Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 10:17:36 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, Karl Dunn <kdunn@acm.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick Message-ID: <CAGBxaXntuEHyGCdTuKN78FTmkOqP2YAugOBUwy%2B93WXOa87jcw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAM8r67B1tKFcJkLh4-Oz%2BjZ=QAKdZSAgu0xWVGJzKQJE85Ue8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.19568.1598035936.4501.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <alpine.LRH.2.03.2008211620530.31945@acm.org> <CAGBxaXnfwLyw2XLw7nC7K1Pwab=XbrxWhHTvuCO88VQBz6vh1w@mail.gmail.com> <20200822080950.9fe3cd7d.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAM8r67Cmek7n9eJtScD%2B%2BC2vaM-kY0L2Tej1Mn9xaREeinoPzQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXmQabLHancj4mxejve3rC9SAe=L0WLEmha04PYNuR8Kig@mail.gmail.com> <CAM8r67Cp7j5sFbtFbH1-RyjHho==4vUbOa4wz493utLR4rEu4w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXkQD6GUbDCS=hphPtemijB8pjrzZvUY95Zve%2BZfq_Mntw@mail.gmail.com> <CAM8r67B1tKFcJkLh4-Oz%2BjZ=QAKdZSAgu0xWVGJzKQJE85Ue8g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:03 AM Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 3:48 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:35 AM Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 3:29 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > >> > Nice idea and I just tried it only one problem: When I tried to start > "mini-windows XP" the screen flashed once and returned to the boot menu and > I see no way to break out the boot menu (the command line stuff are also > menu driven and ignore ctrl-c). None of the menu options were usable in > my case for the task I am attempting. > >> Try different versions there were some problems with this stuff.. I > >> was using 9.7 and it worked.. later releases did not work for me :-) > >> > >> https://www.tomek.cedro.info/files/service/HirensBootCD/ > > > > Same problem with it. Tried 9.7 and 15.2. > > Sorry to hear. Are you using USB-CDROM? It worked for me some years > back then, at least some of versions, particularly this 9.7 I still > keep just in case. You may want to try on another computer, review > BIOS settings, etc, just to see if that works anywhere else. Maybe > that simple MS-DOS prompt would be enough - you were asking for MS-DOS > prompt and all those base menus and utilities are based on MS-DOS..? > 1. Already tried DOS as explained in another part of the thread 2. Only other machine I have is nearly identical hardware (slight difference in the model number of the motherboard -- the one I am writing from is rev. 1 of the board and other one is rev 2) > > Maybe there is yet another way to achieve your goal? Depending on how > precious is the result you may simply get your hands directly on the > hardware and dump/replace the memory contents :-) > Again as stated elsewhere in the thread the entire point of the exercise (except as a learning experience) is to avoid going to the store, a 5 hr trip start to finish, to replace a $30 SSD (there is nothing I need on the bricked up one). > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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