Quick steps on how to create a DOS USB bootable device

  1. Download free dos image, e.g. http://www.freedos.org/download/download/fd11src.iso to /tmp/
  2. insert USB thumb drive and note down which device node is used for it (assuming /dev/sdb)
  3. start qemu like this: qemu -boot d -cdrom /tmp/fd11src.iso -hda /dev/sdb
  4. follow menu steps to partition/format/install FreeDOS

-- CarstenAulbert - 04 Mar 2014

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Title How to create FreeDOS bootable USB thumb drive
Description How to create FreeDOS bootable USB thumb drive
Tags DOS, USB
Category Admin
Topic revision: r1 - 04 Mar 2014, CarstenAulbert
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