NTLDR missing when using bootdisk :: win2k/linux dual boot

[Quad]

i have a linux/win2k dual boot, using LILO. i made a win98se bootdisk in the hopes of being able to boot to dos and flash my bios. however when it boots off the disk i get the error "NTLDR is missing".

any ideas?

thx in advance

 

[bacillus]

<< i made a win98se bootdisk >>


sounds like you're trying to use a win98 startup disk.
make the bootable floppy by using ms dos prompt in your win98 pc using the format A:/s command. that will give you a basic bootable floppy to which you add your flasher & bios file!
if you don't have access to the win98 pc, download a basic boot floppy from bootdisk.com! 🙂

 

[bozo1]

That means the disk was formatted under NT/W2K but the boot files are not on it. (or not in the correct place) Grab a bootdisk from the bootdisk.com link above.

 

[Quad]

yes i formatted the disk under win2k

then got the files from a basic win98 bootdisk. my friend did format a:/s and sent me the contents of the disk...
even when using the win98 bootdisk from bootdisk.com (which is down at the moment) i get the same problem.

is it because the disk is formatted under win2k? anyway around this?

thx in advance

 

[mastertech01]

Get a brand new IBM formatted disk, copy the command file from the Win98 boot disk to the new disk and your flasher files. Just dont format or use a disk formatted by an NT OS. You can even use an old driver disk that you dont need anymore from win98 and just delete the files from it, and copy the command file to it and your flasher files.

 

[Doh!]

If the disk is fine, try "seek floppy at boot" and set "flopply" as the first boot option in bios.

 

[bozo1]

Come on people, things just don't work that way. You -cannot- just copy the boot files to the diskette. The disk has to be made bootable (boot sector written to the disk AND at the proper location) by either formatting with the disk with the /s switch (which you cannot do with W2K) or by using the 'sys a:' command (which you can't do either with W2K).

You need to make the disk using one of the above methods on a DOS based operating system - DOS, Win95, Win98.

or

Just download a disk image from bootdisk.com. All of their images are in an executable format which will create the disk properly under any flavor of Windows.

 

[Quad]

thx everyone

if bootdisk.com was up today, this whole process would have been really easy. however, since the site is down, what i ended up doing was fishing through some old disks i had, randomly grabbing one, putting the win98 boot files on it....and it worked! 🙂

thx again