i *did* make bootable USB sticks with the INBUILT FreeDOS image. Kind of very straight forward. It works, also as bootable usb stick, but the FreeDOS System is rudimentary and you will be lacking the whole installation options from the original FreeDOS install. (However, I couldn’t make an original FreeDOS install working on USB sticks. Kind of too tricky for me. Haven’t got the time to find out)
Liam: does Ventoy write FreeDOS images like Rufus does? best, Thomas > On 30.09.2024, at 13:24, Liam Proven via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 19:17, Orson Yancey via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >> >> I do understand that Rufus is big in the Linux community, but I have not >> been able to >> determine whether Rufus will write images to diskettes. > > No. > > As in, no it's not big in the Linux world; it's not used at all, > because it's a Windows only tool. > > And also, no it can't write diskettes AFAIK. > > If you want to make bootable USB keys easily, I recommend Ventoy these > days. It does work with FreeDOS; I have tried it. > > If you just need to write images to USB, Balena Etcher is free, easy, > looks good. Snag: it is huge, because it is an Electron app. > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
