Hi Aitor: I'm not positive, but I don't THINK GAG will recognize a USB device unless the BIOS recognizes it. If you try this, please let me know what you find out. I use GAG on all of my machines...much easier to configure than GRUB.
Mark > Hi there, > > Sorry about the slight offtopic, but... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > > > > >I'm using a boot loader called "GAG" to multiboot all of my computers. > >The laptop I'm using has FreeDOS, Windows XP, and Linux installed > >now with the GAG boot loader in the MBR. C: is the FreeDOS > >installation permanately on the laptop. It was MS-DOS last week... > > > > > Now that you have experience with that, is GAG able to boot any OS from > a partition on a USB device of any kind? > I am thinking of a great deal of possibilities with my IDE/ATA=>USB > adapter.... provided that the target OS is capable of understanding that > it is being booted from such device... (I don't know if any of the > Windows would be able to do that). > > > > > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Congratulations on getting USB stick bootable. How did you make it > >>visible as E: in DOS ? > >> > >> > > > >This is done automatically by the BIOS on at least two of my new > >computers. The USB stick gets a drive letter. One of the > >computers will only boot from it if it is a real floppy drive, the > >other offers the option to boot from USB Mass Storage. DOS > >doesn't know that it isn't a second hard drive. When it boots, > >DOS sees the USB stick as C:. No DOS USB drivers are required. > > > > > Sounds like bad news. Few available BIOSes seem to provide such a > support for USB, at least that I know of.... > > Aitor > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
