Q. How does one make a Windows 2000 boot floppy?
A. There are four Windows 2000 Setup Boot floppies. The first one is bootable. To make a set of these disks, insert the Windows 2000 CD in a CD-ROM drive on any computer running Windows or MS-DOS with the drivers for CD-ROM drive access.
In Windows 2000, 9X or Me: Start, Run, enter D:\bootdisk\ makebt32 a: where D: is your CD-ROM drive.
In Windows 9X or Me: Start, Run, enter D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: where D: is your CD-ROM drive.
Microsoft Knowledgebase Article Q197063 says to use makebt32.exe for Windows 9X/Me and makeboot for Windows 2000/NT. Those directions are backwards from what worked for me.
From a DOS or Windows 98/Me boot/Startup floppy (
http://duxcw.com/digest/Fromshop/software/windows/startup/startup.htm,
http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/software/windows/winme/startup/page1.html)
D:\bootdisk>makeboot a:
Windows 2000 Pro boot disks are not compatible with Windows 2000 Server and vice versa.