Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb

From	Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb
Date	2014-08-24 20:14 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 08/22/2014 08:46 PM, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote:
>> On 08/23/2014 06:41 AM, Todd wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I need to make a bootable USB drive with DOS 6.22 on
>>> it to do a bunch of BIOS flash updates.
>>>
>>> I have an image of an old DOS 6.22 floppy drive,
>>> but can't figure out how make it bootable on
>>> a USB drive.
>>
>> Try dd if=<path_to/>msdos_6.22.img of=/dev/sdX
>>
>> where X is for the USB drive; make sure the MS-DOS image bootable.
>>
>>> And, Free DOS crashes the flash update utility.
>>
> 
> 
> Tried that.  Didn't work.

Had to go look on another computer to find out how I built my last dos
boot disk for a bios upgrade. Freedos wouldn't even boot so I had to
use real dos.

Syslinux, www.syslinux.org   specifically memdisk, although you'll
also need to research syslinux if you intend to use it to make the USB
stick bootable.

You can also use grub or grub2 to make the USB stick bootable if
you're more comfortable with those. I'd assume LILO will also work,
but I haven't  touched it in years.

Thread

Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-22 18:11 -0700
  Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman.SANSPAM@outlook.com> - 2014-08-23 09:16 +0530
    Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-22 21:13 -0700
      Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2014-08-23 00:49 -0400
        Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2014-08-23 00:57 -0400
      Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-08-23 12:16 -0400
        Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-23 12:28 -0500
          Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Grant <omg@grrr.id.au> - 2014-08-24 09:50 +1000
      Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-24 20:14 +0000
  Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-23 04:24 +0000
    Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-22 21:35 -0700
      Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-23 10:28 +0000
        Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb faeychild <faeychild@noreply.afraid.com> - 2014-08-24 10:43 +1000
          Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-08-24 19:35 -0400
            Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-08-24 23:46 +0000
      Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-23 13:26 +0000
        Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-23 15:11 +0100
          Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-24 19:43 -0700
        Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-24 19:46 -0700
  Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Huibert Bol <huibert.bol@quicknet.nl> - 2014-08-23 08:31 +0200
    Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-24 19:51 -0700
  Re: Need to make a DOS 6.22 boot usb Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2014-08-26 11:44 -0700

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