> I\'m about to do this by creating a 2.88 floppy image (using
> Winimage) containing the contents of both PQDI floppies and
> burning it to a \"floppy emulation\" CD using Nero. Try that and
> post if it works, or I will when I get around to it.
Well, I have tried the above -- it didn\'t work. Here\'s what I did:
1) Copy all files from D1 and D2 into the same folder. Note: There\'s an autoexec.bat on each floppy -- they\'re identical, so I let one of them be overwritten.
2) Modify the autoexec.bat:
-----BEGIN ORIGINAL AUTOEXEC.BAT-----
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM -- Put keyboard codes (xx) and --
REM -- code page variables (yyy) here. --
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM MODE CON CP PREP=((yyy) EGA.CPI)
REM MODE CON CP SEL=yyy
REM KEYB xx,yyy
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM -- Put network or CD-ROM drivers here. --
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM Windows DOS:
REM MSCDEX.EXE /D:driver_name [/L:drive_letter] [/M:buffers]
REM Caldera DOS:
REM NWCDEX.EXE /D:driver_name [/L:drive_letter] [/M:buffers]
MOUSE
ECHO.
ECHO Insert Drive Image Disk 2 (Program)
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO *** Press Any Key to Continue ***
ECHO.
PAUSE >NUL
ECHO Drive Image 5.0
ECHO © 1994-2001, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved.
ECHO U.S. patents 5,675,769 5,706,472 5,930,831 6,088,778 6,108,759.
ECHO Other patents pending.
ECHO.
ECHO Loading please wait...
ECHO.
PQDI
-----END ORIGINAL AUTOEXEC.BAT-----
I simply added a few REMs at the point where \"Insert Drive Image Disk 2..\" is:
-----BEGIN MODIFIED AUTOEXEC.BAT-----
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM -- Put keyboard codes (xx) and --
REM -- code page variables (yyy) here. --
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM MODE CON CP PREP=((yyy) EGA.CPI)
REM MODE CON CP SEL=yyy
REM KEYB xx,yyy
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM -- Put network or CD-ROM drivers here. --
REM -------------------------------------------------------
REM Windows DOS:
REM MSCDEX.EXE /D:driver_name [/L:drive_letter] [/M:buffers]
REM Caldera DOS:
REM NWCDEX.EXE /D:driver_name [/L:drive_letter] [/M:buffers]
MOUSE
REM ECHO.
REM ECHO Insert Drive Image Disk 2 (Program)
REM ECHO.
REM ECHO.
REM ECHO *** Press Any Key to Continue ***
REM ECHO.
REM PAUSE >NUL
ECHO Drive Image 5.0
ECHO © 1994-2001, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved.
ECHO U.S. patents 5,675,769 5,706,472 5,930,831 6,088,778 6,108,759.
ECHO Other patents pending.
ECHO.
ECHO Loading please wait...
ECHO.
PQDI
-----END MODIFIED AUTOEXEC.BAT-----
3) Create a new 2.88 WinImage diskette, inject all files and directory from step 1), above, and save as a standard image file format (*.IMA).
4) Create a new Nero session (Bootable CD) pointing to the image file created in step 3), above. Enable expert settings, use Floppy Emulation 2.88MB. I left \"Load segment of sectors (hex)\" and \"Number of loaded sectors\" at their default settings [07C0 and 1, respectively].
5) Burn CD.
Unfortunately, I can\'t seem to get this CD to boot. Let me know if you have any success with this.
Quick question: Wouldn\'t it be possible (and perhaps a little more easy) to simply create a standard bootable CD (say from Win98), and modify the default autoexec.bat to load Drive Image\'s autoexec.bat?
