On 7/10/2022 2:46 PM, Nico via Freedos-user wrote:
hi,
I would like to create a minimal bootable image for a USB drive (or
other formats, maybe even floppies, but USB is the focus) that boots
into a single application (in my case, a custom minimal word
processor, although freeDOS EDIT is a decent start for what I want) to
create a kind of "typewriter on a USB drive", that will work on any
hardware you throw it at and provide an environment for writing in. (I
understand that this is very niche)
freeDOS seemed like an ideal platform for this to me, as it seems
small, boots very fast, runs on all kinds of PC hardware, lets me
develop my application in C without having to go bare-metal, etc.
I understand that freeDOS can be installed from a booted USB drive,
but could I create a custom USB image that, instead of containing the
installer, contains my small word processor which starts at boot? Or
is freeDOS not a good base for this utility?
Not quite sure what exactly your problem is?
Just create a basic bootable USB stick and start whatever application
you like in the autoexec.bat...
Ralf
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