On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 23:30, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can install DOS without any .ISO, though. Granted, that will be > very minimal, so you'll need to copy files manually later. But, > strictly speaking, it comes with a FreeDOS kernel and shell, so you > can install FreeDOS without downloading the whole live .ISO. It can > also (or used to, at least) use the "system disk" of MS-DOS from > Windows' DISKCOPY.DLL. So again, no .ISO needed (assuming you still > have a working BIOS that can actually run DOS).
Sure, yes. Or from a USB floppy drive if you have one. But nothing much bigger than DOS will fit onto a floppy. > But yes, generally it's useful for putting Linux .ISOs on a USB > bootable jump drive for live testing. I _think_ I have tested Rufus on a Linux ISO and it worked, but I find other tools generally *much* quicker. There's always a tradeoff. Rufus is tiny and doesn't even need to be installed, but it is slow to run: quick download, slow operation. Etcher is huge, but writes fast: slow download, fast operation. There are many others, too: https://www.tecmint.com/linux-bootable-usb-creators/ -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
