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| Once you have the device in place, create the filesystem. | Once you have the device in place, create the filesystem. | ||
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| **Example command:** \\ | **Example command:** \\ | ||
| - | '' ./makebootfat -v \ \\ | + | ''# ./makebootfat -v \ \\ |
| -o /dev/sdb \ \\ | -o /dev/sdb \ \\ | ||
| -E 255 \ \\ | -E 255 \ \\ | ||
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| -c command.com \ \\ | -c command.com \ \\ | ||
| image'' | image'' | ||
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| + | Note that you need to change the device accordingly. Also, the directory ''image'' must exist for this command to succeed. It doesn't carry any special meaning here. Now you've got a bootable FreeDOS image. | ||
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| + | ====== Adding files ====== | ||
| + | When ''makebootfat'' runs, the system doesn't notice the partition table change on that device. To be able to mount the newly created filesystem you need to run \\ | ||
| + | ''# blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sdb'' \\ | ||
| + | Now you can mount ''sdb1'' and add other dirs and files. Take care not to move the ''kernel.sys'' and ''command.com'' files. | ||
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