Warren Block wrote:
> mkisofs can be used to create bootable CDs with a DOS floppy image. The
> DOS system has to set up CD support, and the additional files end up
> being on that "drive". See
This is a problem, I think. The supplied FreeDOS boot floppies won't
support USB CD-ROM drives.
On May 25, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Warren Block wrote:
This worked for me with a Win95 install floppy, which sets up the
CD drive correctly. I don't know if FreeDOS is compatible enough
to be a safe way to try BIOS upgrades.
There are some board makers who have flashable cards who use it in
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On Thu, 25 May 2006, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
Problem is: How do I install the boot code on the drive? FreeDOS
provides a floppy-image, so I thought I could just dd that to my USB
drive, and boot off of that. But I need to put the BIOS upgrade utility
on the disk as well, and it is 784 kiB.
Jason L. Ellison wrote:
> I had a situation with needing to boot into dos to flash firmware. I
> booted using a Freedos CD with my utilities on the same CD. I think I had
> to create a RAM drive to use the firmware upgrade utility.
How did you create such a CD?
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Derek Ragona wrote:
> go to bootdisk.org and download a suitable verision. There are many
> floppy images there. For instance the win98 diskette version, when
> booted creates a ramdrive you can switch to, then change the usb disk.
> Or boot with two usb drives inserted, the bootable one and the
Svein,
I had a situation with needing to boot into dos to flash firmware. I
booted using a Freedos CD with my utilities on the same CD. I think I had
to create a RAM drive to use the firmware upgrade utility.
-Jason Ellison
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
> Adrian Pavone w
You have a few options:
go to bootdisk.org and download a suitable verision. There are many floppy
images there. For instance the win98 diskette version, when booted creates
a ramdrive you can switch to, then change the usb disk. Or boot with two
usb drives inserted, the bootable one and th
Adrian Pavone wrote:
> What about using 2 floppies? The first, your FreeDOS disk, to boot from,
> then, once booted, change to the disk you have put the BIOS executable on?
I don't have a floppy drive. I don't think I've even seen a floppy disk
in several years, much less used one.
Svein
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What about using 2 floppies? The first, your FreeDOS disk, to boot from,
then, once booted, change to the disk you have put the BIOS executable on?
Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
> I have a problem with my laptop, and before Dell will consider taking i
