"Arkady V.Belousov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > 9-feb-2005 17:53 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Urban) wrote to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: > > RU> Part of the reason I'm trying to make a USB-stick bootable is to be able > RU> to have a *writeable* removable medium, for example to be able to save > RU> a backup copy of the running BIOS image before flashing. > > But there will be problem, if flashing of newer BIOS edition fails: > boot block of (most) BIOSes supports (blind) booting from diskette (on which > should be present DOS and autoexec.bat, which performs BIOS reflashins), but > not from other devices.
There is some merit to your argument. If the first attempt to flash goes awry, then I have a problem. I can't offhand name other reasons to want to have a writable storage medium under DOS, but presumably there are some. Robert Urban ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
