On 11/15/2020 6:27 AM, Marv wrote:
I was under the impression an external USB floppy wouldn't work under
FreeDOS 1.3, but I just noticed my installation of FreeDOS 1.3 on a
circa 2011 Gateway laptop with an external USB Chuanganzhuo floppy
does work.
I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using
Yep, that is correct. Due to it, I had to recompile my own OpenWatcom build
using a different extender for runtime to continue using it (which is fine).
I also continue investigating the root cause of that limitation. Just spoke
to rEFInd developer to assess his opinion. Seems that he shares one of
Hi Marv,
> I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using on the Gateway, but if I plug the
> floppy into my HP Windows 10 laptop, it says it's a TEAC USB UF1000x USB
FreeDOS does not use any USB driver by default, as far as I know.
So you probably have USB storage device support in your BIOS and
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I was under the impression an external USB floppy wouldn't work under
FreeDOS 1.3, but I just noticed my installation of FreeDOS 1.3 on a circa
2011 Gateway laptop with an external USB Chuanganzhuo floppy does work.
I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using on the Gateway, but if I plug the
floppy