[Freedos-user] boot from usb

2014-03-17 Thread kurt godel
I have used unetbootin to put freedos on the stick; works well. the problem is with the flash drives themselves Older drives were simple, with no HPA(host protected access) partitions. Most of the current crop of these drives have this garbage on them, and what's worse, it seems to bee mask pr

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot from USB

2014-03-09 Thread Matej Horvat
Yes. If you are on Windows, Rufus is helpful: http://rufus.akeo.ie/ It will only install a very minimal installation (kernel, FreeCOM, and keyboard layout), so you will have to install almost everything yourself. -- Su

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot from USB

2014-03-09 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mar 9, 2014 2:59 PM, "Xianwen Chen" wrote: > > I'd like to try FreeDOS without installing it to a hard drive. > Is it possible to boot FreeDOS from USB, for example via syslinux? If you have access to a modern Windows host, try the RUFUS installer: http://rufus.akeo.ie/ Or try UNetBootI

[Freedos-user] Boot from USB

2014-03-09 Thread Xianwen Chen
Hi guys, I'd like to try FreeDOS without installing it to a hard drive. Is it possible to boot FreeDOS from USB, for example via syslinux? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Xianwen -- Subversion Kills Productivity. Get o