s-user] Instructions for making USB key bootable. . .
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:14:52 +1000, you wrote:
Hi Techfan,
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 a
On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 01:14 +1000, TechFan wrote:
> 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 alrea
At 12:07 PM 3/15/2006 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
15-íÁÒ-2006 02:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
MD> Yes. Creating a new partition with FDISK doesn't work. It thinks it
MD> works, but the stick remains unusable until the HP tool reformats
Hi!
15-Мар-2006 02:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
MD> Yes. Creating a new partition with FDISK doesn't work. It thinks it
MD> works, but the stick remains unusable until the HP tool reformats it.
Why this may happen?
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At 11:09 AM 3/15/2006 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
MD> If I start up FDISK, it sees a partition on the USB
MD> stick. If I then use FDISK to remove that partition, afterwards the USB
MD> stick cannot be accessed by FreeDOS tools (including FORMAT or DEBUG) or
MD> Windows re-format.
Of
Hi!
14-Мар-2006 16:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
>> As I understand, this is not possible: diskettes do not contain MBR,
>>disks do. And these schemes are not interchangeable.
MD> Well, I have a couple USB sticks that don't know FDISK isn'
At 12:55 AM 3/15/2006 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
14-íÁÒ-2006 00:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
MD> My own issue is that I can create a stick which either boots as a big
MD> floppy (A: via USB-ZIP) or a hard drive (C: via USB-HDD), but I ca
Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
Hi!
14-Мар-2006 17:21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bailey) 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
Hi!
14-Мар-2006 17:21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bailey) 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,
di
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 contai
ove the mbr on a usb key to get
back to the floppy emulation?
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*From:* "Arkady V.Belousov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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*Subject:* [Freedos-user] Instructions for making USB key boo
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 th
:* [Freedos-user] Instructions for making USB key bootable. . .
> Hi!
>
> 14-Мар-2006 00:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
>
> MD> My own issue is that I can create a stick which either boots as a big
> MD> floppy (A: via USB-Z
Hi!
14-Мар-2006 00:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
MD> My own issue is that I can create a stick which either boots as a big
MD> floppy (A: via USB-ZIP) or a hard drive (C: via USB-HDD), but I can't seem
MD> to switch back and forth between the t
At 08:20 PM 3/14/2006 +, Gerry Hickman wrote:
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'm not sure what you mean, but in g
Hi Michael,
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'm not sure what you mean, but in general you have to decide if you're
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:14:52 +1000, you wrote:
Hi Techfan,
>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.
, but never known how to make the usb stick bootable. . . I
will have to play with it.
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*From:* Michael Devore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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*Sent:* Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:11:12 PM
*Subject:* [Freedos-user] Instructions for making U
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 ghosti
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.
Thanks.
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