Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-20 Thread Liam Proven
On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 23:30, Rugxulo wrote: > > You can install DOS without any .ISO, though. Granted, that will be > very minimal, so you'll need to copy files manually later. But, > strictly speaking, it comes with a FreeDOS kernel and shell, so you > can install FreeDOS without downloading the

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-19 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:22 AM Liam Proven wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 18:12, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > > > To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind > > it? > > Simple answer: > > Rufus is a Windows tool for making bootable USB keys from ISO images

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-19 Thread Liam Proven
On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 22:45, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > Thanks, Liam. > > I was looking for the complicated one. :) Please bottom-post on mailing lists. In Gmail, as I am now, press Ctrl-A to select all, then trim and type your answer below. I like Rufus and it's a handy tool around, but Vent

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-19 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Thanks, Liam. I was looking for the complicated one. :) Aitor On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 17:22, Liam Proven wrote: > On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 18:12, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > > > To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept > behind it? > > Um. I am not sure I understand t

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-19 Thread Liam Proven
On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 at 18:12, Aitor Santamaría wrote: > > To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind it? Um. I am not sure I understand the question. Either it is a very very simple question, or a very complicated one. Simple answer: Rufus is a Windows tool for ma

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-18 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Thanks for the explanation, Jeremy. Perhaps I was looking for a more technical discussion than the average user, but your mail was exactly what I was looking for. Aitor On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 00:48, Kenneth Davis wrote: > On Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 2:11 PM Aitor Santamaría wrote: > >> Hello, >> >

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-18 Thread Kenneth Davis
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023, 2:11 PM Aitor Santamaría wrote: > Hello, > > To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind > it? > I don't get a clear picture of how this software operates, either reading > the site or the wikipedia: > > It makes "bootable USB" and supports "a v

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-18 Thread Michał Dec
Hi, RUFUS is basically dd for Windows babies. Best regards, Michał W dniu 18.03.2023 o 19:10, Aitor Santamaría pisze: Hello, To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind it? I don't get a clear picture of how this software operates, either reading the site or t

Re: [Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-18 Thread John Vella
Hi, Since this is a FreeDOS group, I'm going to assume this is the operating system you want to boot. I believe that you can create a working FreeDOS installation on USB, however I can't test it this evening, as I am busy doing other testing, of an alcohol based nature! I'd say give it a go. What

[Freedos-user] Concept behind RUFUS

2023-03-18 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Hello, To those that have used/experience with RUFUS: what is the concept behind it? I don't get a clear picture of how this software operates, either reading the site or the wikipedia: It makes "bootable USB" and supports "a variety of ISO", so (a) does it make truly bootable drives, like "SYS D