Boot from usb drive - bios supports it but how to implement?

[lookin4dlz]

Hi,

I dumped my floppy drive for a usb 6-in-1 flash drive. I'd like to be able to format an extra CF card to be bootable into DOS. The CF card looks like it can be formated as FAT32, which I did. Then I copied the sys files to the CF card. Rebooted & specified in the bios to boot from the usb device, but no-go.

Can I make this work or will I have to reinstall the floppy drive?

Thanks!

 

[ianbergman]

boot off CDs?

I found a number of Linux solutions for this - http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/book/pscfcreate.html is one of them. You might be able to adapt them to your uses. I think the key here is to make sure your CF card has a valid boot sector for the BIOS to recognize. Not entirely sure how to do that, however.

 

[lookin4dlz]

Thanks for the link! It would ge great to make this work.

 

[helpmeout]

I notice my reply to you yesterday was removed. Is it against this forum's policy to refer someone to a specific poster on another forum?

 

[lookin4dlz]

That's strange, but I've had messages disappear with no reason on other forums before. I found some info. on the Internet by searching specifically for booting from CF (instead of my more generic search). I think I'll be able to implement this now. Thanks.