Hi, On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > >> On Aug 12, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Pierre LaMontagne <plamo...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> Isn't USB 1.1 & 2.0 supposed to be compatible? My 2.0 flash drive wasn't >> recognized on >> my FD 1.1 USB PC. Is there a util that can list available drives like in in >> Win & in Linux? > > There is some support for USB devices in the util/usbdos packages. But, I’ve > never messed > with it and don’t know what things it supports. > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.2/pkg-html/usbdos.html
That only supports UHCI-type controllers. So USB is not well supported under DOS (due to heavy complexity). Although some (modern?) BIOSes can treat a jump drive as hard disk (but you can't hotswap / add+remove them, you have to reboot). Your PIII might not be new enough for that support, dunno. (Stating the obvious: you may wish to try Linux [old ZipSlack? TinyCore? antiX?] or FreeBSD or similar for better USB access. Dual booting shouldn't be too hard.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
