Re: grub2 boot freedos kernel.sys

["Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

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