Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-14 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Wayne Graves wrote: > > I can boot anything and I have a system in the corner that has 12 TB of disk > on it which I can build anything on. I just want to know how to get a > bootable USB up with freedos running and maybe this will do it, thanks. Like I said,

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-14 Thread Mark Brown
>Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit > >The USB drivers make a flash drive look like a removable hard drive, not a >floppy drive (though the drivers will also work with a USB floppy drive).  You >can't start with a floppy image. > >If the BIO

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Bret Johnson
The USB drivers make a flash drive look like a removable hard drive, not a floppy drive (though the drivers will also work with a USB floppy drive). You can't start with a floppy image. If the BIOS will correctly boot from an external USB hard drive or flash drive, you can simply use the stand

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 14-10-2011 0:55, Wayne Graves schreef: > I can boot anything and I have a system in the corner that has 12 TB of > disk on it which I can build anything on. I just want to know how to get > a bootable USB up with freedos running and maybe this will do it, thanks. The difficult way I used was us

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Wayne Graves
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit Op 14-10-2011 0:25, Bret Johnson schreef: > Using my USB drivers, it is possible to make a bootable USB disk or > manipulate partitions just using standard DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 14-10-2011 0:25, Bret Johnson schreef: > Using my USB drivers, it is possible to make a bootable USB disk or > manipulate partitions just using standard DOS tools (FORMAT, FDISK, SYS, > etc.). You don't necessarily need Windows or *nix to do that. The drivers > still have a long ways to go

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Wayne Graves wrote: > > Where do I find your USB drivers Bret  and any information on how to use > them ? http://www.bretjohnson.us/ -- All the data continuously generated in y

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Wayne Graves
Where do I find your USB drivers Bret  and any information on how to use them ? From: Bret Johnson To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit >

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Bret Johnson
> I'm retired and I fool around with lots of hardware, some of which > is nothing more then a motherboard, a keyboard and a lcd. Virtually > all motherboards come with a USB. Also when I have to deal with a > broken disk Spinrite is great but not if you can't boot it. Some > claim it will run great

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Wayne Graves
o: Wayne Graves ; freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit Hi, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Wayne Graves wrote: > >  I needed something standalone to run dos disk tools with and wa

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Wayne Graves wrote: > >  I needed something standalone to run dos disk tools with and was hoping to > use Freedos. DOS disk tools on FreeDOS? Shouldn't be a problem. ;-) > I was also trying to figure out a way to get Spinrite to run on a fob. Spinrite (fa

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Wayne Graves
ser@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit Op 13-10-2011 21:44, Wayne Graves schreef: > Unlike .exe's you can't set compatability on .com's > > I suspect sys.com just writes the boot blo

Re: [Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 13-10-2011 21:44, Wayne Graves schreef: > Unlike .exe's you can't set compatability on .com's > > I suspect sys.com just writes the boot block on the target device ? Any > sugestions ? > Thanks Microsoft removed the 16bit compatibility layer on 64bit operating systems, sorry. As we don't have

[Freedos-user] sys.com not executable on Windows 7 64bit

2011-10-13 Thread Wayne Graves
I was trying to create a bootable fob on Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit SP1, but sys.com won't execute,The Error I get is... This version of sys.com is not compatible with the version of  Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32- bit) or