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You all might find it an interesting idea to test. John Oram "Inigo M.de Azagra y de Miota" wrote: > > This is very easy if you are using DOS 6.x. It is a > feature included with MS-DOS operating system above 6. > If I have time I will try to find a DOS reference book > tonight and show you how to do it. > > Inigo > > --- James Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I reappropriated a CF (compact flash) disk yesterday > > for use as a hard > > drive. This is for a little router project I'm > > setting up. I had a hell > > of a time formatting that disk and making it > > bootable. I was trying this > > under vague recollections of things I'd read and > > commonsensical impulse. > > I spent way more time on it than I should have, but > > finally did resolve > > the problems, got the disk bootable, formatted and > > installed the OS (DOS: > > the project I'm using is a Linux router, but it runs > > from a DOS/UMSDOS > > file system). In case anyone else plans on using CF > > as bootable medium > > for a computer, let me pass along some things I > > learned: 1) CF disks do > > have c/h/s settings that must be discovered and, > > often, manually entered > > into BIOS; 2) One should not use LBA on CF disks; 3) > > Once your BIOS has > > the right settings, you'll be able to format the > > disk and install the > > OS/make it bootable. I did this by installing DOS > > on it. One can also > > make it Linux bootable, apparently most readily by > > using syslinux. Here > > is the address of a page that finally got me over > > the hurdle: > > http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/hd/ . The page > > gives instructions for > > making a CF disk bootable with syslinux, and also > > has other helpful hints > > and a number of utils (all M$Win-realiant, for > > whatever reason). It also > > has a table that gives c/h/s info for various sizes > > of CF - very > > helpful. You will most likely want to consult this > > page if you plan on > > using CF as bootable media. Though its main goal is > > to explain how to > > install an LRP (Linux Router Project) distribution > > to CF, it has broader > > interest. > > > > Now, for my inquiry. Having gotten DOS installed > > and made the CF disk > > bootable, I'd like to make myself a little menu that > > times out after, say, > > 5 seconds, after which it boots the router > > (router.bat). That will give > > me a few seconds to get to a DOS prompt, should I > > need to. I made myself > > a timeout menu like that for a DOS/Basiclinux > > machine that I have which > > has various Linux partitions I can boot to, but > > defaults to one after a > > certain amount of time. I could probably just > > cannibalize that menu for > > the new project. But one feature I'd like to have > > that I couldn't > > implement on that timeout menu was a countdown > > timer. In other words, > > what I'd like to do is have a message appear > > onscreen something like: > > > > The machine will boot to Freesco in 5 seconds X > > > > In the place of the "X", there should be first a 5, > > then after 1 second a > > 4, then after another second a 3 - I think you get > > the idea. When it > > gets to zero it should invoke router.bat . How is > > this countdown timer > > done? Thanks for any input on that. Hope the above > > info may be helpful > > to someone and save them the alnight vigil I just > > had trying to get CF > > booting. > > > > James > > > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > > More info can be found at; > > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
