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    vbr(volume boot record) to floppy disk
    « on: August 24, 2017, 05:33:34 PM »

    The ms dos boot disk can be created by creating a volume boot record in the volume boot sector of the disk. This automatically makes some program in windows or cmd, dos shell with format / s or sys command.
    My question is ..... i could create vbr with hex \ disk editor and with assembler maybe ......?


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    Re: vbr(volume boot record) to floppy disk
    « Reply #1 on: August 24, 2017, 09:11:21 PM »
    It is not clear what you need to do.
    Is this for educational uses?
    Is this needed for a useful project?
    MS-DOS has been retired for some time and  is not often used for any new application.

    When people come here with MS-DOS questions is is often about maintenance to an old system that must be kept running. If you are using a computer that needs a boot floppy disks that can boot, the process is done at the time you format the floppy.

    First you have to boot up with a floppy that already has both the system and the needed utilities. You insert a new or old floppy in the B: drive and issue a command to format and systematize the floppy in the second drive.
    format b: /s
    The will write the needed data into the proper place on the floppy.
    Is that what you wanted to know?