From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 22 02:30:07 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 6DD4A3A8880 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd35.google.com (mail-io1-xd35.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d35]) (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 4BYMmZ4NLfz3ySk for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd35.google.com with SMTP id s2so3619164ioo.2 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:30:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=U61tRVUkHuSmQmFUFtrVHrOJ2t+a9/CIMGT5qsyUTCI=; b=ieZ4sMZlSFSVlEwka6atTZ+LulJMxUf5zpjDv5vXxTrFmu76sgylGynKVCM4GIsAOl nBfmEl2q8ulrrEXlphbQcSlTwwuwPA/PgWIBzDMhyKS1LVrJ7LuQ+4BHxFphpyBpxO8c vMc2615iTWZei2R5DNzpRYPiVax9RkKPWEpYxJBkSgvE75o1cxGmYsQLLm1h/+Hv5JqX fsi72fl8WbUTBvJTjdgYOaPaiaBg2X6tE1CR1JX74SWyHN2R00pN18I/9DTGnWHBUoG5 GmKd/xp38qwAtNFgVv7xAevnXzqNzKZI0mmNhGCytahINq4hc7lQ3A1qiiVYYg9L1Oo8 EK0A== 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=U61tRVUkHuSmQmFUFtrVHrOJ2t+a9/CIMGT5qsyUTCI=; b=DRKYTlGMd8JMRrJkZLKspirYAqvWIbuPt2Zjj9liPZ8OupcIGQeI18cO6pbTL+yNFA YVR43nrOJMw7ykkws22IYzEhWVW4vGBjjyTpLV5et5k7DuTxXus9mBRgfjhUpLCbzYdJ ht0A5Sv+UwgWycm+HuAoQtmh8lklT6PZWHIsA1YJaXcDBx/KmYTE9GWN88TRaJ9/PGEW 1pIkTUsa6w7sdBfHfq9cO59mSKtleg7PUy42a9md50rU1UPoHGlo0NEbs1Q95Lrztxf3 UetYamLQ1v+rpb5htxcjtHO8QIfFCEDN7iOn6JcNym2RuPIXKdY963cer49YcyHnFfjs q0ng== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531/FxUMdXHvpUgLSxlIPXWS3NV7/L/O17TENMDf0amkx3oFGaYS ihNJox55lzWsQG6GnC+uPW0TIKjrce0N/j1gl2c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxvNG1Ge4KxuMDHZ0EMps6wLGijeWCPkRiN71YVCzexylahPovOUsxDOAB7tV/BEubT6zMSobw2kD8Gd911Q4c= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:da13:: with SMTP id x19mr4527773iob.174.1598063405340; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:30:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <790ca4b0-1367-ed7b-310d-f6976c98899e@holgerdanske.com> <19c75b4f-3c2d-6ca4-f622-a915eb9dc7ce@holgerdanske.com> <2bce10a4-d63c-aaf0-8863-06da502c0b7b@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <2bce10a4-d63c-aaf0-8863-06da502c0b7b@holgerdanske.com> From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 22:29:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: very slight OT: creating a *bootable* MSDOS7 memstick To: David Christensen Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BYMmZ4NLfz3ySk X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=ieZ4sMZl; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d35 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.42 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::d35:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.42)[-0.418]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 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 02:30:07 -0000 On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:07 PM David Christensen < dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 2020-08-21 16:17, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > Buying a new/used computer is simply not worth it; perhaps you missed the > > fact there is *NO* data I need to recover from the drive. I only want to > > revive the drive it self in order to save a trip to the store which would > > itself take 5 hours. (I refuse to buy hardware mail order). If I do end > > up going to the store I will be buying a drive for around $50 that is > twice > > the capacity of the one I am attempting to unbrick. > > > > To repeat: I need a MS-DOS7 machine for likely no more than 10 mins to > > revive a SSD and that's IT! The only reason I need DOS7 at all is the > > drive's firmware can only be repaired/upgraded with the above program. > > Once I do that I don't need MS-DOS7 for anything. Let's add something > > else is the program does not work on anything newer than XP thus it is > > unlikely installing something newer (something that can only be done > once I > > repair the drive) on the machine (the one I am currently writing this > reply > > on BTW) will also work (read catch-22, since the goal is to make my > current > > FreeBSD machine dual boot with the repaired drive). > > > Spend $100 to fix a $30 drive (sounds really smart to me!) and then never > > use the thing I spent $100 on ever again!.... And yes I know where to > buy a > > used machine *IF* that was the right answer. > > > I would be spending several hundred in time *AND* money if I took any > part > > of your advice and for what to revive a $30 drive that may or may not be > > revival.. and you call me insane??!?! > > Your OP and messages up to my first response did not make the above > points. Given your signature, I thought the SSD was for business use > and you absolutely, positively needed to run the *.exe. > Yes and no... since I am a freelancer you never know what you will be called on to do and thus finding some way to do it is a very good learning experience (I can't count the number of times where something I was doing for a personal project became something for a paid project and vice versa)... so it is likely best that I treated as a strong preference > > So, forget the *.exe, recycle the SSD, and be done with it. > > > If and when you buy another SSD, a challenge will be finding a model > whose manufacturer provides diagnostic tools that do not require > Windows. (I need to support Intel and Samsung SSD's, and AFAIK all > their tools require recent editions of Windows.) If anyone knows of > such SSD's, please post links. > > I spent the morning also doing that research and there is no such beast. > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org