Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit
The USB drivers make a flash drive look like a removable hard drive, not a
floppy drive (though the drivers will also work with a USB floppy drive). You
can't start with a floppy image.
If the BIOS will correctly boot from
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Wayne Graves wrgra...@yahoo.com wrote:
I can boot anything and I have a system in the corner that has 12 TB of disk
on it which I can build anything on. I just want to know how to get a
bootable USB up with freedos running and maybe this will do it,
Op 13-10-2011 21:44, Wayne Graves schreef:
Unlike .exe's you can't set compatability on .com's
I suspect sys.com just writes the boot block on the target device ? Any
sugestions ?
Thanks
Microsoft removed the 16bit compatibility layer on 64bit operating
systems, sorry. As we don't have a
: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit
Op 13-10-2011 21:44, Wayne Graves schreef:
Unlike .exe's you can't set compatability on .com's
I suspect sys.com just writes the boot block on the target device ? Any
sugestions ?
Thanks
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Wayne Graves wrgra...@yahoo.com wrote:
I needed something standalone to run dos disk tools with and was hoping to
use Freedos.
DOS disk tools on FreeDOS? Shouldn't be a problem. ;-)
I was also trying to figure out a way to get Spinrite to run on a
Graves wrgra...@yahoo.com; freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Wayne Graves wrgra...@yahoo.com wrote:
I needed something standalone to run dos disk tools
I'm retired and I fool around with lots of hardware, some of which
is nothing more then a motherboard, a keyboard and a lcd. Virtually
all motherboards come with a USB. Also when I have to deal with a
broken disk Spinrite is great but not if you can't boot it. Some
claim it will run great
Where do I find your USB drivers Bret and any information on how to use them ?
From: Bret Johnson bretj...@juno.com
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7
Hi again,
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Wayne Graves wrgra...@yahoo.com wrote:
Where do I find your USB drivers Bret and any information on how to use
them ?
http://www.bretjohnson.us/
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Op 14-10-2011 0:25, Bret Johnson schreef:
Using my USB drivers, it is possible to make a bootable USB disk or
manipulate partitions just using standard DOS tools (FORMAT, FDISK, SYS,
etc.). You don't necessarily need Windows or *nix to do that. The drivers
still have a long ways to go
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit
Op 14-10-2011 0:25, Bret Johnson schreef:
Using my USB drivers, it is possible to make a bootable USB disk or
manipulate partitions just using standard
Op 14-10-2011 0:55, Wayne Graves schreef:
I can boot anything and I have a system in the corner that has 12 TB of
disk on it which I can build anything on. I just want to know how to get
a bootable USB up with freedos running and maybe this will do it, thanks.
The difficult way I used was
The USB drivers make a flash drive look like a removable hard drive, not a
floppy drive (though the drivers will also work with a USB floppy drive). You
can't start with a floppy image.
If the BIOS will correctly boot from an external USB hard drive or flash drive,
you can simply use the
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