> On Feb 26, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Wolfram Volpi <wolf_vo...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I am new to FreeDOS and could use your help. >> I am trying to create a DOS bootable USB drive in for a BIOS update. >> I have done the following twice, with the same result each time. >> >> 1) Use GParted to partition USB drive and set boot flag. >> >> 2) Use UNetbootin to install FreeDOS on partitioned USB drive. >> >> Operating system: Fedora 25, Linux kernel 4.8, Gnome 3.22.2 >> >> USB flash drive: 1.0 GB Drive VBTM Store 'n' Go >> >> What else can I try? > > Some USB drives don't boot, or maybe yours is defective, so you may be > forced to use a different one. > > Normally I'd suggest RUFUS, but that's Windows only: > > http://rufus.akeo.ie/ > > For Linux, try reading Joe Linoff's method of installing: > > http://joelinoff.com/blog/?p=431
On Linux, Unix, BSD and Mac systems, you can just use the ‘dd’ command. For example, your usb flash drive is known to the system as /dev/sdf and you want to put FD12FULL.img on there. Simply running: ‘dd if=FD12FULL.img of=/dev/sdf’ as superuser will do the trick. It will take a little while and would be faster if you add block sizes and counts. But, it will work file without them. The FreeDOS 1.2 USB stick images have a built in partition table. So, make sure you write to the device (like sdf) an not a partition (like sdf0). Also, MAKE SURE OF YOUR TARGET DEVICE!. If you target your the drive with your linux install, you will DESTROY all of the data there. There are only a couple drawbacks to using dd. It is slow. Unless you know how to poll it, you get no progress report. It will create the partition at the same size as in the image file (the whole disk won’t be in that partition). You must be careful when specifying the target device. Oh, also make sure the USB drive is not mounted when you write to it with dd. Jerome ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
