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cbagger01

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Posted: Dec. 24 2004,03:51

Excellent Job!

I make a guess that something like this will not exist for weeks and it appears the next day.

Is it possible to create a "tripe boot" boot floppy?

This will allow booting from USB drive on computers that do not support USB booting in BIOS.

jstueve

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Posted: Dec. 24 2004,05:51

I followed your instruction roberts on my Dell 600m, and a Dell 128MB USB key.

Formatted using the cmd prompt:

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format /fs:fat f:

and then syslinux:

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syslinux.exe -s f:

then copied the files, and rebooted.
Boot from USB (F12 at the first startup screen for a onetime boot, or change the BIOS options to boot from USB first.

Booting from USB and embedded under WinXP both worked.

Now if I can figure out how to get the onboard Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG working, I'll be happy.

rbarbera

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Posted: Dec. 24 2004,08:12

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 23 2004,13:43)

From an exsising booting usb pendrive that was created with the "Install to USB Pendrive script", i.e., boot with USB-ZIP and USB-KEYBOARD selected in the BIOS.

1. unzip the files onto the pendrive
2. reboot - works.

This was the method that yesterday did't work. Today I have repeated it over two diferent USB drives and in the two works flawesly!. I did't know what I screew yesterday...

Thank you very much for this!!

Saludos,
Rafa

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Posted: Dec. 26 2004,22:04

This looks like what I've been waiting for - dizzy/roberts, many thanks for your hard work!

I'm going to try installing this new system to my Mini Cruzer over the next day or two while I still have a few spare moments

Just wondering: are there any Linux (bash shell) equivalents to the DOS bootable system format commands above. or will I have to wheel out the WinME laptop...?

Many thanks!

Tim

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Posted: Dec. 26 2004,22:21

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Just wondering: are there any Linux (bash shell) equivalents to the DOS bootable system format commands

If you are comfortable with Linux bash commands, the mtools for formatting and syslinux is included in the orginial "Install to USB Pendrive" script here

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