> On Sep 12, 2025, at 3:34 PM, Gabriel González via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. > > I have a usb boot device, I made it with Balena Software. I would like to > enable normal support for USB drivers. I tested > https://github.com/crazii/USBDDOS <https://github.com/crazii/USBDDOS> but > this does not work , this say : > > Devices not found :( > > I'm a little bit disappointed because I thought FreeDOS 1.4 was more > advanced. I a few words, I would like to have a "full setup" for my retro > computer. > > At least I Can use freeDOS directly with the USB Live but I would like to > have a normal setup. > > Why FreeDOS is not ready for this by default ?? > > Thank you for your help ! >
Take a look at these mailing list messages: https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/59126572/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/59126572/> (Using Floppy Edition installer to turn the USB install media into a Portable FreeDOS) https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/59154212/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/59154212/> (Similar to previous link) https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/35911418/ <https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/35911418/> (FreeDOS OEM style install, OS recovery partition on HD) Performing an "OEM style” install onto a USB Stick is similar to the last link, just easier. Boot the USB install media. Quit the installer. Create a new primary DOS partition (FAT-32) on the USB Media. Reboot the install media. Quit the installer. Use FDISK to determine the drive letter assigned to the new partition. Re-launch the installer in advanced mode “setup.bat adv” Answer the prompts, when asked about the target drive verify or change it to the one identified in FDISK. Complete the install. Reboot. The USB will boot the new installation from that new partition (as Drive C:). The partition which contains the FreeDOS Installer and packages will be still available under a direct drive letter (like D:). I consider that old partition with the installer and packages a “recovery partition”. You can then use FDIMPLES to install or remove additional packages directly from the recovery partition. Furthermore, you can later use FDISK to switch the boot partition back to the Installer and perform a clean install if needed.
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