I agree, that's the way it should work. Make sure it's formatted in Fat.
Also make sure the file is in the correct folder and has the correct name.
On 04/07/2018 09:08 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
Hi Kevin,
the point was that if you have a modern BIOS, it will
just look for a data file on a FAT-formatted USB stick
and then update *itself* - You do NOT have to boot any
DOS from the stick to do that. Of course you can exit
the setup of FreeDOS 1.0 or 1.2 or skip entering it.
Trying to follow the "flashing BIOS" instructions for
cases when you had to use old DOS executables as flash
tool might be a waste of effort with more modern BIOS.
Please check whether your BIOS really wants to run a
DOS exe file for anything. More likely, it does not.
If your BIOS just needs a data file, then you do NOT
have to install any DOS on the stick at all. Simply
make sure that the stick is FAT formatted and not
NTFS or ExFAT formatted, then copy your BIOS data
to the stick and let the BIOS do the rest at boot.
Cheers, Eric
PS: You could use GPARTED to check and modify which
filesystem your stick uses, with user-friendly GUI.
Just make sure to write the stick, not OTHER disks.
PPS: IF you find out that you really want to run DOS
executables, you can install a boot floppy image on
a stick instead of using entire DOS distro images.
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