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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 12 2008,22:36  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE

Not sure if I am putting this post in the right place but heres my problem.

When I downloaded DFT (drive fitness test) from the website and put it into my meny with the command "run dft.img" it works fine.  HOWEVER when I use Ultra ISO to make my own img file from a ISO for instance it does not work.  It just hangs.  Now if I take that same IMG file I made and run it by its self using VMWARE it boots correctly.  Am I creating the IMG file wrong or whats going on??

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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 13 2008,22:12 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE

Suggestion:
1) Try to use 'bcdw' instead of 'run'
bcdw /ezboot/xxx.img

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2) Use 'memdisk' to load the image

http://www.ezbsystems.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=349
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I was thinking of trying them but i KNOW theres a way to do it without all that.  I found someone else's design and theirs works fine the same way I have been doing it.  Infact I even took their IMG files and did it my way and it works fine.  However I still have certain ones I would like to add that they don't have.  Anyone have any other ideas?  Maybe build the IMG file with something other then UltraISO?
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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 14 2008,04:27 Skip to the previous post in this topic.  Ignore posts   QUOTE

Sorry for mis-understanding of your question.

There are mainly two kind of images, which have the same .IMG extension:

1) Floppy disk images with FAT/FAT16 volume, such as DFT.IMG
2) CD images with ISO 9660 volume (did you create an ISO image and save/convert it to .IMG format?)

'run' command (as well as 'bcdw'/'memdisk') works with floppy disk images only, that may be the problem.

The method for creating a floppy image depends on the operating system. If your program is DOS-based, you can download empty 1.44/2.88MB .IMG's from http://dw.ezbsys.net/f1440.ima and http://dw.ezbsys.net/f2880.ima first, then open and add programs into it with UltraISO or WinImage.
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