From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 14:17:49 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 98DAF3BCC8C for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:17:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd34.google.com (mail-io1-xd34.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d34]) (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 4BYgT83Dcfz4gdc for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:17:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd34.google.com with SMTP id m23so3858306iol.8 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 07:17:48 -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=xxs6JkNb2EdoYHQ/EgeIeIQZVBWgZUB6oOn9uSJMM54=; b=fl8dfZoe5hJqVNY3l8QCli6N94oVoRq5XDYiT7JS99hQE2Is2osqdvf37WSsIyJIM4 rxnukVLSUMZRrgLYi2hQVJz0yI2W7IxWyvdh6IuqSuMkDoGqdHwD4qHbi0JuZUK3hUMG CeYbF5FWOnw8cdFEL/TJElfVtN9dfvyyXgeWcqLY9uve/0jvQELWKrTr9mjjdyxPnGzV nWYKvVtNERz16Dfh5rn3FBZQBw8FekpTABAxFlH4U7CPcLEPq4oUgC98FU2oSkrEP3IT Ch+hXS5UbUFCWC3JB+j27w8ggvkqfatjH0hFXzvXLMk+/SDnXp+I9RtaG4suR7aUfnxH iBOg== 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=xxs6JkNb2EdoYHQ/EgeIeIQZVBWgZUB6oOn9uSJMM54=; b=sh18PM8O33H4hXkopSthgrEZBNzuJmGfYaI8e7Q85+vqLk0ZBweGO3nZMUOxkedbLY rPg9lCALAmqpwRZrVEZ+94GU5MK5YdW3DkgiBwNUuh+LOgPn5iQ/AXQ5Cgv2GMcFqjN3 21R5k0Mwi+ws2DFkOSpHBPlyB/BHD1oFQKWcdYRp6wrI5tm/CuG5WBlXptupYZuRQ6Vp 7rL3ibvGq6r5dtT/vb6C6Kly3X0E1tgBQzeLcaF+8OB18veId3vJkHaab9nCeQCR89Mb nJy+lB0WK/nPIMR+D66TvMz5u3daeapeaK4TgPLWSAkbef+9AI5xronJKtOyVUwCGey6 feHg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5326M6/XiL1ua0NPXprIoBjeaNnPexUyc6/qDAsYX4Gph7d6jqCT k4JQSgt3wq+JBrQUj5mNsPqrS1OTWD3XbvGE6vg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzaClIOdp58u/v2ONn6TzSRllWe3/u+Ld4y7eHnWJRWrsYTy2275BejtWhmgyJFu1DY4u8WUpLx0H7f8ZGMtw8= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:da13:: with SMTP id x19mr6097299iob.174.1598105867310; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 07:17:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 10:17:36 -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: 4BYgT83Dcfz4gdc X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=fl8dfZoe; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d34 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.43 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; 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::d34:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.43)[-0.426]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] 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 14:17:49 -0000 On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:03 AM Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 3:48 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:35 AM Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 3:29 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > >> > 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. > >> Try different versions there were some problems with this stuff.. I > >> was using 9.7 and it worked.. later releases did not work for me :-) > >> > >> https://www.tomek.cedro.info/files/service/HirensBootCD/ > > > > Same problem with it. Tried 9.7 and 15.2. > > Sorry to hear. Are you using USB-CDROM? It worked for me some years > back then, at least some of versions, particularly this 9.7 I still > keep just in case. You may want to try on another computer, review > BIOS settings, etc, just to see if that works anywhere else. Maybe > that simple MS-DOS prompt would be enough - you were asking for MS-DOS > prompt and all those base menus and utilities are based on MS-DOS..? > 1. Already tried DOS as explained in another part of the thread 2. Only other machine I have is nearly identical hardware (slight difference in the model number of the motherboard -- the one I am writing from is rev. 1 of the board and other one is rev 2) > > Maybe there is yet another way to achieve your goal? Depending on how > precious is the result you may simply get your hands directly on the > hardware and dump/replace the memory contents :-) > Again as stated elsewhere in the thread the entire point of the exercise (except as a learning experience) is to avoid going to the store, a 5 hr trip start to finish, to replace a $30 SSD (there is nothing I need on the bricked up one). > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org