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Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation (Emulation)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 04.02.2020, 05:07

> Looks like since I last used ROM-DOS you now have to pay (US$55) even for
> the single-user version (SUV). Digging in my archive revealed a file named
> suv1594.zip.

Never used it, but I'm aware they still sell it online. (Kernel 7 is the LFN-aware series, right?) It hasn't been freeware for many years.

> Included Readme.txt says to use SYS A: to create
> a bootable floppy and then do XCOPY *.* A:. Okay, fine.
> But what about people, who want to play with ROM-DOS in a virtual machine,
> don't have access to a physical floppy disk drive and can't use something
> like Virtual Floppy Drive?

Buy a USB floppy drive, like I did (years ago). It works for the obvious 1.44 MB, 3.5" disks.

They seem to include a util called SYSXP.EXE, so I assume that's what you'd use atop Windows.

To extract files from a FAT .img, I'd just use 7-zip's 7Z.EXE.

For other uses, I'd use QEMU or libguestfs.

But .BATs like these are still cool and useful, obviously.

Complete thread:

• Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - rr, 02.02.2020, 16:44
  • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - Rugxulo, 04.02.2020, 05:07
    • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - rr, 05.02.2020, 15:59
      • FAT image creation - Rugxulo, 08.02.2020, 11:21
        • FAT image creation - marcov, 08.02.2020, 14:54
          • FAT image creation - Rugxulo, 16.02.2020, 18:36
            • FAT image creation - marcov, 17.02.2020, 10:21
              • FAT image creation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2020, 03:39
                • FAT image creation - Rugxulo, 18.02.2020, 21:13
                  • VBox vs. QEMU without VT-X - Rugxulo, 19.02.2020, 10:56
                    • cross-compilation versus emulated (native) compilation - Rugxulo, 04.03.2020, 03:07
                      • cross-compilation versus emulated (native) compilation - Rugxulo, 04.03.2020, 23:11
                • FAT image creation - marcov, 19.02.2020, 10:37
  • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - rr, 07.12.2020, 23:01
    • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - ecm, 08.12.2020, 14:06
    • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - ecm, 08.12.2020, 16:29
      • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - rr, 08.12.2020, 22:20
        • Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation - ecm, 09.12.2020, 10:49
    • Diskette image creation batch files - ecm, 15.12.2020, 22:38
      • Diskette image creation batch files - ecm, 15.12.2020, 22:58
        • Diskette image creation batch files - ecm, 19.12.2020, 18:21