Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:17:09 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: "User Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-ID: <20200821121709.08405396@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=QqduKdMvQT%2BhqVbHiKST4c8-UJ2Sg3TGhX-f2_fABaw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXmEu_B-jtuC6J7oN8QShwcVf5wR-BUc81ymH4NAwjMgPw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=QqduKdMvQT%2BhqVbHiKST4c8-UJ2Sg3TGhX-f2_fABaw@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/zRGGejLOUmp3kfOjbzYYzvU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95>, Windows 98 ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98>; and Windows Me ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 ><aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> 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? 2) As a huge FOSS advocate, surely you can find or write a program that can duplicate the functionality of this unnamed "*.exe" program. --=20 Jerry --Sig_/zRGGejLOUmp3kfOjbzYYzvU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEIQb/tTwl6I1ueEVtOHMGOIfexWQFAl8/84UACgkQOHMGOIfe xWSI5AgAkmrIPvD33yIVFttZQWOG/nWOTVKZjiwQucTeBkOUBAtIGEm+QGxcn9IJ Y3WM1I34UlJEoLENHn4PZW0RojdCIzTrVD6qtsXOSJDW13icQbUJHwz8BiUXBJzE u83SJHc/EoxJb3dbhFbYtKCu6BWkfX/l93gzdV6OYdsoLd9ZFvGkoy39KmJwI4+7 1dTDvFZS1x7JxKCVL3CPaWM7Px26m1YcC+2aFo+6FWxzjRQiWqnZOQzyti98GmTe hn7tusy0rcJYQhxqhDlI+Qgyc69KfuNLXQnstKZKksrFuuObLSQyrsorKOGzFCJX d7bna3/H3Ni5j+hUzbqtmZidCIHejg== =MQdB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/zRGGejLOUmp3kfOjbzYYzvU--
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