Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS USB installation

2009-01-27 Thread maybeway36
You could also try SYSLINUX and MEMDISK with a small FreeDOS HD image. On my computer, the read-only emulated image was C: and the USB disk itself was D:. -maybeway36 -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Commun

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS USB installation

2009-01-26 Thread Hans
Hi Braden, Try HP's Disk format tool. Although this utility is no longer supported and taken of the HP website you can still find it on the web. Some links to try (I can't remember where I got mine from so be cautious!) http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/f

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS USB installation

2009-01-25 Thread Angel Martin Alganza
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 06:23:57PM +, k...@comcast.net wrote: > Will the EEEpc boot from a USB flash drive? It does. I run Haiku on mine booting from a USB flash drive. Ángel -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: So

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS USB installation

2009-01-25 Thread kd4d
Will the EEEpc boot from a USB flash drive? If so, install FreeDOS on the USB flash from another computer, boot it on the EEEpc, and install FreeDOS "normally" on the EEEpc. Many (probably most) computers with modern BIOSs will recognize a USB flash drive if it is installed at boot time. This

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS USB installation

2009-01-25 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Some options: a) "installing" just means creating MBR, creating bootsector, copying system files plus copying some applicaitons, there is no force to use an installer, you can do this copying steps yourself b) you can boot grub4dos from USB and emulate then the freedos installer iso and install t