Hi Anand,
> I'm new to FreeDOS. Could you please help if the FreeDOS supports > hardware/software encrypted USB flash drives? Something like below. > > https://apricorn.com/aegis-secure-key-3 The description sounds as if all security software is running on the stick itself: Once you unlock it, using the keyboard built into the stick, it will probably behave as a normal USB stick. So when you then format it as FAT32 or FAT16, if there are no conflicting requirements by the stick, you should simply be able to use it with generic DOS USB drivers. In some cases, unlocking the key before you boot the PC might be enough: The BIOS could then detect it as normal USB storage and activate legacy "disk" view which can be used by DOS. In other cases, use existing generic USB drivers for DOS, see our website for links :-) The device sounds really nice. Note that you could configure it to stay unlocked during probing, so you do not have to do that several times if booting and driver load probes things. It does not seem to have any requirements about WHAT you put on it, so it is explicitly recommended for embedded devices which need any type of data storage medium :-) > https://www.securedrive.com/product/secureusb-kp-encrypted-flash-drive This also says it uses a built-in keyboard to handle all security activities without interaction with your operating system. So it will probably look like a normal USB stick while unlocked and as such, you can use it in DOS as described above. It explicitly says "Works on and with any OS" and I see no statements telling you that you have to format it as NTFS, EXFAT, FAT, Linux filesystems or any specific format. So why not format it as FAT32 and use it in DOS. Please keep us posted about your experiences with those sticks. Be aware that most DOS USB drivers are at most USB 2.0, so you will get limited speed. Some might even get stuck once in a while, but I guess more fancy drivers work better. Georg Potthast has a free demo (only works a short time after each load) of his shareware style, up to date drivers, for example. Built-in drivers of your BIOS (which make USB storage look like normal disks, often with troubles when you plug or unplug them while DOS is running) also tend to be rather slow, because they are only designed to help a bit with bootable installers on USB media, not for extensive use. Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
