

I had already made it on a floppy, and the trick is how you copy it to CD.
When you want to add with Nero, copy the whole of the floppy drive,
including what is on the floppy(MS-DOS).
I hope you get my drift!

It works!

"Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:

> A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>
> Al
>

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:88AD6D84-E749-4E1E-8B28-...
>I used Nero 6.6(in an XP machine) to make a MS-DOS CD.
>
> I had already made it on a floppy, and the trick is how you copy it to CD.
> When you want to add with Nero, copy the whole of the floppy drive,
> including what is on the floppy(MS-DOS).
> I hope you get my drift!

Hey, you're the guy who loves COCKHEAD!!!! Just FYI

>
> It works!
>
> "Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:
>
>> A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
>> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
>> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
>> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
>> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>>
>> Al
>>

Alfred,

Unless your systems Motherboard is pretty old there should be a Windows
Flash version for it. What board do you have?

--
All the best,
SG
"Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
news:...
>A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>
> Al

F*ck off, doris

"Mrs. Putzke" wrote:

>
> "Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
> news:88AD6D84-E749-4E1E-8B28-...
> >I used Nero 6.6(in an XP machine) to make a MS-DOS CD.
> >
> > I had already made it on a floppy, and the trick is how you copy it to CD.
> > When you want to add with Nero, copy the whole of the floppy drive,
> > including what is on the floppy(MS-DOS).
> > I hope you get my drift!
>
> Hey, you're the guy who loves COCKHEAD!!!! Just FYI
>
> >
> > It works!
> >
> > "Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:
> >
> >> A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> >> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> >> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> >> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> >> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
> >>
> >> Al
> >>
>
>

Newer motherboards can flash from a usb flash drive straight from the bios
menu. No need to boot up from any device at all, just boot into the bios.
You need third party tools to create a bootable CD or DVD.

"Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
news:...
> A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>
> Al

When CD drives first came out, they required drivers before they could be
seen. You had to boot from a floppy first and load the CD drive driver. That
may be one reason that the formatting of CD and DVD disks does not include
the option to make them bootable.

"Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
news:...
> A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
>
> Al

Gary, I know why he wants a bootable MS-DOS CD.

We use it to isolate where the prob is on a laptop by 50%, which does NOT
have a readible available floppy like a desktop!

Nothing to do with flash bios!!!
Compris????



"Gary Mount" wrote:

> Newer motherboards can flash from a usb flash drive straight from the bios
> menu. No need to boot up from any device at all, just boot into the bios.
> You need third party tools to create a bootable CD or DVD.
>
> "Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> > drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> > I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> > now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> > to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
> >
> > Al
>

Gary, I know what you are writing about.
I am 59yo, and been in I.T, for decades.

I am giving him the info to make a bootable MS-DOS CD, which is what he
WANTS from his FIRST AND ONLY POST

You have gone off on a different tangent, and you are NOT answering HIS
question.

"Gary Mount" wrote:

> When CD drives first came out, they required drivers before they could be
> seen. You had to boot from a floppy first and load the CD drive driver. That
> may be one reason that the formatting of CD and DVD disks does not include
> the option to make them bootable.
>
> "Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > A couple of days ago I had to open up my case an install a floppy
> > drive to create an MS-DOS startup disc that I needed to flash a bios.
> > I had tried unsuccessfully to create a bootable USB drive. Right
> > now I am formatting a DVD-RW and I have to wonder why I cannot tell it
> > to create an MS-DOS start-up DVD?
> >
> > Al
>