Re: [Freedos-user] Information update about BIOS USB flash support

2005-02-06 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 31-Янв-2005 13:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: EA> Some interesting points: EA> - USB mp3 players are often too slow to be detected as boot medium How this relates? EA> - some USB flash storage brands seem to be too slow to be bootable, too

Re: [Freedos-user] Information update about BIOS USB flash support

2005-02-02 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:36:20 +0100 (MET), you wrote: Hi Eric, The HP Flash tool can format my flash stick (not SONY's). But it won't boot. Surprisingly the format tool do recognize KERNEL.SYS and COMMAND.COM but still fail to boot from IBM X31 notebook and my Gigabyte mainboard (enabled boot devi

[Freedos-user] Information update about BIOS USB flash support

2005-01-31 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, as we recently had some mails about which BIOS can do what with USB drives, I updated the FAQ a bit - somebody on DeskWork forum posted the URL of a Chip (German PC magazine) article about USB booting. Somewhat old (came along with a 10/2003 USB stick test) but still useful. Check the FAQ: ht