How to make DOS Bootable CD?

[technod]

can some one guide me ...

[kuli007]

uhmm u need to make windows98 bootable ... or wanna make a windows xp bootable cd ???

[imadsani]

use nero or NTI cd maker.. it gives u the option of making a dos bootable cd

[technod]

I'm using nero 6 but no option for bootable cd there...

[muhammadalikhann]

You can create a bootable cd using almost all burning softwares. First off tell me what is it that you want to make? bootable xp? 98bootable?
What ever you want to make you will need boot records to create a bootable disk, most burners don't have these records. You can extract these records from already bootable cds or download them.

[technod]

I need coz don't have floppy and want to upgrade my mobo BIOS in DOS mode..

Got this info from WEB:

Bootable Dos CD-Rom (single boot image)

This will create a bootable CD-Rom using one boot image. The boot image is a sector by sector image taken from a bootable floppy. When a PC boots from floppy this is normally done from the first floppy drive, known as drive number 0 or as drive A:. So, to let the CD-Rom boot there must be some mechanism that emulates a floppy drive (drive number 0).

Using this method your PC BIOS provides the emulation for you.
If you are unsure or confused by the information on this page then this example is probably what you are looking for.

This example will use the CD-Rom boot disk.

The steps to create are:

1. If you haven't already installed BCD, please do so now.
BCD installation instructions:

Download BCD full package v1.1.1 http://www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=bcd111.zip (523KB).

Unpack the BCD package to some folder for example d:\bcd. If you want to be able to run it from a server you should unpack it to a share from where your workstations can run it. You will need to map a drive letter to that share and run bcd using that drive letter.

Make sure you also unpack the subdirectories!

Download wnaspi32.dll http://www.nero.com/nero6/eng/WNASPI32.DLL.html and copy it into BCD's d:\bcd\bin directory.


2. If you haven't already installed BFD, please do so now.
BFD installation instructions:

Please download: BFD full package v1.0.7 http://www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=bfd107.zip (1.45MB).

Unpack BFD in the same directory as BCD, for example d:\bcd.
If you have already unpacked BCD, then some files from BFD will overlap with files from BCD, like the nu2lic.txt and the bchoice.exe. This is no problem, just skip or overwrite them.
Make sure you also unpack the subdirectories!

3. Download cdromsi.zip http://www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=cdromsi.zip (updated Nov 4, 2002) (1KB) and unpack it into the same folder as where you have installed BCD/BFD.

4. Now you can customize things like:
* Adding programs and files to "cds\cdromsi\files\" folder. These will appear in the root of your CD-Rom filesystem.
* Change the file "cds\cdromsi\files\autorun.bat" you can add any commands you want, like starting some application that is located on the CD-Rom.

5. When you're done customizing, you open a command prompt, change to the BCD folder and run "bcd cdromsi" to build your ISO image and burn it to your CD writer...

[muhammadalikhann]

Just get winimage. Create a bootable floppy on another pc and use the softwar to create a bootable cd using that floppy.