From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 12:16:54 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 A5A943B91D4 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:16:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek@cedro.info) Received: from mail-wm1-x334.google.com (mail-wm1-x334.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::334]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BYcnd0dsVz4Y9G for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek@cedro.info) Received: by mail-wm1-x334.google.com with SMTP id u18so4177500wmc.3 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 05:16:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cedro.info; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=VaYegnnQ2z/tJsWpdeRxsDZkCiqO5j1Nd7kN0DyVPk8=; b=KrJDflU2L622NTJVZHxX5wEKHuTJIoFCb1991g8ADMP24zLmVrk8l7mWcRZGHIqu4L pywmsGiUw76AnQy00yR2DcsWdLT03rhDYTyb2/tUIWsRtBjqPDI2wKu2sihilHWua7Hq Ev/32Dm3LvZBBWGrpNQ3INz9gJA6IzmDWSGLuQYmE3DC5MVO2q+hkMX++R0TQCu56ofp 38j6Bg9mY8UCvaTqcjpfLQtwW/iyyxltkGifYsgCmz7qzLs+vN5SEWBONejLrzNTGbX1 c7BqYq2nspJes5D5NmEtSBSxOGTw/koAL66zgaThksZgXFaG1SpGdL1V1vnXpkn2Zenk UXPg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=VaYegnnQ2z/tJsWpdeRxsDZkCiqO5j1Nd7kN0DyVPk8=; b=lYGblXV/cStPXgnKC1dtLnkRb2l1Y/VuLP4EImJ8K1t2/byPuVCQQhZTlB//i5lYUR wClMYKMDafnZUI+DGsIXKKfm+h/qQHcHOqjJ8kB5Yq0KxZqJbeWpd9hThX+7/mtscAeg nIgkeqVTy5GYXaSVw5WnRjqNdvg1JkRU54AU1oEXG+w3tyoBevB4SSCSkftkdabVRair lmwVrmL8kFWh/GWbLJ76yJf0lMBHwBsYf4QC3cXhW56fgaVFjhCQXEp9A2PRUXk/PKme 9WY9s/Qd+WUiZZAHAd4JA0rLcTn806GBQWfookF7TZyDxQ3hOKuwU2iE42SLNZDJFmUN xoEg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532CZEBEZxySAcpNo0p7aBJh4Dl/ersSN2Kd9tTUapnQhS4Yn84X Vvl3qA3b+G6HMrVDFJEiiFGmM61TKK6JDpDSnixdZw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwB8p+3G7+57mGO1eCZpNGAgoUy49Kj3FLxLrdBrsyN0Ppr5VFSbW/fl6bAYG1Ej1Y/N/tuIHEgj4tFvSafTDA= X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c4c4:: with SMTP id g4mr7425112wmk.110.1598098609937; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 05:16:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Tomasz CEDRO Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 14:16:28 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick To: Polytropon Cc: Aryeh Friedman , Karl Dunn , FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYcnd0dsVz4Y9G X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=cedro.info header.s=google header.b=KrJDflU2; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tomek@cedro.info has no SPF policy when checking 2a00:1450:4864:20::334) smtp.mailfrom=tomek@cedro.info X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.31 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[cedro.info:s=google]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.11)[0.111]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[cedro.info]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[cedro.info:+]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2a00:1450:4864:20::334:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[gmail.com,acm.org,freebsd.org]; SUSPICIOUS_RECIPS(1.50)[]; 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 12:16:54 -0000 On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:10 AM Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:04:40 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > So the long and short is > > it all depends. You are correct when I did run that specific version on a > > MSDOS6 mem stick I made it said it didn't run in dos mode. > > The program in question is _not_ a DOS program, instead it > is a "Windows Console App", i. e., something that requires a > running instance of "Windows" in order to be executed. The > easiest solution probably is to try to get a "Windows XP" > image to boot from a sufficiently big USB stick, and then > run the program from there, instead of wasting a whole PC > for this one-time action (searching, ordering, packaging, > shipping, unboxing, disposing - lots of time, money, and > electronic garbage wasted). I used to work with HIREN'S BOOT CD - it boots off the CD-ROM giving you all sorts of DOS and Windows utilities.. later releases even had live Linux.. very handy set of tools.. older releases (around 9) even had live Windows that seems something you need :-) https://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v99/ -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info