On Fri, 5 May 2006 10:44:24 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Hi Alan
>Command? I have a system with only a HDD and a 256MB >CF card, plus USB ports. I had tried everything to >boot this system, from USB CD-ROM with bootable Win2k >CD, to USB flash drive, but nothing works. Even >plugging in the HDD to another PC and install doesn't >work (after replugging back to the system, Windows >fails to load, sigh...) I've tried, I can boot from flash finger (flash drive) on my office's HP 7100dc SSF and also IBM ThinkCentre by setting the BIOS to try "USB-HDD" or "USB-FDD" first, you need a freedos floppy disk image and this: === TITLE: HP Windows Format Utility for USB Drive Key or DiskOnKey VERSION: 2.00.006 Rev. B DESCRIPTION: US=HP Windows Format Utility for USB Drive Key or DiskOnKey SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP27213 ==== >I'm planning to install FreeDOS into the CF from my >Win XP Pro laptop via PCMCIA card reader, and use it >to boot up this system so that i can install Win2K on >the HDD. I have been browsing through the net for few >days but has yet to find a way. Can anyone please >help? Is it an IDE to PCMCIA adapter? For a laptop maybe try a bootable CD-ROM is easier. There's a IDE-to-CF adapter which can plug into the IDE channels, but may not suitable for laptop: http://sewelldirect.com/IDE-CF-Adapter.asp http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adidecf.asp Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
