Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:29:22 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, Karl Dunn <kdunn@acm.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-ID: <CAGBxaXmQabLHancj4mxejve3rC9SAe=L0WLEmha04PYNuR8Kig@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAM8r67Cmek7n9eJtScD%2B%2BC2vaM-kY0L2Tej1Mn9xaREeinoPzQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.19568.1598035936.4501.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <alpine.LRH.2.03.2008211620530.31945@acm.org> <CAGBxaXnfwLyw2XLw7nC7K1Pwab=XbrxWhHTvuCO88VQBz6vh1w@mail.gmail.com> <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAM8r67Cmek7n9eJtScD%2B%2BC2vaM-kY0L2Tej1Mn9xaREeinoPzQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:16 AM Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> 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/ > Nice idea and I just tried it only one problem: When I tried to start "mini-windows XP" the screen flashed once and returned to the boot menu and I see no way to break out the boot menu (the command line stuff are also menu driven and ignore ctrl-c). None of the menu options were usable in my case for the task I am attempting. -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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