From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 06:09:58 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F05B3AE6E7 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:09:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.131]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BYSfC5yn8z4CRJ for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:09:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([178.12.118.210]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue011 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MhlbM-1kmo982ZCi-00dq9h; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 08:09:50 +0200 Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 08:09:50 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: Karl Dunn , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-Id: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:osVcB8arlALuOOYwTg77gjgRSCe84d00Ji+5OZUrSphb8Y3E25I NZZYqZRAtJypcSvYrnbVzwx7zP46616QgVHRL+f6ZvkUEjSKhTSnmqyZ0jSNeHK3LdeZ6u1 afP3Poq5TPUVWVVJGdfb7yQF6//9DGQ3GimxYRLWHZDlVgv64VeU8stxycB9MIhIoSeRivX /clHmCkFaBKP7LBY/hhAA== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:AUIcjTcUGqA=:aGKRXADRRS8zBFw7MG9qMX B+cKixqC8oV+VJK04b5HcoSAec6waIZBpGrF99uNxj2nStXP8N9RPgU49YqdCqvPzwHj1/FLN rH9meT+Ab4QNkxoFe+Cs3F5l6SY/8fkpttJf5V5Uyqden3mEugX1NpMD8PIxFrsCPtTYtyG1O UKeFLbbjmovvnTbp0EiNhoTgzJxuWJKIulW98GzOn0Js2e9UbmRCCkUL6FoGweB1U0yTFohvm RFDH6XEbyYW7+f7vWIQ7cyWMW5KdgM7nt3bnHMzkHwz80mQZ725Di8L2xY04qJfOXmmlcXwln 91s8fzOeWHTqN04V+3/02+AisGTH9vE3vsDgtEkmTp6h+vDpLdYeYi1rzDc/oykQQwbWCv5lS voSgt1YfY6JqgW5RdkwKp5lZsrGIaEj/dWyd2IUeJUnrEQVZ43iOVDh9Rpz9PIWxApFN9rKjx 9fDmAOBCcPMQeaLQQnuqp4Ns6COLIIiWvGjX6iefoHHc6k0dS0KVwjYU91eTW7MLLuadvvYIg 6ibprgkzCKPKQroCAVSaycDf/b8rvAhsiNbcScdDiPFma+wus7g7zE/HIlHEAeS+/MChJVMLg K2cR8vbINzq+U+lgatjkv7ZXNhtORjv5wY2QRGC5iuv/q82NeN5jdYJvSm73tG+O1A7XQKGpR cHCOiAfwmRokyMwd8m7hdDiD75x+gj32AwaF4QH0D9iemCAfvnSUtEu/A8xQ3G/beoTJCUIRs 2hOCnnHO+XYPlV4qHT4K+l2sIelj6VGoNpSGP3dGZnvO1Qbxzf9TgsCDMWv+HgUMsPExS3opx d6aLjUzwUeIG/DHjTWNbByqUlYPL64X6VZnNrxbQASTU87/P8Nrv6SItpmaheU/m2OIdi61 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYSfC5yn8z4CRJ X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@edvax.de has no SPF policy when checking 212.227.126.131) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.50 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[178.12.118.210:received]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.10)[0.103]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[212.227.126.131:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[212.227.126.131:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:09:58 -0000 On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:04:40 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > So the long and short is > it all depends. You are correct when I did run that specific version on a > MSDOS6 mem stick I made it said it didn't run in dos mode. The program in question is _not_ a DOS program, instead it is a "Windows Console App", i. e., something that requires a running instance of "Windows" in order to be executed. The easiest solution probably is to try to get a "Windows XP" image to boot from a sufficiently big USB stick, and then run the program from there, instead of wasting a whole PC for this one-time action (searching, ordering, packaging, shipping, unboxing, disposing - lots of time, money, and electronic garbage wasted). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...