[Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

Greetings!

Sorry about the very newbie question, but I am trying to create a bootable USB 
drive with FreeDOS, and the .img file is defaulted to IrfanView, an image view. 
 How do I make a bootable USB with that .img file?  Thanks for the help.

josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Bruce Sommerset]

Use a program called 'Rufus', make sure the file you have is an image file (Ex: 
ISO, IMG, etc.)

Rufus is a program that formats the sectors on the USB drive to make it 
bootable.

Hope this helps.

From: Jose Isaias Cabrera 
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2019 9:19 PM
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?


Greetings!

Sorry about the very newbie question, but I am trying to create a bootable USB 
drive with FreeDOS, and the .img file is defaulted to IrfanView, an image view. 
 How do I make a bootable USB with that .img file?  Thanks for the help.

josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[OMGdaDPS]

the EASIEST way in my experience, to create a bootable USB drive with a .img 
file, is to use the program called etcher. this is not a plug for them, but i 
haven had a bad experience using it yet
dps
On Nov 24 2019, at 12:23 am, Bruce Sommerset  wrote:
> Use a program called 'Rufus', make sure the file you have is an image file 
> (Ex: ISO, IMG, etc.)
>
> Rufus is a program that formats the sectors on the USB drive to make it 
> bootable.
> Hope this helps.
> From: Jose Isaias Cabrera 
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2019 9:19 PM
> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net 
> Subject: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?
>
>
>
> Greetings!
>
> Sorry about the very newbie question, but I am trying to create a bootable 
> USB drive with FreeDOS, and the .img file is defaulted to IrfanView, an image 
> view. How do I make a bootable USB with that .img file? Thanks for the help.
>
> josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

​
> From: Bruce Sommerset, on Sunday, November 24, 2019 12:23 AM, wrote...​
>  ​
> Use a program called 'Rufus', make sure the file you have is an image file 
> (Ex: ISO, IMG, etc.)​
> ​
> Rufus is a program that formats the sectors on the USB drive to make it 
> bootable. ​
> ​
> Hope this helps. ​
​
Yes, it did.  And thank you for your help.  However, the USB, after the image 
creation, will not allow any more data on it, even though there is plenty of 
space on it.  It only has 39 Megs of data in it, but the USB drive is 256Megs.  
There should be enough to copy 1Meg of data.​
 ​
> From: Jose Isaias Cabrera, on Saturday, November 23, 2019 9:19 PM, wrote...​
>  ​
> ​
> Greetings!​
> ​
> Sorry about the very newbie question, but I am trying to create a bootable 
> USB drive with FreeDOS, and the .img file is defaulted to IrfanView, an image 
> view.  How do I make a bootable USB with that .img file?  Thanks for the 
> help.​
> ​
> josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Robert Riebisch]

Hi,

> the EASIEST way in my experience, to create a bootable USB drive with a
> .img file, is to use the program called etcher. this is not a plug for
> them, but  i haven had a bad experience using it yet

Slightly OT: I still wonder, why anyone would need the 139 (!) MB Etcher
(), when Rufus () does
the same (?) in 1.1 MB.

Cheers,
Robert
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

Robert Riebisch, on Monday, November 25, 2019 02:04 PM, wrote...
>
> Hi,
>
> > the EASIEST way in my experience, to create a bootable USB drive with a
> > .img file, is to use the program called etcher. this is not a plug for
> > them, but  i haven had a bad experience using it yet
>
> Slightly OT: I still wonder, why anyone would need the 139 (!) MB Etcher
> (), when Rufus () does
> the same (?) in 1.1 MB.

I agree.  I downloaded Rufus, and loved the lightness of it.  And then, I said, 
"Let me try etcher," and it took 1.49 minutes to download.  I thought it was a 
site far away. Then I saw why. Thanks.

josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[ZB]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 07:52:44PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:

> I agree.  I downloaded Rufus, and loved the lightness of it.  And then,
> I said, "Let me try etcher," and it took 1.49 minutes to download.
> I thought it was a site far away. Then I saw why. Thanks.

Must be that rufus has been created using "obsolete, antiquated solution",
while etcher - using "modern technology", like C# or some similar one
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

ZB, on Monday, November 25, 2019 03:32 PM, wrote...
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 07:52:44PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
>
> > I agree.  I downloaded Rufus, and loved the lightness of it.  And then,
> > I said, "Let me try etcher," and it took 1.49 minutes to download.
> > I thought it was a site far away. Then I saw why. Thanks.
>
> Must be that rufus has been created using "obsolete, antiquated solution",
> while etcher - using "modern technology", like C# or some similar one

Indeed, indeed, ZB.  You hit the nail right on the head.  Hmmm, or should I 
say, "missed the nail completely." I remember back in the days, when my A1000 
use to load a full OS with two floppies, and it ran all type of software.  I 
bought a 120M hard drive, and I had all public domain software in that drive, 
and I still had over 80M left. Darn, the good ole days.  Wait, the bad ole 
days...

josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[ZB]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:58:11PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:

> Indeed, indeed, ZB.  You hit the nail right on the head.  Hmmm, or should I 
> say, "missed the nail completely." I remember back in the days, when my A1000 
> use to load a full OS with two floppies, and it ran all type of software.  I 
> bought a 120M hard drive, and I had all public domain software in that drive, 
> and I still had over 80M left. Darn, the good ole days.  Wait, the bad ole 
> days...

You know, they usually say: "the gear is here, why not use it" - which
translates to: "now we can afford to waste CPU cycles and HDD/RAM space -
why not waste it then?"
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

ZB, on Monday, November 25, 2019 04:05 PM, wrote...
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:58:11PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
>
> You know, they usually say: "the gear is here, why not use it" - which
> translates to: "now we can afford to waste CPU cycles and HDD/RAM space -
> why not waste it then?"

I just have to say this... I complained once to my boss about how big and
bloated an executable was and how we could not email it to our customer to
fix a problem. He said, "size is not a problem anymore.  And if it is, let
me know because there are a lots of other people out there that don't care
about file size." :-/ And, I'll be quiet now.

josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[OMGdaDPS]

I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files in 
two clicks. no need to go to the terminal and work some dd magic or anything. 
nothing against rufus, because I use it when I run Windows, its just that 
Etcher handles a plethora of different file types, in the matter of a few 
clicks, and does an automatic verification of the write also.
if the tech works, use it. Doesn't matter if its old or not, if its what you 
want to use and it works, then use it.

dps
On Nov 25 2019, at 4:16 pm, Jose Isaias Cabrera  wrote:
> ZB, on Monday, November 25, 2019 04:05 PM, wrote...
>
> >
>
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:58:11PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
>
> >
>
> > You know, they usually say: "the gear is here, why not use it" - which
>
> > translates to: "now we can afford to waste CPU cycles and HDD/RAM space -
>
> > why not waste it then?"
>
>
> I just have to say this... I complained once to my boss about how big and
> bloated an executable was and how we could not email it to our customer to
>
> fix a problem. He said, "size is not a problem anymore. And if it is, let
>
> me know because there are a lots of other people out there that don't care
>
> about file size." :-/ And, I'll be quiet now.
>
>
> josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[OMGdaDPS]

Oh, and I forgot to mention: a few extra clicks saved also, when it comes to 
zipped or compressed img files (or whichever). Etcher handles that also, no 
need to extract it yourself :)
dps
On Nov 25 2019, at 5:31 pm, OMGdaDPS  wrote:
> I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files in 
> two clicks. no need to go to the terminal and work some dd magic or anything. 
> nothing against rufus, because I use it when I run Windows, its just that 
> Etcher handles a plethora of different file types, in the matter of a few 
> clicks, and does an automatic verification of the write also.
> if the tech works, use it. Doesn't matter if its old or not, if its what you 
> want to use and it works, then use it.
>
> dps
> On Nov 25 2019, at 4:16 pm, Jose Isaias Cabrera  wrote:
> > ZB, on Monday, November 25, 2019 04:05 PM, wrote...
> >
> > >
> >
> > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:58:11PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > > You know, they usually say: "the gear is here, why not use it" - which
> >
> > > translates to: "now we can afford to waste CPU cycles and HDD/RAM space -
> >
> > > why not waste it then?"
> >
> >
> > I just have to say this... I complained once to my boss about how big and
> > bloated an executable was and how we could not email it to our customer to
> >
> > fix a problem. He said, "size is not a problem anymore. And if it is, let
> >
> > me know because there are a lots of other people out there that don't care
> >
> > about file size." :-/ And, I'll be quiet now.
> >
> >
> > josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[OMGdaDPS]

Ugh, I keep thinking of things. Forgot to mention the 50% faster flash times, 
the ability to write to multiple drives simultaneously, EXTREMELY user 
friendly, and can flash compute modules directly and Raspberry Pi's directly, 
without having to remove the SD card.

dps
On Nov 25 2019, at 5:33 pm, OMGdaDPS  wrote:
>
> Oh, and I forgot to mention: a few extra clicks saved also, when it comes to 
> zipped or compressed img files (or whichever). Etcher handles that also, no 
> need to extract it yourself :)
> dps
> On Nov 25 2019, at 5:31 pm, OMGdaDPS  
> wrote:
> > I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files 
> > in two clicks. no need to go to the terminal and work some dd magic or 
> > anything. nothing against rufus, because I use it when I run Windows, its 
> > just that Etcher handles a plethora of different file types, in the matter 
> > of a few clicks, and does an automatic verification of the write also.
> > if the tech works, use it. Doesn't matter if its old or not, if its what 
> > you want to use and it works, then use it.
> >
> > dps
> > On Nov 25 2019, at 4:16 pm, Jose Isaias Cabrera  wrote:
> > > ZB, on Monday, November 25, 2019 04:05 PM, wrote...
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 08:58:11PM +, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > You know, they usually say: "the gear is here, why not use it" - which
> > >
> > > > translates to: "now we can afford to waste CPU cycles and HDD/RAM space 
> > > > -
> > >
> > > > why not waste it then?"
> > >
> > >
> > > I just have to say this... I complained once to my boss about how big and
> > > bloated an executable was and how we could not email it to our customer to
> > >
> > > fix a problem. He said, "size is not a problem anymore. And if it is, let
> > >
> > > me know because there are a lots of other people out there that don't care
> > >
> > > about file size." :-/ And, I'll be quiet now.
> > >
> > >
> > > josé
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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Rugxulo]

Hi,

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:32 PM OMGdaDPS
 wrote:
>
> I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files in 
> two clicks. no need to go to the terminal
> and work some dd magic or anything. nothing against rufus, because I use it 
> when I run Windows,

Try this:

* https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

"
A Windows tool for writing images to USB sticks or SD/CF cards

This program is designed to write a raw disk image to a removable
device or backup a removable device to a raw image file.
"


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Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

[Thomas Mueller]

from Rugxulo:

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:32 PM OMGdaDPS
>  wrote:

> > I use etcher because I myself am on Linux, and it handles zipped img files 
> > in two clicks. no need to go to the terminal
> > and work some dd magic or anything. nothing against rufus, because I use it 
> > when I run Windows,

> Try this:

> * https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

"
> A Windows tool for writing images to USB sticks or SD/CF cards

> This program is designed to write a raw disk image to a removable
> device or backup a removable device to a raw image file.
"

Couldn't you simply unzip and write the unzipped image using dd?

I believe dd is a standard part of any Unix or quasi-Unix, including Linux and 
the BSDs.

Tom



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