Making a start up disc in Dos question?

Reply

Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 409
Reputation: ingeborgdot@yah is an unknown quantity at this point 
Solved Threads: 0
ingeborgdot@yah's Avatar
ingeborgdot@yah ingeborgdot@yah is offline Offline
Posting Pro in Training

Making a start up disc in Dos question?

 
0
  #1
Jan 21st, 2005
I need to flash the graphics card that I got from gigabyte and the only way to do it is in dos mode. I have never really done this before so please give me some info. I will extract the downloaded zip to my hard disk, then restart my computer in dos mode but in xp I must use a start up disc it says. I need to change the command prompt to C:\> and then begin to flash the bios by typing atiflash -p 0 filename then it says example (r955128d.f1 at the c prompt and press enter then restart. I am not sure how to make the start up disc in dos and really what to do in the command prompt. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message  
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 207
Reputation: Real-tiner is an unknown quantity at this point 
Solved Threads: 8
Real-tiner Real-tiner is offline Offline
Posting Whiz in Training

Re: Making a start up disc in Dos question?

 
0
  #2
Jan 24th, 2005
You need to do the following:

1. Create a DOS system disk on a floppy.

2. Make sure command.com is on the root level of the system disk.

3. Create the file config.sys with a text editor (notepad works fine). This tells DOS what devices are in your system and some of the settings you need.

4. Create the file autoexec.bat. This tells what commands will be done every time the machine boots on this disk.

5. Use the SYS command to write the boot sector on the floppy disk.

6. Change your BIOS to boot from first the A drive, then the C drive.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message  
Reply

This thread is more than three months old.
Perhaps start a new thread instead?
Message:



Similar Threads
Other Threads in the Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Forum
Thread Tools Search this Thread



About Us | Contact Us | Advertise | DaniWeb | Acceptable Use Policy | RSS Feed

©2003 - 2009 DaniWeb® LLC