Putting the Microsoft EFI boot files on the EFI partition

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:49:33 +0000

Boot into the Windows installer

On the first screen press SHIFT + F10


# diskpart
# list disk
# select disk 0
# list part
Look for the Windows partition

# select part 3
# assign letter=W
# format quick fs=NTFS
# list volume
Look for the EFI volume

# select volume 2
# assign letter=Z
# exit

# D:
Goto the USB installer of Windows
# cd D:\sources
# dir install*
The file install.esd exists

# dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:D:\Sources\install.esd
Select the Index of the version of Windows you want

# dism /Apply-image /ImageFile:D:\Sources\install.esd /index:6 /ApplyDir:W:\
# bcdboot W:\Windows /l en-us /s Z: /f UEFI
Shutdown your computer and remove the USB installer
Now we have the Microsoft EFI boot files in the EFI partition in its designated folder

Follow the normal procedure of installing Windows

Sharing files with MS-DOS 6.22 in VirtualBox and macOS

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:29:24 +0000

How to create an ISO file of a directory on macOS that can be mounted as a CDROM in MS-DOS 6.22 ?

Start Disk Utility on macOS

Go to: File -> New Image -> Image from Folder
Choose the directory and press Choose
Set Image Format to: DVD/CD master and press Save
A *.cdr file will be created
Go to the command line
Cd to the directory with the *.cdr file
Type the command: $ hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o tcc.iso TCC.cdr
Go to your virtual machine running MS-DOS 6.22 and mount the newly created *.iso file
In the MS-DOS 6.22 virtual machine you can now access the contents on drive D:

Any questions?

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Putting the Microsoft EFI boot files on the EFI partition

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