Hi Gerry,
> Of course you will then need a DOS USB driver first before you > can run SYS on the drive... I recommend USBASPI4 and ASPIDISK But surely if the user's BIOS supports booting from USB it will also support USB emulation and if it does, the user won't need any USB drivers...
This is alas not true: When I last tested USB booting, the BIOS in question (on a Sempron or Athlon XP system, so actually something which is really not outdated by now), USB support could only be activated for booting. So if you do not boot from it, you get no access without drivers for USB. Some laptop BIOSes and other modern BIOSes do support making USB devices accessible for DOS, though. That and the "make USB keyboard / mouse accessible for DOS" can be assumed to be based on slow minimal drivers, so do not be surprised if access is slow and if the BIOS USB stack running in the background makes your whole DOS slow or shaky. Not very useful for gaming etc.! So while you can, you should try to stick to serial and PS/2 keyboards and mice with DOS. And use USB disk drivers only while actually accessing USB disks from DOS. Eric ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
