From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1VFPjf-0000Z8-J1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:31:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48629) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFPjR-000074-1l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:31:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFPjL-0002n4-0l for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:31:24 -0400 Received: from mail.csclub.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.52]:51047) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFPjK-0002mZ-Tj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:31:18 -0400 Received: from caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.134.17]) by mail.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id C69A82B9D6 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:35:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: by caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:35:13 -0400 From: "Lennart Sorensen" Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:35:13 -0400 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: grub2 boot freedos kernel.sys Message-ID: <20130830143513.GR12616@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 129.97.134.52 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:31:31 -0000 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