Hi,

Since this is a FreeDOS group, I'm going to assume this is the operating
system you want to boot. I believe that you can create a working FreeDOS
installation on USB, however I can't test it this evening, as I am busy
doing other testing, of an alcohol based nature!

I'd say give it a go. What's the worse that can happen?

On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, 18:12 Aitor Santamaría, <aitor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind
> it?
> I don't get a clear picture of how this software operates, either reading
> the site or the wikipedia:
>
> It makes "bootable USB" and supports "a variety of ISO", so
> (a) does it make truly bootable drives, like "SYS D:", where the drive
> gets a OS file (rewritable) distribution, after transferring the files to
> the drive (mimicking a INSTALL)?
> (b) copies the ISO into the drive, and somehow mounts the ISO file and
> boots from there, thereby creating a read-only in memory drive?
> (c) ...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Aitor
>
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