Hi all,
Would like a hoary old disk utility which runs under FreeDOS to be able to "see" USB connected drives. But am very unfamiliar with how things work under-the-hood.
Despite reading through the docs, I'm lost. Realize no guarantee the USB drivers here will work, but could anyone give an example of what needs to be done to load things properly to try - maybe a batch file?
Detail:
Following online instructions, used HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool HPUSBFW.EXE pointed to a FreeDOS CD's ODIN directory's files, to make a bootable USB stick. Selected in the BIOS, it boots, and from it the utility runs.
Regarding USB drive access, the FreeDOS website pointed straight here to Bret's website. So, after reading, and still rather blindly, copied USBDRIVE.COM, USBUHCIL.OVL, USBUHCIL.COM, and USBHOSTS.COM onto the stick. But found running USBDRIVE.COM from the command line isn't enough.
Besides those four files, the only system files on the stick seem to be see COMMAND.COM, KERNEL.SYS.
Maybe all that's needed is a batch file of some sort, in an appropriate order? (Again assuming things can work with the system.) Thanks for any suggestions.
-Jim