Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 08:44:21 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: VAIO PCG-505F notebook system restoration
In a message dated 5/2/2005 03:55:01 Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Any suggetions for getting CD-ROM access for this pup when booting a FDD to > DOS? > The Sony 505 series will boot ONLY from one of the Sony CD drives (or DVD drives) manufactured to accompany these laptops. There are only a handful which work. The alternative of using a boot floppy and non-Sony CD drive requires that one hack the boot floppy to include, in the proper spot, the DOS driver for that CD drive. Lee