On 08/22/2014 05:58 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On 08/21/2014 02:18 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Anyone know how to create a DOS 6.22 Live USB stick
>> from a Linux machine?   Got the DOS ISO and Floppy
>> images, but dd doesn't work.
>>
>
> While this is not ScientificLinux-specific, the instructions for gentoo
> at http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Bootable_DOS_USB_stick might help you.
> (The ms-sys package can be found in repoforge; specifically, see
> http://pkgs.repoforge.org/ms-sys/ ).

Hi Lamar,

Hmmmmm.  "ms-sys -s /dev/sdb" looks like it is my missing
ingredient.  Thank you!


> Alternatively, use unetbootin (available for SL in the EPEL repository)
> to make a FreeDOS USB stick; for most BIOS flashing and similar purposes
> a FreeDOS USB stick works fine.

Unfortunately I need to be able to boot to DOS 6.22 so
I can upgrade some BIOS'es with their flash utilities.
I have managed to create a Free DOS stick, but the
flash utilities crash on me

Thank you for helping me with this.

-T