How to access files on USB stick from FreeDOS?

Question

I made a FreeDOS bootable USB stick with Unetbootin and then put some files in the root directory. When I booted it in Livecd mode, The files were not in the root directory or any subdirectories. How do I access them?

Answer 1

FreeDos does not provide any USB support on it's own. Just like back in the "godd ol' DOS days", you will need a driver.

Fortunately for you, you might find a driver for that purpose here.

There are some caveats however.. here is a snippet from the driver package:

The main limitation is that the only USB Host Controller protocol included here is UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). This means that these programs will currently only work with USB host controllers manufactured by Intel Corporation or Via Technologies

Even if your controller doesn't meet this specification, I would at least try it anyways as you have nothing to lose.

I can't tell you how to get it working as I am not going to read the docs for you but hopefully this will help you out.