HI thanks for this great list! I was actually tinkering with 512 MB USB Sticks because I thought that there might be a difference when it comes to use TWO USB-Sticks at the same time. (like C: and D: ) I don’t know why this strategy SOMETIMES works - and sometimes it doesn’t. Maybe it has got to do with other reasons than the size of the sticks? (My thinking was - is? - : "small is better«)
Any ideas? Thomas > On 06.05.2024, at 03:55, Robert Thorpe via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > There are advantages to installing FreeDOS natively - it is faster. On > the other hand, I don't think there are many advantages to giving > FreeDOS gigabytes of space. DOS programs just don't need it. > > So, I installed FreeDOS on an 8GB USB pendrive. (I don't think that even > 2GB is really needed.) > > On the internet there are guides on doing this. I think I found a way > that's simpler than all of them and requires no proprietary tools. > > * Download the FreeDOS USB installer. > * Copy the img to a small (1GB) USB key. I used "dd" for this but > there are many options. > * Take another larger USB key and format it to FAT32. You can use > Windows or use mkfs.fat on Linux. > * Put a small file with a memorable name on this one. > * Setup your PC's BIOS to boot into DOS. > ** Enable Legacy boot. > ** Enable legacy option ROMs. > * Plug in both USB keys. > * Boot into the FreeDOS installer. > * Drop out of the installer and do FDISK /STATUS. > ** This should show you that the larger USB key is present. > ** This will give you a drive letter for the larger USB key. > * Change to that drive letter by typing D:, E:, or whatever. > * Check that the "small file with a memorable name" is there. > * Go back into the FreeDOS installer/package manager by typing FDIMPLES. > * Choose to install everything to the drive letter found earlier. > ** Note that if you get the drive letter wrong you could wipe over your > something you want to keep on another internal drive. > * Take out the first USB key (you can reformat it and reuse it). > * Reboot with the second USB key in place. > > I expect that some people around here know that you can do this. I'm > just archiving it for posterity so someone searching the web can find it. > > BR, > Robert Thorpe > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
