Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Bill Haught wrote: > You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for > US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). I got a 32GB Micro Center branded USB drive at their location in NYC for $15, and a 32GB Micro Center microSD card with full siz

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Bill Haught
USB drive, of course. On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:41 PM, Bill Haught wrote: You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). -- Want fast and easy acces

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Bill Haught
You can get a 16GB flash drive at MaoMart, I mean Walmart, of course for US$12.97 (at least in Cleveland, OH). -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting Felix Miata : > >> On 2014-07-12 12:03 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: >> >>> I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a >>> computer that needs a BIOS update. But! the smallest >>> boot diskette I can make

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-07-16 10:37 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: > Changing diskettes to the one with the flash program and bios image > fails for some reason when changing diskettes. > Ideas? 1-configure a boot floppy with USB support 2-put the flash program and new BIOS file on a USB stick 3-try flashing

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Matej Horvat
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:37:28 +0200, Dave Stevens wrote: > I don't have a spare hard drive to use. I tried rufus and it ALMOST > does what I want but seems to be set up to install freedos on a drive. No, it's not. Did you give it an ISO image? You can just choose "Create a bootable disk using F

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-16 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Felix Miata : > On 2014-07-12 12:03 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: > >> I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a >> computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable >> DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program >> and

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Matej Horvat : > On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:26:52 +0200, Dave Stevens wrote: > >> Quoting dmccunney : >> >>> Will your computer boot from USB? (This is normally a BIOS option, >>> where you would select the USB device as the first thing to try to >>> boot from.) >>> >>> If so, you might be a

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread Matej Horvat
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:26:52 +0200, Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting dmccunney : > >> Will your computer boot from USB? (This is normally a BIOS option, >> where you would select the USB device as the first thing to try to >> boot from.) >> >> If so, you might be able to create a bootable USB with

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting dmccunney : > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: >> >> I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a >> computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable >> DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program >> and t

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a > computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable > DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program > and the BIOS update will be copie

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-07-12 12:03 (GMT-0700) Dave Stevens composed: > I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a > computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable > DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program > and the BIOS update will be copied

[Freedos-user] newbie help?

2014-07-12 Thread Dave Stevens
Hi, I need to make a bootable DOS disk and don't see how. I have a computer that needs a BIOS update. Instructions are to make a bootable DOZ diskette, boot from that, run the manufactorer's update program and the BIOS update will be copied into the ROM. But! the smallest boot diskette I c

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help: your time please :(

2005-09-24 Thread Carl Spitzer
On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:19 +0200, Andre Tertling wrote: > Gildor Inglorion wrote: > > i am using linux and i downloaded the .img bootdisk > > image from the download page. > > I don't know what to do with such file. I mounted it > > on a dir, then i mcpied its contents to a disk, but > > the disk

[Freedos-user] Θέμα: Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help: yo ur time please :(

2005-09-22 Thread Gildor Inglorion
Very kind of you, and Eric :) > In Linux, you can insert a blank floppy in the > first drive and issue the command: > dd if=???.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880 > from the comman line, where ???.img is replaced by > the name of the "img" file you are using. > Ken Martwick > > On Thu, Sep 22, 200

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help: your time please :(

2005-09-22 Thread Ken Martwick
In Linux, you can insert a blank floppy in the first drive and issue the command: dd if=???.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880 from the comman line, where ???.img is replaced by the name of the "img" file you are using. Ken Martwick On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:59:26AM +0100, Gildor Inglorion wrote:

Re: [Freedos-user] newbie help: your time please :(

2005-09-22 Thread Andre Tertling
Gildor Inglorion wrote: i am using linux and i downloaded the .img bootdisk image from the download page. I don't know what to do with such file. I mounted it on a dir, then i mcpied its contents to a disk, but the disk couldn't boot The .img file represents a 1:1 image of the boot disk. You

[Freedos-user] newbie help: your time please :(

2005-09-22 Thread Gildor Inglorion
i know that you talk mostly on hihg-level themes concerning freedos programming and such, and i think that newbie questions can easily be overlooked, but please, offer me some time because i need your help i am using linux and i downloaded the .img bootdisk image from the download page. I don't