This has to be done by a burning program that supports making Bootable CDs.
Bootable CDs are created using the so-called 'El Torito' specification.
This is an extension of the ISO 9660 standard which controls the structure of
Data CDs"...

IBM, and  Phoenix Technologies started it...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q167685
It is regretably in Microspeak...

The Nero (burning) help file is at least as good as the MS KB above, but Nero
is more clear...

                                 Rick Glazier

From: "JMB" <[log in to unmask]>
> Hope this is the right forum!  I have a Win 98 computer with a CD-RW.
> What I need to do is creat a bootable CD-R with DOS as the OS. Can this
> be done... (snipped)

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