Hi,
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 7-6-2011 23:46, Rugxulo schreef:
>
>> VirtualBox may?? support USB booting (or at least reading) nowadays,
>> but I've never bothered.
>
> My idea is indeed to find a boot environment for USB flash media, and
> test the following:
> * i
Op 7-6-2011 23:46, Rugxulo schreef:
> VirtualBox may?? support USB booting (or at least reading) nowadays,
> but I've never bothered.
My idea is indeed to find a boot environment for USB flash media, and
test the following:
* is USB seen as A: or C:
* can I boot it directly
* can I boot DOS throug
Op 8-6-2011 1:22, Eric Auer schreef:
> Not really - www.coreboot.org/SeaBIOS you can simply load an UEFI
> payload which implements the classic PC BIOS interface. Actually
> it seems that modern BIOSes already do this and just do not talk
> much about also supporting UEFI, maybe because Windows sti
Hoi Bernd,
> As Tom already mentioned, FreeDOS is usually included (typically on the
> support CD) as an 'in-your-face' towards Microsoft with their 'every PC
> has to be sold with an OS'...
> However with the move of motherboard companies as well as BIOS writers
> AMI and Award/Phoenix towar
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 7-6-2011 21:01, Mike Eriksen schreef:
>
> I've never managed to succesfully create & test any bootable USB flash
> disc. I'm not aware of any emulation/virtualisation software supporting
> USB booting for easy testing, and my motherboar
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Robert Riebisch wrote:
> Mike Eriksen wrote:
>
>>> Graphics or X11? I'd be surprised about GUI stuff. Sure, I've tried
>>> BasicLinux and DamnSmallLinux, even briefly TinyCore, but they all
>>> seem to be too minimal or have other issues. I'm not saying it can't
>>>
Mike Eriksen wrote:
>> Graphics or X11? I'd be surprised about GUI stuff. Sure, I've tried
>> BasicLinux and DamnSmallLinux, even briefly TinyCore, but they all
>> seem to be too minimal or have other issues. I'm not saying it can't
>> be done, but, 99% of the time, it never worked right for me.
>
Op 7-6-2011 21:01, Mike Eriksen schreef:
> If Linux counts as "a more powerful/modern" OS I yet haven't failed to
> make a bootable USB key. It may require some brute force like wiping
> the entire disk out with zeros and then start from scratch -
> partitioning, putting on a MBR, formatting and ev
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> The problem ofcourse is getting a more powerful/modern operating system
> on a internet-connected yet stand-alone machine. Resorting to making USB
> sticks bootable (any 100% way to do so?) and testing them, or getting
> SATA optical drives is
Op 7-6-2011 20:05, Willi Wasser schreef:
> I really didn't expect to trigger so much controversy with my initial
> questions. And i found it interesting to learn that companies like HP and
> DELL still offer DOS. But if one takes a closer look, it becomes soon clear,
> that DOS for them is more
I really didn't expect to trigger so much controversy with my initial
questions. And i found it interesting to learn that companies like HP and DELL
still offer DOS. But if one takes a closer look, it becomes soon clear, that
DOS for them is more like the "compact spare wheel" of modern cars tha
On 06/06/2011 10:19 PM, Pat Villani wrote:
> Oh, I know that. Last year I spent several months talking to them and
> HP was bold enough to say "WHo needs you. It's free." Complete
> ignorance on their part, which makes me very happy I left the several
> years ago.
>
> Point is that they do distr
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