Windows XP install F6 floppy on USB thumb drive under Linux
Prerequisites (things to prepare in advance)
- USB thumbdrive
- F6 Floppy Driver files (*.sys, *.inf, *.cat, *.oem) for SATA/RAID controller from hardware vendor
- Windows XP / 2003 Server installation disc
- Floppy Image Creation Kit (it includes Boot CD Loader v2.0a1, Bart BFI and helper batch file).
- Wine emulator
Step by step guide
Prepare image of floppy-to-CD boot switcher with integrated F6 Floppy Driver files for SATA/RAID controller
- Extract contents of create_floppy_image.zip into /tmp.
- Copy F6 Floppy Driver files from your hardware vendor (*.inf, *.sys, *.cat, *.oem) into /tmp/create_floppy_image/f6floppy/
- cd into /tmp/create_floppy_image
- Run
wine cmd create_floppy_image.cmd
and make sure there are no error messages. If everything is OK, new file merged_floppy.img will be created in /tmp/create_floppy_image - Take in mind, that USB thumb drive will be erased, please, backup it first.
- sudo dd if=/home/sasha/Download/create_floppy_image/merged_floppy.img of=/dev/sdf
