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May16th,2003,05:55AM

Penman

BootingoffaUSBpendrive?

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AnyoneknowofawayIcansetupmySonyUSB
PendrivetobootupwithCDROM/USBdriversANDlet
merunNortonGhostofftheCDorpendrive?Any
informationandImeanANYiswelcome

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#2

May16th,2003,06:08AM

Themotherboardneedstosupportit.

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Ifitdoesthere'llbeanoptioninbios,tochoosewhat
sourcesitcanbootfrom,simplychoosetheoneyou
want,cdismostlikelytobethere,beingabletoboot
fromusbisonlyrelativelynewsodon'tbetoo
surprisedifitisn'tthere....
Whateversourceyouusejustneedsformatting
correctly.
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May16th,2003,06:40AM

NooNoo
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USBResources
Asageneralrule,USBisNOTsupportedinDOS.
Therearecompaniesandindividualswhoare

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producingUSBstacksforDOS,butnothing
practicalyetfortheeverydayDOSuser.Ihopeto
includeallofthesoftwareandinformation
availableonthispagesincethistopicdoestendto
popupalotondiscussionboards.
USBsupportforumsforDOS.
New!Comehereifyouarehavingproblems
gettingyourdevicetowork.
Downloads:
Ihavenotusedanyofthissoftwarepersonally
(exceptfortheUSBCDROMbootdiskand
duse.exe),soIcannotvouchfortheir
functionality.Useatyourownrisk!
IomegaUSB/FirewireBootDisketteNew!This
bootdiskettesupposedlysupportsFirewireand
USBIomegaASPIdevices.Ihavenottestedthis
diskettesouseatyourownrisk.
''MottoHairu'USBDriverThisisasetofUSB
DriverswhichincludesUSBASPI.SYSdriverbelow.
Alotofpeoplehavehadsuccesswiththese
drivers.Hereisatranslationofthereadme.txt
file.
USBCDROMDriverUSBASPI.SYSAnotherUSB
CDROMDriver.Avisitortoldmeaboutthisand
saidhewasabletouseGhostandthisdriverto
backuphisharddrivetoaCDRW.Addadevice
referencetothisdriver(device=usbaspi.sys)in
yourconfig.sysandthenrunMSCDEXor
SHSUCDXinautoexec.battobindthedriver.
USBDOSCDROMBootDiskNew!(Recently
updatedthisdisktoincludeDUSE4.4!)A
Windows98BootdiskImadeusingtheDUSE.EXE
driverbelow.Icreatedthisdisketteforthose
folkshavingtroublesgettingDUSEtoworkwith
theirUSBCDROMdrives.Downloadanddouble
clickthisprogramtocreatethediskette(youwill
needtohaveablankdiskhandy).
USBCDRomSetupModificationforWindows98
bootdisks.ModifiesastandardWindows98boot
disktousetheusb_cd.sysdriverbelow.
USBCDRomDriverusb_cd.sysdriverincluded
intheabovepackage.Adddevice=usb_cd.systo
config.sys
USBMouseDriver#1USBMousedriverfror
OHCIdevices.
USBMouseDriver#2USBMousedriverfor
UHCIdevices
USB4Pas.zipAUSBlibrary/routineforsniffing
USBpacketsunderPascal/DOS.Source
CypressUSBMassStorageDriverNew!Version
4.4ofDUSE.EXEnowsupportsUSB2.0!WOW!
Whatagreatfind.This'universal'devicedriver
willworkwithUSBZipDrives,HardDrives,CD
ROMdrives,floppydrivesandsomethingcalled
MOdrives.Iwasactuallyabletoreadthe
contentsofmyUSBCDRWdiskwiththisdriver.
Readtheinstructionsincludedwiththepackage.

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Links:
USB4DOSAUSBstackforDOSdevelopers.Not
forthecommon,everydayDOSuser.Quitepricey
at$1000.00US.
USBinDOSNew!Awebsitewithsample
assemblycodethatshowshowtoscantheUSB
interfaceforattacheddevices.Ifanyoneis
interestedinpossiblywritingtheirownUSB
driver,youmightwanttostarthere.
thatpageiscurrentlydown,thisisagooglecache
copy
Thiscouldgetyousomewheresobootingfromacdor
afloppythenusingthependrivewhileindosseemsto
bepossible.
usb4dosDUSE

Never,everapproachacomputersayingoreventhinking"Iwill
justdothisquickly."

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May16th,2003,07:57AM

Platypus

OriginallypostedbyNooNoo
thatpageiscurrentlydown

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Yes,darkehorse?Beendownforawhile,hopewe
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Idon'tthinkhe'sbeenusingthatsiteforlong,
hopefullyjusthostingtroubles.

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May16th,2003,12:13PM

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YoucantrythisutilityforDell.Ihavenothada
chancetotestit.gohere.
Penmandisregardmypm.Ifoundthelinkand
postedithere.Note:doesn'tinstallunderXP.
Edit:Doesn'tinstallunderWin98either.Don'tknow
whatisgoingon.SecondEdit:Won'tinstallunderME
either.
MaybeitonlyworksonDells?

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May16th,2003,01:15PM

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Thisoneworks.
Ifoundautilitythatworks.Itcanonlybeinstalled
underWindows98.Itshouldworkforwin9598meto
gettoadosprompt.Whenyougettothepromptthe
pendriveisC:andtheotherdrivescanbeseenand
workedwith.(alsohascdromdrivers).Gohereand
chooseA1usbflashdriveClickonDriversand
SoftwareSaveandInstall(note:itsaidIneededto
installthedriversfirsteventhoughIhadotherdrivers
whichcamewithmypendriveIinstalledthemwithno
problem)thenusethebootup12.exeprogramandit
willmakethependrivebootable.Yourbiosmust
supportbootingfromausbdrive.
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#7

May16th,2003,01:54PM

confused

Wellgoodanswer...butisthatwhatheasked?I
thoughtcdorpendrive...

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Niceonetechs....butwhydideveryonerunoffto
findadosdriverforusb?
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Don'ttheGhostBootwizarddoallthisforyou?
&anyways"letmerunNortonGhostofftheCDor
pendrive"doesn'tthatmeanhe'dbehappybooting
fromcd?
Here'showtomakeacdbootablewithGhost
Idunnowhyhejustdoesn'tuseafloppy...

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#8

May16th,2003,02:21PM

Idunno.Maybehehasalegacyfreemachinewithno
floppyandhedoesn'thaveacdrw?Thoughthe
nortondiskisbootablemaybehewantstousenew
virusdefs?

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May16th,2003,04:14PM

beenworkingonthis,,,asihaveapendriveandusb
cdromonmylaptop,

freddy
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havebootedfromamemorexbbq200cdrusingthe
followinglinesintheauto/config,,,,
@echooff
MSCDEX.EXE/D:mscd001
and...config:
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS/testmem
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20

ff

device=USBASPI.sys
device=usbcd.sys/D:mscd001
device=RAMFD.SYS

LASTDRIVE=Z
thefilesareonnoonooslink

andonasimplebootupdisk$$$$$FREE$$$$from
microshaftat
http://www.addonics.com/support/faqs...stallation.asp
thisonedoesntseemypendrive.
thefirstonedoes,,,,,,butihav,ntgotadriveletter.

thependriveihaveisUSB2,,,128m,,,,withtwo
partitions,,,,,soucanputSYSonittoboot,,,,

havn,thadtimetosortitoutyet(tomuchNTFS)
,,,,,can,tcreatabootdisk?????
hopethosetolinks/ideashelp,,,,
anyonefindingadriverforthependrive,please
inclosealinktothefileneededinconfig.sys
cheersalan

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#10

May16th,2003,04:27PM

Ifthebiossupportsbootingfromusbhddthenthe
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softwareIlistedwillallowyoubootfromthepen
driveandstillseeitindosaswellasseeyourcd
roms.Idon'tknowwheretogetadrivertomakethe
pendrivevisibleifyoubootfromacdromhowever.I
thinkthependrivesupportisinthebiositselfand
thereforenodriverisneededifyoubootoffit.

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May19th,2003,08:51AM

Penman
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BasicallychapsIworkinaneducationauthorityand
thePCswehavetodealwithrangeinagefrom10
yearsold(Iknowit'sajoke)tobrandspankingnew
Dells.Allofthe6000pcsseemtohaveaslightly
differentsetup,somehaveFDDssomedont.Generally
weusebootableCDstoimageorabootablefloppy
andausb/firewiredrive.Bootingoffpendrivewasjust
anotherideaIhadsinceIknowalltheanalystshave
them
Thanksfortheinfo,I'llpostbackandletyouknow
howIgoton!
edit:ohandsomeofthelatestDelllaptopsdontcome
withfloppiesandthierDVDdrivesareusb/firewire...
youcanbootoffthembutyourstuffedwhenitcomes
totryingtoaccesstheunderdosatthemoment!I
managedtoputtogetherabootableCDthatworked
withthem,butitwasprettymessysoIreallywanted
totrytousethependrives

LasteditedbyPenmanMay19th,2003at08:54AM.

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#12

March30th,2004,03:51PM

nommos

Hello

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SeemsyouandmeareinthesameboatIhavebeen
tryingtodothisalso.Withournewlaptopscomingin
withnofloppyandsometimesnocdromeither.
Iwouldappreciateifyoucouldtellmeanythingyou
canfindonthisissue.(GhostUSBPenBoot).
thanks

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