How do I create startup floppy disk for W3X

Sket

Hello, I aim to install windows 3.x on an old computer that only reads/writes on 3'' floppy disks.
I have access to an external floppy disk drive, I intend to create a bootable floppy disk, but have no idea how to do it.

I have access to the following:

Old PC:
MS-DOS 5.0
Windows NT (though I don't have the password)

Laptop:
Linux Mint 18.2 sonya
Windows 10

calvinb

On Windows, you can use WinImage to write images to floppies. On Unices, you can use dd (or rawwrite?) to write images to the floppy device, as long as they're raw images or can be converted to raw.

buricco

MS-DOS 5: "format a: /s"

[Deleted User]

buricco wrote:

MS-DOS 5: "format a: /s"

That will also work for MS-DOS 6.x, 7.x(Win9x), and 8(WinME). The FORMAT.COM executable must be present though (for all mentioned versions including MS-DOS 5), and a minimal startup disk created with the "format a: /s" command will not be able to format other disks unless you copy FORMAT.COM to said disk.

buricco

All the way back to 1.1, I think.