[Trlog] Flashdrive (wasDual-Booting Windows XP and DOS) (fwd)

[Pete Smith]

Thanks, Mark.  Yes, it is running XP Home, and has D and E CD drives (one 
RW) so the USB drive would presumably show up as F.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 09:45 PM 11/9/2004, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:

>Hi all:
>
>Thought someone else might be interested in this thread...
>
>Pete:  I assume the computer in question is running XP?  If
>it's running an older OS, C: may be the Windows directory.
>
>Of course, if you boot off CD, you could use that as a file
>repository if that is the case.
>73,
>
>Mark
>
>
>----------------------  Forwarded Message:  ---------------------
>From:    kd4d at comcast.net
>To:      Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [Trlog] Flashdrive (wasDual-Booting Windows XP and DOS) (fwd)
>Date:    Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:43:07 +0000
>
>Hi Pete:
>
>Well, the next question is whether the BIOS will RECOGNIZE the drive.
>
>Do you have a floppy drive?  If so, turn off the computer, insert
>the USB stick, insert a DOS boot floppy in the drive, and turn
>on the computer.  This should boot from the floppy.  Do a
>"DIR C:" and see if the drive is recognized.  (i.e., there is a
>drive there and it has the files on it that your USB stick does).
>
>If that works, I'll walk you through creating a bootable CD.
>
>73,
>
>Mark, KD4D
>
>
> > I just verified what I was afraid of; my Dell Dimension 2400's BIOS is so
> > impaired that it does not include an option for booting from a USB device,
> > so I guess I'm just SOL.
> >
> > How would you go about booting from a CD and then using a USB drive or
> > other device to store data...?
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> >
> > At 06:05 PM 11/9/2004, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >----------------------  Forwarded Message:  ---------------------
> > >From:    kd4d at comcast.net
> > >To:      Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>
> > >Subject: Re: [Trlog] Flashdrive (wasDual-Booting Windows XP and DOS)
> > >Date:    Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:45:57 +0000
> > >
> > >Hi guys:
> > >
> > >I have one of these booting DOS.  Runs just fine.  Haven't used
> > >it yet for the intended purpose.  Actually, it's easy enough to
> > >create a bootable CD with DOS, but then you need somewhere
> > >to hold the files.  Heck, a 16 MebaByte memory stick would be more
> > >than enough for any contest log and DOS and CT or TR I can think
> > >of...
> > >
> > >73,
> > >
> > >Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > > That's a neat idea - Staples is selling 128 MB drives for <$30 
> right now I
> > > > believe.  Only question in my mind would be whether you can boot 
> from one.
> > > >
> > > > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > > >
> > > > At 04:42 PM 11/9/2004, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >In a message dated 11/9/2004 3:28:40 PM Central Standard Time,
> > > > >k8do at mailblocks.com writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >I  strongly prefer a small, second, hard drive with DOS 6.22 for
> > > > >running  TRLOG, WF1B, etc...
> > > > >
> > > > >Has anyone considered a USB flash drive for this purpose?  I've
> > > found  them
> > > > >to be very effective for large powerpoint presentations and other 
> Windows
> > > > >applications.  Even the smallest ones (128 M) are sufficient for the
> > > > >most  robust
> > > > >DOS logging applications.  Obviously, they're lightening fast 
> and  the
> > > .dat
> > > > >files can be backed up on the main computer drive.
> > > > >
> > > > >Thoughts?
> > > > >
> > > > >Paul, K5AF
> > > > >
> > > > >Paul  Schaffenberger
> > > > >210-493-6265
> > > > >210-213-5914(M)
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