Copy floppy disk boot sector to another floppy disk

[bastajn76]

Hello,

Many years ago i knew how to copy a floppy disk boot sector from one disk to another, but my memory has let me down.  

I have searched the net, but been unable to locate any information.  Quarterback Tools rings a bell.

Can anybody shed some light on this matter please?  I am running emulation, and have an original A500.

Thanks in advance.

Justin.

[ajlwalker]

Er, I'm a bit rusty myself, but a program like x-copy I think allows you to copy just the bootblock.

[bastajn76]

I will try it out, thanks for your input.

Can anybody confirm this, or any other method?

Thanks, Justin

[orange]

sure x-copy can do it (d-copy is also very nice). just set the  end track to 1. BTW, I'm not sure if its both sides or (probably) just one.
Still, I'd use DMS (or for eg. antivirus like BootX) so that you have bootblock in a file on HDD for easy,fast access and as reliable backup.

[bastajn76]

Hi orange,

I tried the method you suggested with XCopy, but had no joy.  I set the end track to 01, and selected only the TOP side.  When i boot the disk, it loaded as per normal with the old boot sector.

I have a memory selector (loader) on the boot sector of one disk.  I would like to copy this loader onto another disk, so i don't have to switch off my expanded memory.

Am i doing something wrong, or barking up the wrong tree?

Any advice would always be appreciated.

Kind regards,
Justin

[madsjm]

There are numerous utilities on Aminet which copy the boot block.

Examples:
http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/2b_InBoot
http://aminet.net/package/util/virus/BootBase

Search:
http://aminet.net/search?query=boot+block

[BooBoo1200]

Its track 40

[skurk]

BooBoo1200 wrote:
Its track 40

Track 0.  Track 40 holds the root block (directory index).

[Ilwrath]

I tried the method you suggested with XCopy, but had no joy. I set the end track to 01, and selected only the TOP side.

Hmm...  Try it with both sides, or just bottom, perhaps?  
Doesn't the Amiga read bottom then top?  (Honestly, I forget, it's been a really long time since I messed around much with custom floppies...  But I seem to remember that tripping me up back in the day.)

And yes, Track 0 is boot block for sure.