Re: [Freedos-user] USB Stick and Bios

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 09:10, Thomas Cornelius Desi via Freedos-user wrote: > > Does anyone around know if BIOSes in general differentiate between »floppy > drive« or »hard disk« because of an existing MBR (or partition table) or not? Interesting question. Some (older) BIOSes do distinguish

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Stick and Bios

add on: Should I limit partitioning for boot partitions on a usb stick for Booting FreeDos to 8 GB? (Or maybe only 512MB or 256MB which are all more than enough to hold the FreeDOS Kernel and OS progs?) because: > The original BIOS real-mode INT 13h interface supports drives of sizes up to >

[Freedos-user] USB Stick and Bios

I would want to find out if there is any common ground regarding USB Stick formatting and having access to a second USB Stick when booting FreeDOS from a first USB Stick. Does anyone around know if BIOSes in general differentiate between »floppy drive« or »hard disk« because of an existing MBR

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

> Honestly, I don't understand the need for Win98SE (MS-DOS 7.1) here. I did not mean to imply that Win98SE was definitely required, just that I used it in the attempt that ultimately was successful.  I likely had this problem solved a few times without realizing it, since I made numerous bootable

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Hi yet again, This kind of thing is a bit overwhelming to think about. I just don't have enough experience to understand or remember every detail. But I did vaguely remember two old freedos-user messages by Christian Imhorst that may help even further: On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Rugxulo

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Hi again, On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Kevin McCormick wrote: > > Upgrade bios for MSI 7677 H61i-e35 (B3) mini-itx motherboard > > Here are the steps as best I can recall: > ... > > In conclusion, a working DOS usb boot stick seems to be the key, and it was >

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Upgrade bios for MSI 7677 H61i-e35 (B3) mini-itx motherboard Here are the steps as best I can recall:   First download the Windows98SE image (Win98SE_bootdisk.iso) from http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/98.html Second download the bios update .exe (in my case msi_bios_upgrade_7677v63.zip) and

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

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

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Hi again, On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Kevin McCormick wrote: > >> I have created several bootable usb sticks with syslinux and FreeDOS, but >> they enter the FreeDOS Setup menu when they are booted.

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

On 4/7/2018 3:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, N.B. Keep in mind that traditional BIOS (CSM) is going away entirely in favor of UEFI. So, in future, you'll never have this problem again! Well, it's just a trade in, you will just get different problems. Just try to recover a PC (or worse, laptop)

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Hi, N.B. Keep in mind that traditional BIOS (CSM) is going away entirely in favor of UEFI. So, in future, you'll never have this problem again! On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Kevin McCormick wrote: > > I omitted to say that my operating system is Linux, Slackware 14.2.

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

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

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

I omitted to say that my operating system is Linux, Slackware 14.2.  The Windows solutions of Rufus or a dos formatted usb stick don't work for me since these require some form of Windows.  Unetbootin also does not work with FreeDOS I.2, but even with a 1.0 image, the usb stick goes into the setup

Re: [Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Kevin McCormick composed on 2018-04-06 08:58 (UTC-0500): > I subscribed to this list because I am having a lot of trouble making a > simple dos usb stick to upgrade my computer bios.  It is appalling that > the my motherboard manufacturer does not have the tools for linux (or > windows for that

[Freedos-user] usb stick for bios upgrade

Hello all, I subscribed to this list because I am having a lot of trouble making a simple dos usb stick to upgrade my computer bios.  It is appalling that the my motherboard manufacturer does not have the tools for linux (or windows for that matter) and the AMI bios is equally appalling.