Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
Hi!
15-Мар-2006 08:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TechFan) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
T> So, can you direct a fdisk /mbr to remove the mbr on a usb key to get
T> back to the floppy emulation?
As I understand, this is not possible: diskettes do not contain MBR,
disks do. And these schemes are not interchangeable.
"fdisk/mbr" just (re)writes MBR booting code, this neither changes nor
deletes anything other (partitions information). And FDISK do not deal with
non-MBR media by definition.
A USB stick can be set up either with or without an MBR.
Windows (AFAIK) transparently deals with either type.
The two computers I have that will boot a USB stick BOTH
insist on it having an MBR to boot from it, and both
automatically detect the USB stick.
You can use Linux commands to switch back and forth.
There is an HP utility which will write an MBR to a
SuperFloppy formatted memory stick (SP27213.exe) under
Windows.
The Linux command
mkdosfs /dev/sda (or whatever your device is)
will create a "superfloppy" formatted USB stick.
You can change which way a my USB sticks formatted
with these commands.
Mark
-------------------------------------------------------
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
