Eric Auer wrote: > Hi again :-) Hi!
>> An USB flash drive was made bootable for FreeDOS with the tool 'HP Drive >> Key'. Booting from that device works well if the BIOS supports USB booting. >> After loading the USB driver under FreeDOS device C:\ could be no longer >> read. FreeDOS asked for a command.com location. > > So you should not load the driver Indeed. Doing so causes problems. If you want use other USB devices you have a problem. (1) > - C: was accessible thanks > to the BIOS driver anyway :-p. Yes. > Or was C: something else than > the USB drive? No. > If so, why did it become inaccessible when > you loaded the DOS USB driver?? I don`t think it would happen with a normal harddisk. > Did you try without EMM386? No. > If your C: was something USB, SCSI, SATA or UDMA-IDE, then > it is quite possible that some UMB conflicts spoil your C:. Yep. And this was my experience what I just described here. >> I don`t think FreeDOS provides a feature to change the drive letter? > > Why would you want to do that? In case of (1). 1. booted from an USB drive (without drivers, BIOS int) 2. load USB driver 3. C:\ will become D:\ (or w/e) 4. loosing connection to C:\ 5. removing letter C:\ (because no longer accessible) 6. moving D:\ to C:\ > You can try SUBST JOIN and ASSIGN but > those are not always very intuitive to use... I see. :) Greetings Michael Reichenabch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
