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Re: grub2 boot freedos kernel.sys
From: |
Lennart Sorensen |
Subject: |
Re: grub2 boot freedos kernel.sys |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:35:13 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:05:12AM +0300, Beeblebrox wrote:
> Len & Vladimir:
>
> I just sent a repeat of the first message by mistake - please disregard.
>
> >> You are trying to make it way too complicated. DOS doesn't like
> complicated.
>
> I'm fine with that. I just went about it in that manner because I was not
> very sure how to get this done and more or less fumbling around.
>
> >> I think the most practical thing to do would be to make a bootable USB
> key and use that along with the USBASPI.SYS driver to get access to the
> rest of the USB key after booting DOS.
>
> You of course mean by this that I would have to have a dedicated USB drive
> just for this task - is that correct? I really don't want to have a USB
> dedicated and limited to upgrading of BIOS.
>
> >>* You can always modify FreeDOS to* >* suit your needs
>
> *
> *Just to confirm: What I am trying to get done is possible then? Not that I
> want to make things complicated, I just want to be able to use a
> grub2-bootlader USB to multi-boot various tools (including BIOS flash
> utility from dos).
> *
> *Sadly, flashrom does not work on my hardware as yet.
Does this give you any ideas:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1545929
It uses a ramdisk as far as I can tell, rather than USB, but you can find
USB drivers for DOS that you could add to give you access to a USB key.
--
Len Sorensen