Hi there,
Thinking about your problem I just tried this, and it seemed to work
In Linux
Copy contents of disk1 to /tmp/disk1
Copy contents of disk2 to /tmp/disk2
Copy contents of disk3 to /tmp/disk3
Copy contents of disk4 to /tmp/disk4
then cd /tmp
ln -s disk1 a
Now in DOS do
lredir a: linux\fs/tmp/a
start install in DOS, when prompted for disk change do the following in Linux
rm a
ln -s disk2 a
back in DOS press OK, or whatever to signal disk has changed
and repeat until done
Hope that helps,
Andrew
==================== example =======================
### Linux
cd /tmp
mkdir disk1 disk2
echo hello > disk1/hello.txt
echo there > disk2/there.txt
ln -s disk1 a
### DOS
C:\>lredir a: linux\fs/tmp/a
A: = LINUX\FS/TMP/A attrib = READ/WRITE
C:\>dir a:
Volume in drive A is /tmp/a
Directory of A:\
HELLO TXT 6 04-06-08 7:45p
1 file(s) 6 bytes
0 dir(s) 2,147,450,880 bytes free
### Linux
cd /tmp && rm a ; ln -s disk2 a
### DOS
C:\>dir a:
Volume in drive A is /tmp/a
Directory of A:\
THERE TXT 6 04-06-08 7:46p
1 file(s) 6 bytes
0 dir(s) 2,147,450,880 bytes free
On Sunday 06 April 2008 17:51, John R. Sowden wrote:
> JD Fenech wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Can someone at least reply? If noone actually knows anything, a few
> > responses would be comforting. If anyone has any ideas on how I can
> > switch disk images when I need to, that would be great.
>
> Just had to respond to your plea. I have the same problem when I send
> out a request for help and get no response. Anyway, back in the
> eighties, the BIOS was changed to allow for computers with only one
> floppy to fake switching to a non-existent b: drive. My suggestion
> to you is to set your boot program (grub, etc.) to allow for a true DOS
> boot (Freedos/4dos in my case) and read in your floppies (sounds like a
> program install). Then access the data from Linux, if that's your
> choice. Just another way of looking at the problem.
>
> John
>
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