Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:39:07 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-ID: <CAGBxaXnJGCypkFd4L3wKoBAKsXtwYxfS34-oXJnMD_q58XB8hg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200821121709.08405396@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <CAGBxaXmEu_B-jtuC6J7oN8QShwcVf5wR-BUc81ymH4NAwjMgPw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=QqduKdMvQT%2BhqVbHiKST4c8-UJ2Sg3TGhX-f2_fABaw@mail.gmail.com> <20200821121709.08405396@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:25 PM Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > 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? > phison_flash_id.rar (which extracts to an exe of the same prefix) > 2) As a huge FOSS advocate, surely you can find or write a program that > can duplicate the functionality of this unnamed "*.exe" program. > Knock yourself out, I spent 5 hrs attempting to do just that (even better find one that would work on FreeBSD). > -- > Jerry > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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