====== MS-DOS boot from SAN ======

MS-DOS supports booting from either an iSCSI or AoE SAN.  You cannot install directly to the SAN target; you must first install MS-DOS to a physical disk or virtual machine disk image.

===== Installation =====

{{ screenshots:msdos_config_sys.png?360x200|MS-DOS CONFIG.SYS}}

Install MS-DOS as usual.  Ensure that //EMM386// is disabled; you can do this by editing //CONFIG.SYS// and changing the line

  DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

to

  rem DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

You are now ready to:

  * [[sanboot:transfer|Transfer the MS-DOS image to your SAN target]]