"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1163991802_308@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:ej4uk3$da1$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Does anyone know of a DOS/Win98 utility to "mount" a filesystem image
> > (loopback?) or cause the image to be accessed as if it is a drive
under
> DOS
> > (like a ramdisk)?
> >
> > If I use the Windows ****t of Linux's mkdosfs to create, say a FAT16
> > filesystem image (not a partition),
> > http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/
> >
> > or, if I use rawread.exe or partcopy (John Fine) to create a FAT12
> > filesystem image .img from a floppy, is there a utility or .sys driver
to
> > make that file/filesystem image/disk image a drive (E:,F:,G:, etc.) in
the
> > DOS or Win98 drive chain?
> >
> > Or, perhaps, a ****t of MTOOLS for DOS or Win98?
> >
> > I found a partially implemented DOS ****t (insufficient) of MTOOLS
here:
> > http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/mtools.htm
> >
> > I did locate a program called DiskImg for WinNT...
> >
> >
>
> Robert Riebisch replied on comp.os.msdos.programmer that I should try
> SHSUCDX. While the SHSUCDX package is definately the right track, I
think
> the SHSUFDRV package (which I was unaware of) is actually what I wanted:
> http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/shsufdrv/index.html
>
>
It appears that SHSURDRV and SHSUFDRV are limited. They are good for
copying files off existing images or using the image as a ramdisk, but
there
is no way to save an image after copying files to it...!?!? In addition
to
a bunch of FAT12 boot disk images, I tried them against a FAT12,FAT16, and
FAT32 image made by Windows ****t of mkdosfs. They work with FAT12 images.
They don't recognize the 2nd FAT of the FAT16 images, but otherwise work.
They fail on the FAT32 images... Also, they appear to only emulate the
drive not the disk since Format and Fdisk don't recognize the drive (which
is needed for what I'm need to do.). I guess I need a .SYS driver or a
DOS
****t of Linux MTOOLS. In the mean time, I'm looking at the PD fhard
package
from simtel which has a driver to make a bunch of 360k floppies into a 5Mb
harddisk. (maybe...)
Rod Pemberton
|
