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  • Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT

    From paulie420@VERT/BEERS20 to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 07:41:00 2023
    :0) But do we need a US stickc
    formatted specifically for MSDOS? That seems logical. Because so far, haven't managed to get my USB stick recognized. What's more, MSDOS ca only read partitions up to 2GB, unless I'm mistaken.

    You need a FAT16 partition. Also, to use USB you'll need a driver or bump up to FreeDOS, I *think* it has a driver.

    If you can't find one, I know theres a DOS USB driver @ 2oFB... search function is your friend. Its in the LocalZzZ first File Conference.



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to esc on Thu Jun 22 14:18:03 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am

    I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Windows 98 or something?

    Nightfox

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 17:50:00 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Tracker1 to Woodoochild on Wed Jun 21 2023 11:09 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Woodoochild to hollowone on Fri Jun 16 2023 21:15:04

    I've been trying to get this thing to work for a few days now, I've reassembled and old machine running MSDOS 6.22. I'm using it also to browse BBS b the way. It's a lot of fun! :0) But do we need a US stick formatted specifically for MSDOS? That seems logical. Because so far, I haven't managed to get my USB stick recognized. What's more, MSDOS can only read partitions up to 2GB, unless I'm mistaken.

    Your best bet is really FreeDOS, not MS-DOS if you want to run DOS on more m


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    IIRC FreeDOS will suport usb hard drives. Not sure about usb sticks

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  • From esc@VERT/MONTEREY to Nightfox on Thu Jun 22 17:21:00 2023
    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Windows 98 or something?

    Yep, that's exactly it! Go on youtube and look up philscomputerlab dos 7.1 and you can see how to extract and install it.

    It's 100% compatible with everything except utilities that expect FAT16. So, all games and stuff are totally fine.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Thu Jun 22 19:13:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to esc <=-

    I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer
    included with Windows 98 or something?

    He said right in the post that you're replying to (but you snipped it
    out), that it is part of the Win98 install media....



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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Fri Jun 23 10:14:26 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am

    I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release

    Microsoft
    made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Windows 98 or something?

    you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
    format with /s and it will be dos 7

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Nightfox on Fri Jun 23 14:15:00 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am

    I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some ga

    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release Microsoft

    Nightfox

    7.1 is the underlying DOS in Win9x systems

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to MRO on Sat Jun 24 09:03:00 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri Jun 23 2023 10:14 am

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Nightfox to esc on Thu Jun 22 2023 02:18 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: esc to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 01:00 am

    I've had some luck recently using MS-DOS 7.1. FreeDOS does have some game

    What exactly is MS-DOS 7.1? The last official standalone release

    Microsoft
    made of MS-DOS was 6.22. Would 7.1 be the DOS layer included with Window 98 or something?

    you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it.
    format with /s and it will be dos 7

    The win98 boot disk has those utilities

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Moondog on Sun Jun 25 03:39:19 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Moondog to MRO on Sat Jun 24 2023 09:03 am


    you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it. format with /s and it will be dos 7

    The win98 boot disk has those utilities

    yeah i've done it hundreds of times.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MOONDOG on Mon Jun 26 16:06:00 2023
    you can make a boot disk and make sure it has format and fdisk on it. format with /s and it will be dos 7

    The win98 boot disk has those utilities

    Some of the utilities that came with prior versions of DOS were no longer available with the DOS 7.x versions that ran under Win9x.

    Many of them were replaced with Windows utilities, which doesn't help if
    you are trying to run a DOS 7.x system without Windows.


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  • From Woodoochild@VERT/DMINE to Tracker1 on Tue Jun 27 04:44:11 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Tracker1 to Woodoochild on Wed Jun 21 2023 11:09 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Woodoochild to hollowone on Fri Jun 16 2023 21:15:04

    I've been trying to get this thing to work for a few days now, I've reassembled and old machine running MSDOS 6.22. I'm using it also to browse BBS b the way. It's a lot of fun! :0) But do we need a US stick formatted specifically for MSDOS? That seems logical. Because so far, I haven't managed to get my USB stick recognized. What's more, MSDOS can only read partitions up to 2GB, unless I'm mistaken.

    Your best bet is really FreeDOS, not MS-DOS if you want to run DOS on more m

    I had already explored FREEDOS once a few years ago. I'll probably install it on another hard disk to see what FREEDOS can do for me. On MSDOS, it's version 6.22, and it's mainly for playing games and launching a few applications. And so the USB would be used to transfer large files. And also to say me: "ok, I managed to get the USB support workingunder MSDOS. Because finally I found it simpler to create a local FTP and retrieve files that way on my MSDOS machine.

    Anyway, thanks for the tip! :0)
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  • From Woodoochild@VERT/DMINE to paulie420 on Tue Jun 27 04:50:11 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: paulie420 to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 07:41 am

    :0) But do we need a US stickc
    formatted specifically for MSDOS? That seems logical. Because so f haven't managed to get my USB stick recognized. What's more, MSDOS only read partitions up to 2GB, unless I'm mistaken.

    You need a FAT16 partition. Also, to use USB you'll need a driver or bump up

    If you can't find one, I know theres a DOS USB driver @ 2oFB... search funct



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    Thank you so much! Very useful. I will check all this. soon!
    Regards,
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  • From Woodoochild@VERT/DMINE to Moondog on Tue Jun 27 04:52:05 2023
    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Moondog to Tracker1 on Thu Jun 22 2023 05:50 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Tracker1 to Woodoochild on Wed Jun 21 2023 11:09 pm

    Re: Re: FreeDOS USB SUPPORT
    By: Woodoochild to hollowone on Fri Jun 16 2023 21:15:04

    I've been trying to get this thing to work for a few days now, I've reassembled and old machine running MSDOS 6.22. I'm using it also to browse BBS b the way. It's a lot of fun! :0) But do we need a US sti formatted specifically for MSDOS? That seems logical. Because so far haven't managed to get my USB stick recognized. What's more, MSDOS c only read partitions up to 2GB, unless I'm mistaken.

    Your best bet is really FreeDOS, not MS-DOS if you want to run DOS on mor


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    IIRC FreeDOS will suport usb hard drives. Not sure about usb sticks

    Thanks for d‚tails
    Regards,
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