From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 21:44:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EFC16A6C2 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 21:42:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from merke.itea.ntnu.no (merke.itea.ntnu.no [129.241.7.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39DE43D72 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 21:42:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FD613C467 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:42:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maren.thelosingend.net (maren.math.ntnu.no [129.241.211.48]) by merke.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with SMTP for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 58330 invoked by uid 88); 25 May 2006 23:42:33 +0200 Received: from 37.84-48-193.nextgentel.com (HELO [10.0.0.2]) (84.48.193.37) by maren.thelosingend.net (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:42:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4476250C.1020005@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 23:43:40 +0200 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060522) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <447607A4.5090708@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <6.0.0.22.2.20060525152314.02665c20@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060525152314.02665c20@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=9198BB40; url=mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig73E8F18255F8CEA6193D2E1E" X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Content-Scanned: with sophos and spamassassin at mailgw.ntnu.no. Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flashing BIOS/Making bootable DOS filsystem on USB stick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 21:44:17 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig73E8F18255F8CEA6193D2E1E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Derek Ragona wrote: > go to bootdisk.org and download a suitable verision. There are many > floppy images there. For instance the win98 diskette version, when > booted creates a ramdrive you can switch to, then change the usb disk. = > Or boot with two usb drives inserted, the bootable one and the one with= > the BIOS flash utility. Will DOS be able to load USB devices? I thought this only worked when I booted off the device using some BIOS magic. > Or use a winpe bootable CD. You can find one and information at: > http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ You can customize the image you build > including your Windows BIOS utility. This requires Windows, I think. > Or buy or borrow a USB floppy drive. Bah! I'd rather not buy new hardware just for this one predicament. This is what I have readily available: - Computer running FreeBSD - USB CDRW-drive - 512 MiB USB flash drive - A 1.44 MiB FreeDOS floppy image with 111 kiB free space - A FreeDOS iso9660 image - A 784 kiB DOS executable for flashing my BIOS Using these I need to make some sort of bootable DOS device (either CD or USB flash drive) that contains the above mentioned BIOS upgrade utilit= y. Could I either: - Get the BIOS utility onto the ISO file without braking the boot code - Use the floppy image to make a bootable USB disk somehow? Svein Halvor --------------enig73E8F18255F8CEA6193D2E1E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc to get my PGP-key iD8DBQFEdiUNhQg3vZGYu0ARAuF6AKC8NlhRv5ohE6a5EoTcvR9Sa5ifNQCglpHI Sqrchw2yu2cKkChhDT4o4Y0= =t0o3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig73E8F18255F8CEA6193D2E1E--