[Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

2007-04-30 Thread jp_freedos
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Re: [Freedos-user] bootable USB stick

2007-04-30 Thread kd4d
Hi again, Jim: If your computer has the right BIOS support, there is a MS-DOS centric "cookbook" for doing this at: http://www.pvrc.org/Newsletters/feb05.pdf If I were writing this again, I'd have you boot dos and do the "SYS C:" or whatever FIRST to make sure that the BIOS support works before

Re: [Freedos-user] bootable USB stick

2007-04-30 Thread kd4d
Jim: AFAIK, there are at least three different ways to install FreeDOS on a USB stick. Unfortunately, the BIOSs and USB sticks differ somewhat and I haven't found a way that works all the time. The easiest way, if you have the "proper" BIOS support, is to plug in the USB stick, turn on the compu

[Freedos-user] bootable USB stick

2007-04-30 Thread Jim Lemon
Hi folks, After using FreeDOS for some years to run a battery of human performance tests, I am running out of tricks keeping up with PC design. In order to run the tests on PCs without a VFAT partition, I now boot off a CD-ROM and write data to a diskette. Unfortunately, hardly any PCs these da