From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 21 16:39:21 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 5F91C3C1EBE for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-il1-x132.google.com (mail-il1-x132.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::132]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BY6fv6Z7dz49Fn for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:39:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-il1-x132.google.com with SMTP id f75so1634513ilh.3 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:39:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=oe75JyG3AaqM+zJie2ys68fILUzFO038318FsUZzCUk=; b=Rhdesegc44TfoJgsq7B3LFYx8zbNP0QxJ3kWBs4BWknskgRlI1GXgG+sWg8qnd0x47 ZolJ3KzEsjIWUxyMkW/C92Ud1Wa27MgJR4KO285rD/3GvSrxDwMy9eOJ/LmQ13/cST70 2XdS3pCCrE2BTmGlOXNOHZdMK1WqBjImfRjDBFIfD2DMTvj1gqOsYy1YM7gzSLPzMRP6 G5Im7E30x/s3iNzIx5Lvx67YiWgcbfMHlvSECsM1EiuLYmVK5ia8OLccftoxTpbH1mfA I/RX1C/lD+5WQyau6GChfc+nTRk35sqKl/I4gjulb2Dt5UF7m5b6FVsyf9WbktiNCl5x oByg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=oe75JyG3AaqM+zJie2ys68fILUzFO038318FsUZzCUk=; b=LJ1Efs8fOq8TT9xrm/C+N4eqXhITrIIaQ+MglWL9YW1FjyXQDAIZ5cbm6p9mi7rCz/ 879583wGlSyCYNXFM2NV0R3iyTNCFUAdGq4xZER1ARO32iVJZPemMFmBU3wZvKLXRtVt da7ARo4T3wsNTXJNSMzL25uxyJWSLq8ukT7zYktqHTBIJPv6mg485hi4Olr9qfmCX5vU F4Hes65XyZHz2tO+LeTO1i2MqabkbW4gIugv9gsxfcb/0cnY6fEDxXfhjKSgbXPahepw uC+ObLOguBv1nDAlRgwsI2R2/elkSLaQNkBUjLX0F2eDorKYKvNUnF5/AwTzuzgbDVdD i35g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533IBq3Px4nIHTfb2xu6eoqkT5m9/LjnAgcfvzK5q3y7tYCsdals i3H2lOqeicd758YS/LJ4Lqs/Qy2XbgYs8LxabEzmKspC/8iwfA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxYJzolU0tDWRxsuAW1ChXs+HEYVNK4gyYdrIFJS/vlu7SIvUCm59Uhoq2HQ0+RLJje1P2qGnR+vaYlI8ODz4o= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:1066:: with SMTP id q6mr3166254ilj.29.1598027958587; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:39:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200821121709.08405396@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20200821121709.08405396@scorpio.seibercom.net> From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:39:07 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick To: User Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BY6fv6Z7dz49Fn X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=Rhdesegc; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::132 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.79 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.78)[-0.775]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.89)[-0.886]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::132:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.13)[-0.132]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 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: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:39:21 -0000 On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:25 PM Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:39:51 -0400, Aryeh Friedman stated: > >Follow up: It must be 100% compatible with MSDOS7. For example > >FreeDOS does not meet that requirement (as stated on Wikipedia): > > > >Windows 95 , Windows 98 > > and Windows Me > > use a stripped-down version > >of MS-DOS. FreeDOS cannot be used as a replacement because of > >undocumented interfaces between MS-DOS 7.0-8.0 and Windows "4.xx" are > >not emulated by FreeDOS; however, it can be installed and used beside > >these systems using a boot manager program, such as BOOTMGR or > >METAKERN included with FreeDOS. > > > >On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:12 AM Aryeh Friedman > > wrote: > > > >> I have a *.exe that needs to be run in order to recover the firmware > >> on one of my SSD's that requires MSDOS7 to run. I do not have a > >> floppy drive and I do no have any form of anything from Microslut > >> installed or even in the house. How do I create a bootable > >> memstick that contains this exe? (I am on FreeBSD 12.1pl8-amd64) > > 1) What is the name of this mysterious "*.exe" program? > phison_flash_id.rar (which extracts to an exe of the same prefix) > 2) As a huge FOSS advocate, surely you can find or write a program that > can duplicate the functionality of this unnamed "*.exe" program. > Knock yourself out, I spent 5 hrs attempting to do just that (even better find one that would work on FreeBSD). > -- > Jerry > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org