Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
O. Hartmann wrote: Does anyone do have an idea? Ah, the disproportionate march of progress... The easy way out would be to procure a USB floppy drive. If the machines support booting from a USB stick, they can handle booting a USB floppy in legacy mode. If you're really bent on using a USB

Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread Tijl Coosemans
If the BIOS can boot from USB it's as easy as using dd. dd if=freedos-floppy.img of=/dev/daX mount -t msdosfs /dev/daX /mnt (Add extra files. You only have about 1.5Mb though.) (Reboot with USB key plugged. You may have to alter the boot device ordering in the BIOS first.) Afterwards you can

Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:35:08 +0200 O. Hartmann wrote: Well, I have a bunch of TYAN S2925B based boxes, all without floppy drives. For BIOS flash preparation I need an installation media and due to the fact I do not have a Windows XP box or FreeDOS box I need my laptop for creation of a

Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:35:08 +0200 O. Hartmann wrote: Well, I have a bunch of TYAN S2925B based boxes, all without floppy drives. For BIOS flash preparation I need an installation media and due to the fact I do not have a Windows XP box or FreeDOS box I need my laptop for creation of a

Re: Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-13 Thread Boris Samorodov
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Howto: Prepare USB key with FreeDOS using FreeBSD

2007-10-12 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello. Well, I have a bunch of TYAN S2925B based boxes, all without floppy drives. For BIOS flash preparation I need an installation media and due to the fact I do not have a Windows XP box or FreeDOS box I need my laptop for creation of a bootable USB key media with the appropriate BIOS