From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 13:29:35 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 4BB393BAD8F for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:29:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-il1-x12d.google.com (mail-il1-x12d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12d]) (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 4BYfPV4QgLz4c38 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:29:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-il1-x12d.google.com with SMTP id t4so3675426iln.1 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:29:34 -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 :cc; bh=QVdfhyDz3vEpKq/lMAGmqVqTFiM7ZknhbBU+liFsUNI=; b=Xw1amOxcGWwCpMQjL1L8nC74flOi0IgebSmTM9TcPoVI7/4xT7l37Qy905UEcxGgbj 18foCyrY1+QFIRyVUX4T2LaQrm7Xv0fxwzI8WMuKrgot7jow+7lA7pIlizPg3fMStmu0 UwyvchZm83YyDuAqIsLcSxWwOM/Ai4IpxPybBsmAWYPIFcvGvuSJVQLiX8tf51ZsQrFx ZbI40+psOTduzYPFGnS3IvT8QgswbmIpugWeP3UVr2sGw+TZLznSsZVl8kAk/RBeR21q CScDqM0Hc7cgeipJg/Fo2PjT1mizJGdzIs7BNXicU4JkvnJjzeD2en33lLM/34qK74ei GNKQ== 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:cc; bh=QVdfhyDz3vEpKq/lMAGmqVqTFiM7ZknhbBU+liFsUNI=; b=Vy8NxGutyDugzTvkR0lBUsYe0shNQvpaoI0orkJtsUgUUaOxOpcXp/kO5Bgq9obQcV l1XhtRI1TSXgA9/cRyYtu9hpiuy+dkth1Mysp4imku5zQsxJbfC+ZbsyDcbZaiCMmC5R 7qE2te1MqcU1b/nS5CsSLLGEU9bhRlHwgbLhfutnZoeWbfy2HpC4PHClV6I7hU3SjEZx /tAC5om89QwSH2UttPxiGjhPfQdRFeK0dTO4LN1Vpe5SPoTUzZxpjmdeh4c0SbEb81Jq nLxNN83zh6cmj6QNho4Ol3vrQFNEHdKpcnwSoTHE9Ju4Ls99hpaAS/iiq7mpElxh3a6p E8bw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531hG8h1JBoAB2A4wu1hKeQpm2h0YR/svJaHJMLGGt1OuvZtAJN7 DGJGTWeezpgTfUrD32ON1cN8A+A4pFy9jsdwQxaaJPO4CuY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzDTOrdo3xkmDqhpAzEZHBWhWxeBr4205af+eSY/4dMOlI8eqPRZJlV6x1fTNlt5l89FunBqu2Cb2+wqZC3qNI= X-Received: by 2002:a92:5f19:: with SMTP id t25mr6185225ilb.119.1598102972966; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:29:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:29:22 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick To: Tomasz CEDRO Cc: Polytropon , Karl Dunn , FreeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYfPV4QgLz4c38 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=Xw1amOxc; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::12d as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.43 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; 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]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; 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::12d:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.43)[-0.429]; 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: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:29:35 -0000 On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:16 AM 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/ > 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