From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 12:36:22 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 F2E913B992A for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) (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 4BYdD559zFz4Z8H for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:36:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([178.12.118.210]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MHX3X-1kMP4725LN-00DbkE; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:36:18 +0200 Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:36:18 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Tomasz CEDRO Cc: Aryeh Friedman , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-Id: <20200822143618.51b210c2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> 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:/PHi9zQHvlxGz1WLaP3TAGzX7OxmkmWikBIHRCwfvuOdDfXGUbK mNsfOP4rWYxdN8IAk8J263e7s+gZxdxOJj3e8dtBDpOk0D9z00Dqw7r2IhIyYeqKILjCl/7 1zuhnYvIqs9mHWU9WrlIurb7E238iUMcWpEkFyg70U2endNkn7rg/cp6HBOhdJ0dDi6kDo+ EYe/P6SlB2gdG/hP7PyHg== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:rl5eeIb7CNc=:a/wDBFQouDi+LD7B+ofAr3 PkDappPzZY12WSHxdV9roAiGnAVwZwnP6Lo6Oe2uNCLjwFn+tepXizkp07UB/5OLAQOzY+Alc vDMME3X6kACf09mMFwMVKzY7242qrwwWGTx7ehfgmluYxPbp72seYASAEFGHCkIoS/oZTSN4b 8x1K8vB9D2ai2zkvA/mtD1fMi8wIC054fTZ8Q8Z9wbtTYGAZ3BAamoiaXQAifMPy/QSm1OQgX fxt4lmcEpZYAv3tEhg/afps86EljR/PCoNUmUt+Apa6nofjyjR/D2lLMBwDuniT6dtjVg62Wx EBbsdTweBeHLptKCfPASej8jRf0hgavkEjwDIgIhRQo2jJ/avrea2ZTaTtyZJoViYNlOogEjH eX+xlt0OuNYHK4S77VAWICsUWVbxi6HDgcYi8jFsREMGCo9MQeuZ2s2BYXQ163Nz+qCWAVD8q L4b36XopxsqisPUcVEnvbm85QPejUeoaJKS8+ESxsTb1HXIYysw84NmUC0bWKrGmi7ceGT0xW TbdwsC7gzCNMwe+tMdEKiZCptYsjkEkLnxbxf31ykorTzfoVoyoYgGefZB7b8aG4G83QkCcGn cobApeLydgDsZZPM7t1CLGER9skn1CQQVRItU5T1iHWiANNvPoInoP85gN6Fe+0KAIunqyG69 N3kc9goXlNh5aHH3aw4X2vlqLQXJbJ5hCmJLEZX3yUxuF/coksV0Xy4W7Gv1HVBVcu/WaFmkb Qs0BdG4QKC7pNdHRKzXf6r9lZNaijBBdyVnsbrPuviYxL8G4oKZvwVgBuIPiOUiiBUvbwF+rY bSacxd2V3sp01s/7Y3NW1cY9vXqfUoSLOMHac2GgCk38SRApP1gC7hvtC5t+3x1akKUYr5Ju2 sR0jpaPwFBYGpGJqSLkeapfJrfDJMiErdTY9eeAPz5O0XWqJJWGHOAwKLTbZvajuDUy5+Njzx 91w/parLjX0xk+65PmVe+QG9SEQbMrn5YnDvfjWo5i1bYkn9K7cyiD/xykXIOUxZRh2FLPdfo PNjzbnoPbAi/r2OBplO1Fdo1H4//+tjJQ+7XRSTgYK0hANXPEXzqmi4vZmO0Gh3X+Sq8/ZhAT 5jRD323HKPMlSG7jQ7JEZldCS70VL2neNImCjT0vuXd58wFG1krxmtifzRGAu3vQO7Epwjqiu Pl6haDIjTz9ajmHfSw8OXOb046wO+n7SX5WXqFgTmYLyAz0QuNlL/yJfjCfwvXHdag3vKMPKk 8LROsGuQfx6vFdO3v X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYdD559zFz4Z8H 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 217.72.192.74) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.92 / 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)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.48)[-0.477]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, 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]; 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)[217.72.192.74:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[217.72.192.74:from]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com,freebsd.org]; 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 12:36:23 -0000 On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:16:28 +0200, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:10 AM Polytropon wrote: > > 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). > > I used to work with HIREN'S BOOT CD - it boots off the CD-ROM giving > you all sorts of DOS and Windows utilities.. later releases even had > live Linux.. very handy set of tools.. older releases (around 9) even > had live Windows that seems something you need :-) > > https://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v99/ Yes, very good suggestion! That at least looks like it could work. >From the description the entry Mini Windows Xp: Portable Windows Xp that runs from CD/USB/Ram Drive, with Network and SATA support. looks very promising. Judging from the rest of the tools, it seems to be comparable to UBCD which often is the preferred way to go if you need manufacturer-specific low-level programs to deal with hard disks (diagnostics, resets, and repair) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...