On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 at 20:15, Robert Riebisch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > > I suspect the term is regional :-) It's the same thing as a USB thumb > > drive or USB flash drive. > > > > USB flash drive is the more common term. > > In Germany it's often called "USB stick".
Agreed. USB key/stick/thumb drive. I've just not seen "fob" before. I think it's easily possible to work out what it is. To get slightly back on topic: has the list got any recommendations for the best way to make a DOS-bootable key from scratch, i.e. not from an ISO? What I do is using a VM on Linux. VMware is easier for this, but VirtualBox can do it too. I attach the key directly to VM as its hard disk. (In VirtualBox you need to create a special device, which is only accessible as root, and then use the `chmod` command to make it usable by an ordinary user. Then I boot DOS from a floppy image, and use the normal DOS tools to partition the USB key, then make a single big primary partition, set it as active, format it, then `sys` it. This will usually now boot the PC directly, but it's a little hit-or-miss on some PCs. I blogged about how to do this on Linux years ago: https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/50416.html -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
