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Creating a DOS System Disk
When using DOSLoader mode, or StandAlone mode, you must first boot your target PC with DOS. These modes may be used from any boot device including flash disk, floppy disk drive, or a hard disk drive.
In order to boot DOS with a target boot disk, a minimal DOS system is required on the boot disk. With Windows 95, Windows 98, or DOS, you can create a DOS boot disk using the command
sys a:
Note xPC Target Embedded Option does not include a DOS license. You must obtain a valid DOS license for your target PC. |
It is helpful to also copy additional DOS-utilities to the boot disk including
fdisk
program to create partitionssys
program to transfer a DOS system onto another drive, such as the hard disk driveA config.sys
file is not necessary. The autoexec.bat
file should be created to automatically boot the loader or a standalone xPC Target application. This is described in the following sections.
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