[Trlog] XP and TR

[Robert Brandon]

I seriously doubt the computer will be able to boot to the thumb drive.  Ask
your IT guy to check the BIOS options, but at the point of boot-up, the
computer is pretty dumb.  It doesn't have drivers loaded to use its
"fancier" features like infra-red, Ethernet, and I'll bet -- USB.  

On the other hand, most modern laptops can boot to a CD-ROM drive.  See if
your IT guy could help you make a bootable CD to get you to a Win98 command
prompt.  Include an AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS that loads SMARTDRV AND
HIMEM.SYS.  
Create a small FAT32 partition on the hard drive.  
Boot to the CD, and you should be able to see your FAT32 partition as the C
drive.  
You'll probably want to load some Win98 files there (e.g., those from the
C:\Windows\Command directory -- things like FORMAT, EDIT, XCOPY, etc.).  
Load TR on that partition and you're off to the races.  

Robert K5PI

-----Original Message-----
From: trlog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:trlog-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Dick Frey
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:18 AM
To: TR-log reflector
Subject: [Trlog] XP and TR


My W98 Dell laptop died while mobile during the Oregon QSO party. I need to
replace it but all the new available units are USB only and run XP or W2k.
Our corporate IT guy, who has to support my L/T decision, suggested I put a
reduced W98 version on a USB plug-in "thumb drive" and run the DOS session
from there rather than resorting to Partition Magic or one of the other
suggested work-arounds. At $30 for 128M it certainly seems reasonable.
Anyone have comments on this strategy? Are available USB to RS232 converters
okay with this? tnx,
Dick Frey    k4xu

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