China DOS Union

Problems that can be solved:
1. Solve the problem that some USB flash drives cannot boot as raised by many friends (provided that the motherboard supports the USB boot mode)
2. Format a USB flash drive larger than 1GB into USB_ZIP mode, and the drive letter is A: after booting.
Test process:
I put a 1GB SD card in a card reader and used the domestic USBOOT to make a bootable USB flash drive. I tried all modes, and only the USB_HDD mode could boot successfully, but the drive letter was C:
Later, I used the foreign FLASHBOOT tool. I used the FREEDOS in the MINI mode to successfully make a bootable USB flash drive in USB_ZIP mode and successfully booted the computer. Then I added some necessary tools in the USB flash drive, such as CD-ROM driver programs, Chinese environment, NTFS driver, some hard disk maintenance and editing tools. It depends on everyone's needs, and you can add them yourself.
Try my method. If it doesn't work, post a reply. If it works, also post a reply for communication.
Theoretically, as long as your motherboard supports it, any USB flash drive can be made into a bootable disk.
Key points: Use the FLASHBOOT tool (registered version)
Use FREEDOS in its MINI mode to make
Both the USB flash drive and the motherboard boot mode should be set to USB_ZIP mode.

Necessary contents in config.sys:

Device=himem.exe
dos=high
rem shell=command.com /P /D (This sentence is added, and autoexec.bat cannot execute automatically. I'm confused. Please ask experts for guidance)
lastdrive=z
Devicehigh=vide-cdd.sys /d:ide-cd

Necessary contents in autoexec.bat:

path a:\;a:\fdos
lh shsucdx /d:ide-cd /l:1
rem lh tw
rem lh ntfs4dos

Where can I find a registered version? Why does the so-called registered version found online always prompt that it's working in DEMO mode?

I forgot which brother asked me this question last week. I was busy last week, and now I'm making up for it.

Since FLASHBOOT needs to be installed before it can be used, I don't know if the version I'm uploading now is the one I'm using. Now I'll upload a smaller version first. If it doesn't work properly, I'll upload the larger one.

Please note the usage method: install first, then copy that *.XML file to the installation directory.

Download address:
(The version is incorrect, please see the eleventh floor)

[ Last edited by sdbbsdbb on 2006-12-14 at 05:06 AM ]

Where can I download the registered version? Please post an address~

The one passed on by Building 4 is still the DEMO version.

Originally posted by baowang at 2006-12-12 23:38:
The 4th floor passed the DEMO version.

Did you copy the XML file to C:\Program Files\FlashBoot? If it is really the DEMO version, I will upload a slightly larger version.

It's just in a directory, but the one you uploaded seems to be the portable version, not the installed one.

Also, why are the files generated by the bootable USB drive made by USBOOT different from those made by FLASHboot? What are the differences between them? Can you explain in detail?

Originally posted by baowang at 2006-12-14 00:20:
Another thing is, why are the files generated by the USB boot disk made by USBOOT different from those made by FLASHboot? What are the differences between them? Can you explain in detail?

That's the case. The files you mentioned should be boot files, that is, two to three files other than the boot header (which is the key to making the USB flash drive boot successfully. However, that's not a file format, but a short piece of code written in a specific sector of the USB flash drive. The quality of this code determines whether our USB flash drive can boot normally on most machines) are generally IOL.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and command.com.

Because there are many versions of files that can be used for booting at present, including the original version of DOS7.1, the version revised by the boss Wengier of "DOS Home", and the boot disk version of WIN98 that is from the same origin as DOS71. I even made a USB flash drive boot disk with the boot disk files under WINME or XP...

USBOOT1.00 uses only the two-file original version of DOS71, 1.68 uses Wengier's revised version of DOS71, and FLASHBOOT has FREE OS built-in. In fact, you can completely replace it with other versions of boot files you like.

The differences you see are the differences between these versions. Don't worry about it, as long as it can boot.

Originally posted by baowang at 2006-12-14 00:10:
It's just in one directory, but the one you uploaded seems to be the portable version, not the installed one

That's indeed the case, it's my mistake. Uploading again, this time it's the installed version. You need to install it first, then copy the XML file. It should work. Give it a try.

http://zhenlove.com.cn/cndos/fileup/files/FlashBoot.rar

I'll try it when I have time.

I've made a boot disk. I'll try it tomorrow. (There are many models waiting for me to test. The ones I made before only worked on one-third of the computers.)

To be honest, when I was doing an experiment, the bootable USB drive made with MS_DOS couldn't boot my computer, but the bootable USB drive made with FREEDOS could boot my computer. I wonder if you guys have encountered this situation?