How do I make a boot floppy?

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I need to flash my BIOS to a new revision - I have done this before
however I need to create a boot floppy that I also copy the flash
utility to and run it from a DOS command when I have booted of it

however format a:/s doesn't work
and the copy of a similar disk on my HD (from last time) says non system
disk or non bootable

what do i need on a disk to get it to boot?

Thanks in advance
 
floppy in drive A:
My Computer
right click A:
select format
select create an MSDOS startup disk

Michael
 
pop a blank into the drive and open My Computer. Right click the floppy
drive icon and select Format. The option is there to create a bootable
floppy.
 
Open "My Computer" and right click your A: drive. Choose Format then check
the box that says "Create an MS-DOS startup disk". This is a basic boot
disk with no cdrom drivers.

KG

| I need to flash my BIOS to a new revision - I have done this before
| however I need to create a boot floppy that I also copy the flash
| utility to and run it from a DOS command when I have booted of it
|
| however format a:/s doesn't work
| and the copy of a similar disk on my HD (from last time) says non system
| disk or non bootable
|
| what do i need on a disk to get it to boot?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
|
| --
| Stephen Sherwin
 
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