- CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS INSTALL
- CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS DRIVERS
- CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS SOFTWARE
- CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS ISO
Copy the win98 folder from the Windows 98 setup CD on to the flash drive. If you have a working Windows 9x/ME system you can just format the flash drive as FAT16/32 and select to make the drive bootable. You have to get the system booted up under DOS to start with. If unplugged later, the GUI setup alleges it'd need to write 5.1 MB onto drive C:/ (the drive-letter assigned to the USB, possibly the installer app bug)Ĭonventionally burn an image onto USB with UltraISO / Rufus, change autoexec.bat to use other drive-letter - no luck
CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS DRIVERS
The /NM (No Machine checking, allows installation from FreeDOS) and /IS (Ignore Scandisk) are prescribed by FreeDOS.Ĭonventionally burn an image onto USB with UltraISO / Rufus -> boots ok, BSODs when installing drivers with `Fail to read from C:/" (the USB)Ĭonventionally burn an image onto USB with UltraISO / Rufus, begin the installation of Win9x from another media, unplug USB when beginning the installation -> Hangs before getting to GUI. For example, setup.exe /nm /is /ie /c /p j a
CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS ISO
This will prevent any bugsĬD to ISO folder ( cd ISO), run setup.exe with the switches you want. When prompted with the DOS configurations, select "no drivers (emergency)" configuration. Notice that this time, C: will be assigned to the internal storage (which eliminates bugs) Unplug the USB drive, and now boot from the internal storage.
CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS INSTALL
Install the base (minimalistic) package without sources At one time what worked for me if getting a second small USB stick that it could somehow see, writing an Easybcd BIOS extender onto itĪfter having booted up, do install FreeDOS onto the to-be Windows 9x machine.
If you cannot, you are probably into the world of pain. Go to BIOS and see if you can boot off your USB stick
Unplug the device and plug it to your to-be Windows 9x machine.
CREATE BOOTABLE USB WINDOWS 7 RUFUS FREEDOS SOFTWARE
Then copy the folder onto your flash device.Īlso copy the drivers and software you need to the folder SW on your USB flash drive Open your Windows 9x image and extract the image contents to some folder ISO (you could use your archiving app for this matter, too, not just UltraISO).
The image burning should take ~5 minutesĬlose UltraISO, open it back again. It seems like FreeDOS mainstream requires on the machine to support some extended CPU command set, not always found on legacy hardware.
Install UltraISO (trial version will do). The newer 32+ GB sticks aren't always recognised by older BIOSĭownload FreeDOS legacy, Windows 9x image, UltraISO. Note: You'd want to use a 2-4 GB USB stick. The workaround to boot off USB will be posted, but it might be easier to just stop at this point if the computer cannot. The guide generally assumes the computer can boot off your device. Feel free to contribute, as it's likely imperfect This probably isn't the only possible solution, but the only one that worked so far.