Unfortunately, I tried to setup my usbkey and the computer just ignores
it though it boots of usb floppy just fine.
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*From:* Johnson Lam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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*Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:37:47 AM
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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!
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?
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
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 already
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 already use the netboot global boot disk with
good success,
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
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 two
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 these
No, fdisk /mbr writes an MBR (and master boot record)
to the disk. The easiest way to format as superfloppy
(remove the MBR) is to boot a linux Live CD and do
mkdosfs -I /dev/sda
NOT mkdosfs /dev/sda1
(This assumes your version of Linux will recognize the
device as /dev/sda and will reformat
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 contain
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,
disks do. And
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