From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 02:07:38 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 678B83CF6CE for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:07:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.holgerdanske.com", Issuer "www.holgerdanske.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BYMGd1l7wz3gNs for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:07:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:07:32 -0700 Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <790ca4b0-1367-ed7b-310d-f6976c98899e@holgerdanske.com> <19c75b4f-3c2d-6ca4-f622-a915eb9dc7ce@holgerdanske.com> From: David Christensen Message-ID: <2bce10a4-d63c-aaf0-8863-06da502c0b7b@holgerdanske.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:07:31 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYMGd1l7wz3gNs X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com has no SPF policy when checking 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.54 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.64)[0.635]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[holgerdanske.com]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] 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 02:07:38 -0000 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. 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. David