Re: DOS boot from USB CD-ROM drive

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John:
Thanks for the suggestions. Your #1 is interesting, but what O/S boots off
of the USB flash drive, and how do you get the O/S there and make the drive
bootable? There must be something more involved than just copying the files,
right? The target can boot from a USB hard drive, floppy, or CD, so at least
that much is possible.

I have also considered #2, but our target is now an almost mil-spec hardened
unit and opening it up to remove & replace the internal flash drive might
not be very practical.

Doug Gordon


"John Mueske" <jmueske@ana-logix_dot_com> wrote in message
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Hi Doug,

Here's a couple ideas:

1) Copy all your boot and Ghost files from previous floppy and CD to (1)
USB flash drive. Change all paths in your scripted files such as
autoexec.bat and config.sys to reflect the single drive letter. USB
drives have more room than your previous setup anyhow, and you don't need
to mess with a CD-ROM drive! USB boot must be supported and enabled in
your target system BIOS.

2) Using your desktop/laptop workstation, copy the raw embedded files and
folders to a USB hard drive enclosure. Unplug the USB cable, move the
internal drive to the target device, and boot. This is what we do.

Regards,
John



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