Tools for working with floppy emulation boot CDs

• extracting the boot floppy (.IMG) from a CD
  • Windows
    • WinImage (Options > Mode selection > Professional.    Image > Boot sector properties > Export)
    • IsoBuster (File > Open Image File.    Select "Bootable disk", select the ".img" file, and extract it.)
    • CDmage
    • Bart's Boot Image Extractor
    • BootExtract
    • (more, though most are suited to hard-disk images)
  • Linux
    • 7zip (when working with ISOs, it provides the pseudo-folder '[BOOT]')
    • geteltorito.pl (explanation of why dd alone isn't sufficient)
• looking inside .IMGs and .ISOs
  • Windows
    • WinImage
    • IsoBuster
    • 7-Zip (find in Explorer.exe, right click, 7-Zip, Open Archive)
    • more
  • Linux
    • loopback
• modifying .ISOs
  • Windows
    • MagicISO
    • PowerISO
    • UltraISO
    • Daemon Tools
    • more
  • Linux
    • mount -o loop
    • ISO Master
• creating floppy .IMGs
  • Windows
    • WinImage
    • Bart's BFI and MKBT (get the bootsector file for MKBT from BFD/os/md701bootsect.bin)
  • Linux
    • dd + mkdosfs
• modifying floppy .IMGs
  • Windows
    • WinImage
  • Linux
    • loopback is all that's needed
• adding a boot floppy to a CD
  • Windows
    • full-fledged CD burners
      • Nero
      • Nero Express
      • Roxio Classic
    • output ISOs only
      • Bart's BCD (centered around mkisofs.exe)
      • Magic ISO (File > New > Bootable CD/DVD image)
  • Linux
    • mkisofs -b floppy.img (also available for win32)