diff --git a/bochs/doc/docbook/misc.txt b/bochs/doc/docbook/misc.txt index 152629b3b..77409ce6c 100644 --- a/bochs/doc/docbook/misc.txt +++ b/bochs/doc/docbook/misc.txt @@ -1,153 +1,8 @@ -$Id: misc.txt,v 1.4 2001-11-13 00:01:57 bdenney Exp $ +$Id: misc.txt,v 1.5 2001-11-14 14:42:04 bdenney Exp $ This is a temporary place to paste in stuff that should go into the docs one day. When it is transferred into docbook, let's remove it from misc.txt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -From yakovlev@mac.com Wed Oct 31 14:51:48 2001 -Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 12:51:36 -0500 -From: Greg Alexander -To: bochs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net -Subject: [Bochs-developers] Documentation - How to make a disk image under - UNIX/linux - -0.) What you need: - -1.) An executable version of bochs. See "obtaining a bochs executable" -or "compiling the bochs source" -2.) The bximage program, included with bochs -3.) A FreeDOS boot disk, or a boot disk from another OS capable of -producing DOS partitions (i.e. a linux install disk.) -4.) (optional) mtools, a program for manipulating DOS disks/images. - - -1.) Creating an image file. -Run `bximage` to create a disk image file. You will be greeted with the -following prompt: - - -======================================================================== - bximage - Disk Image Creation Tool for Bochs - $Id: misc.txt,v 1.4 2001-11-13 00:01:57 bdenney Exp $ -======================================================================== - -Do you want to create a floppy disk image or a hard disk image? -Please type hd or fd. [hd] - - -Since we are creating a hard disk image, accept the default of hd by -pressing or typing 'hd' and pressing . Next, bximage -will ask for the size of the disk image you want to create, in -Megabytes: - - -Enter the hard disk size in megabytes, between 1 and 32255 -[10] - - -Enter the size of the hard disk you want to create, and press . -Bochs will give you some information about the image it is creating, and -ask you for a filename to use for the file it is creating. I told it to -use the default of 10 megabytes, and was given the following information -along with the prompt for a filename: - - -[10] 10 - -I will create a hard disk image with - cyl=20 - heads=16 - sectors per track=63 - total sectors=20160 - total size=9.84 megabytes - -What should I name the image? -[c.img] - - -At this point, type in the filename you want to use for the image. The -default of "c.img" is appropriate if this will be your only hard disk -image. After you have typed in the name of the filename you want to -use, press . Bximage will tell you it is writing the disk and -will display a status bar as you wait. When it is finished, it will -give you a final status report and tell you a line that should be added -to your .bochsrc file when you want to use this disk image. I named my -10 Megabyte image "teaching.img" and the output of bximage looked like -this: - - -[c.img] teaching.img - -Writing: [..........] Done. - -I wrote 10321920 bytes to teaching.img. - -The following line should appear in your bochsrc: - diskc: file="teaching.img", cyl=20, heads=16, spt=63 - - -At this point, a file called "teaching.img" was created in my current -directory and is ready to be used as an image file for a bochs session. - - -2.) Partition and format your image file. - -Option 1: Using FreeDOS (Advantages: Creates a MBR on the partition.) - -First, you need to edit the .bochsrc file that bochs uses for -configuration information. Open the file .bochsrc with a text editor. -Remove any lines in the file beginning with "diskc:". Add the "diskc:" -line that was displayed when you ran bximage to the .bochsrc file in the -same place that you removed the old "diskc:" lines from. - -Also, you need to download or create a FreeDOS (or DOS, or Windows, or -linux) disk image. Modify the "floppya:" line in your .bochsrc file to point -at the downloaded FreeDOS image and change its status to "status=inserted". - -Save and close your .bochsrc. Now run bochs. (see: "Running bochs from -the command line.") - -Use the standard FreeDOS commands fdisk and format to format your hard -drive image. You must make the image bootable to be able to boot -without a hard drive. However, creating a bootable disk image is best -done with a boot disk from the OS you intend to install on the image. - - - -Option 2: Using mtools (Disadvantages: cannot create bootable images -without a MBR image) - -Use a text editor to add the following line to the file ~/.mtoolsrc: - - -drive c: file="/filename.img" partition=1 - - -Save and close .mtoolsrc. Next, execute the following commands to -create a partition table for the drive image: - - -mpartition -I -s -t -h c: -mpartition -cpv -s -t -h c: - -For example, for my 10 meg drive, I used: -mpartition -I -s 63 -t 20 -h 16 c: -mpartition -cpv -s 63 -t 20 -h 16 c: - - -Next, format the partition you just created using the mformat command: - - -mformat c: - - -And you now have a formatted disk image containing a single DOS -partition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/bochs/doc/docbook/user/user.dbk b/bochs/doc/docbook/user/user.dbk index 4c683dd7d..770dd40e7 100644 --- a/bochs/doc/docbook/user/user.dbk +++ b/bochs/doc/docbook/user/user.dbk @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@