Re: 98 bootable diskette with usb drivers to access cdrom driver
Biggseye wrote:
> I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
> diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98 on
> it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.
>
> anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
> that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.
Biggseye:
I've never made a USB/CD drive work from a doot floppy but I have made
a USB/Flash drive work from one. Since both are "Mass Storage Devices'
the same technique may work for you. OR - you could just copy the Win
89 CD to a USB/Flash drive and work from it.
You can get access to a USB flash drive from a DOS boot floppy if you
load the drivers for it.
In your DOS config.sys file you need these lines
device=usbaspi.sys /w /v
device=di1000dd.sys
The /w switch causes the driver to pause so you can connect a USB device.
The /v switch causes the driver to give verbose messages.
And, of course, you need the referenced files on the boot disk as well.
Archive files that contain the drivers:
usb_dos_drivers.zip
http://www.toolsthatwork.com/downloads/usb_dos_drivers.zip
hd352u_dos.zip (The page is in Japanese but the file nanes are in
English.)
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/hd352u/hd352u_drv.html
HTH & GL
John