The PE format uses a DOS stub prefix which usually handles DOS execution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable#History
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:10 AM Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I have an example (from Dell):
>
>
> https://www.dell
I have an example (from Dell):
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tjgkp&oscode=w764&productcode=optiplex-3020m-desktop
the page says: "This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The
Universal
(Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from
On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 17:01, Frantisek Rysanek
wrote:
> That's a good point, never thought about that :-)
"This isn't my first rodeo."
>
> > Non-technical users (that is, most of them) would not know what to do
> > with a Zip file.
> >
> Ooompfh! :-) :-) :-)
> Clearly Mr. Proven you have much
On 28 Jun 2021 at 14:09, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user
> wrote:
> >
> > More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS)
> > claiming to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS
> > but found the programs were Windows exe and
On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS)
> claiming to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS
> but found the programs were Windows exe and would not run on FreeDOS.
Question:
Is it possible the d
(while reading question 1 of the survey...)
More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS) claiming
to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS
but found the programs were Windows exe and would not run on FreeDOS.
It is becoming less a problem because UEFI firmware (EzFla
