User`s guide

4 Bo oting from a DOS Device
Creating a DOS System Disk
To use the DOSLoader mode, you need a minimal DOS system on the target
PC boot device. MathWorks has tested the xPC Target product with FreeDOS
Beta 8 (“Nikita”) distribution , MS - DOS (6.0 or higher), PC DOS, and Caldera
OpenDOS. You can use a copy of any of these DOS systems to boot the target
PC.
Note xPC Target software does not include a DOS license. You must obtain
a valid DOS license for your target PC.
To create a DOS system disk, use the following DOS command to copy the
DOS system files and command interpreter from
drive1 to the boot device,
drive2.
sys drive1 drive2
It is helpful to copy additional DOS utilities to the boot device, including:
• A DOS editor to edit files
• The
format program to format a hard disk or flas h m emory
• The
fdisk program to create partitions
• The
sys program to transfer a DO S system onto another drive
Once you have created the DOS System disk, you can transfer the DOSLoader
files (created using
xpcexplr)tothedisk.Aconfig.sys file is not necessary.
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