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09-14-2007
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| | Booting DOS from USB flash drive? My motherboard has the option to boot from various USB drives (Zip, HD, CDROM). Is there a way to make a DOS boot "disk" on a flash drive for things like BIOS updates etc? |
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09-14-2007
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| | Re: Booting DOS from USB flash drive? On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:56:21 +0100, Nigel Molesworth <reply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >My motherboard has the option to boot from various USB drives (Zip, HD, >CDROM). Is there a way to make a DOS boot "disk" on a flash drive for things >like BIOS updates etc? detected during POST. Then you can boot from a DOS diskette, and fdisk and format /s the flash drive. |
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09-15-2007
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| | Re: Booting DOS from USB flash drive? On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:11:33 -0700, andy <bogusaddress@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Then you can boot from a DOS diskette Some form of storage used by the ancients? Seriosly though, don't have a floppy drive. Which is why I asked the question in the first place! |
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09-16-2007
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| | Re: Booting DOS from USB flash drive? Nigel Molesworth wrote: Quote: > My motherboard has the option to boot from various USB drives (Zip, HD, > CDROM). Is there a way to make a DOS boot "disk" on a flash drive for things > like BIOS updates etc? > http://www.docjelly.com/Blog/SearchV...?q=SP27213.exe |
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