Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 22:29:54 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-ID: <CAGBxaXm6yhpo7pw_KpzSHBjNv-vY0QcYtqwqJghnCbCY_emDpw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2bce10a4-d63c-aaf0-8863-06da502c0b7b@holgerdanske.com> References: <CAGBxaXmEu_B-jtuC6J7oN8QShwcVf5wR-BUc81ymH4NAwjMgPw@mail.gmail.com> <790ca4b0-1367-ed7b-310d-f6976c98899e@holgerdanske.com> <CAGBxaXmMijdvYoHD8iCrRgQYXge311FyuZnKD4GfD1Cqi-UXHA@mail.gmail.com> <b87d3cec-24d4-f426-b79d-8984632d96b3@holgerdanske.com> <CAGBxaXmrcRLL-c-a1upvA8_HvpaEG0FaJ8LOt%2B2O2k4Aa_1wcw@mail.gmail.com> <f06e4c67-ee9b-726b-3973-022b5bd17f50@holgerdanske.com> <CAGBxaXnQ7-JZ0B9s%2BZgUNawa=7-qHhQ47_AkOcZVDapOH0i7pg@mail.gmail.com> <19c75b4f-3c2d-6ca4-f622-a915eb9dc7ce@holgerdanske.com> <CAGBxaXkZUzEq-81BquEvMjZWNA2PEfpKJb6bC-hg6e-k51UWLA@mail.gmail.com> <2bce10a4-d63c-aaf0-8863-06da502c0b7b@holgerdanske.com>
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:07 PM David Christensen < dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 2020-08-21 16:17, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > Buying a new/used computer is simply not worth it; perhaps you missed the > > fact there is *NO* data I need to recover from the drive. I only want to > > revive the drive it self in order to save a trip to the store which would > > itself take 5 hours. (I refuse to buy hardware mail order). If I do end > > up going to the store I will be buying a drive for around $50 that is > twice > > the capacity of the one I am attempting to unbrick. > > > > To repeat: I need a MS-DOS7 machine for likely no more than 10 mins to > > revive a SSD and that's IT! The only reason I need DOS7 at all is the > > drive's firmware can only be repaired/upgraded with the above program. > > Once I do that I don't need MS-DOS7 for anything. Let's add something > > else is the program does not work on anything newer than XP thus it is > > unlikely installing something newer (something that can only be done > once I > > repair the drive) on the machine (the one I am currently writing this > reply > > on BTW) will also work (read catch-22, since the goal is to make my > current > > FreeBSD machine dual boot with the repaired drive). > > > Spend $100 to fix a $30 drive (sounds really smart to me!) and then never > > use the thing I spent $100 on ever again!.... And yes I know where to > buy a > > used machine *IF* that was the right answer. > > > I would be spending several hundred in time *AND* money if I took any > part > > of your advice and for what to revive a $30 drive that may or may not be > > revival.. and you call me insane??!?! > > Your OP and messages up to my first response did not make the above > points. Given your signature, I thought the SSD was for business use > and you absolutely, positively needed to run the *.exe. > Yes and no... since I am a freelancer you never know what you will be called on to do and thus finding some way to do it is a very good learning experience (I can't count the number of times where something I was doing for a personal project became something for a paid project and vice versa)... so it is likely best that I treated as a strong preference > > So, forget the *.exe, recycle the SSD, and be done with it. > > > If and when you buy another SSD, a challenge will be finding a model > whose manufacturer provides diagnostic tools that do not require > Windows. (I need to support Intel and Samsung SSD's, and AFAIK all > their tools require recent editions of Windows.) If anyone knows of > such SSD's, please post links. > > I spent the morning also doing that research and there is no such beast. > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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