Thanks for the info. . .so I just need to sys the usb stick? That works with Msdos as well? I thought I had tried that before. . .the main issue I have is that I need to be able to boot to it and run ghostcast off a network drive. I already use the netboot global boot disk with good success, but never known how to make the usb stick bootable. . . I will have to play with it.
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Michael Devore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net *Sent:* Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:11:12 PM *Subject:* [Freedos-user] Instructions for making USB key bootable. . . > At 07:36 AM 3/14/2006 +1000, TechFan wrote: >> I saw a thread go around earlier about using a bootable USB key. Did >> that get polished or handled? I have an extra USB key to play with, but >> I would like to make it bootable. . .getting tired of using the very >> slow usb floppy drive to boot our ghosting process. > > Polished? Probably not, but the current kernel with FORMAT seem to > work for everybody who has a USB stick and a computer which supports > USB stick booting. There was one recent kernel bugfix made for > computers which weirded-out with no floppies present, but that's about > it. > > Anyway, there are several ways to get there. I typically use a > formatted USB stick recognized via USBASPI.SYS at bootup and then SYS > it to make it bootable. Several methods to format the stick if that's > not already done, but it usually comes that way. > > My own issue is that I can create a stick which either boots as a big > floppy (A: via USB-ZIP) or a hard drive (C: via USB-HDD), but I can't > seem to switch back and forth between the two types after I'm done. > I've not had time to investigate what's necessary to change to go > between them. But for most users it probably doesn't matter once they > get successful obots, so I've not been pushing hard to make the time, > either. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
