Hi,
first i'm no native english-speaker , so forgive my bad english
second, im newbie in pebuilder.
The Situation:
i have a laptop which can boot from CD , but not from USB-HD.
It is possible to start booting from CD with usb-driver and than continue booting
from USB-drive?
Richard
Full Version: Boot On Usb-hd With Cd
Well, yes and no, could you please explain better what you wish to accomplish?
Particularly WHICH OS do you want to boot from the USB-HD?
jaclaz
Particularly WHICH OS do you want to boot from the USB-HD?
jaclaz
Windows 2000 or Win XP 
if you can help, i will be so happy.
Richard
if you can help, i will be so happy.
Richard
i want to use the Laptop without internal HD.
therefore i want to use a full winpartition with serial and so on.
Richard
therefore i want to use a full winpartition with serial and so on.
Richard
It all depends if, even if it cannot boot from USB, it does recognize the external drive in the BIOS. (USB LEGACY support)
You should be able to determine this trying to boot with the HD connected, (it might be necessary to go into the BIOS and set BOOT Messages as Verbose or something like that).
Which model/make is the laptop?
If it has a floppy drive, it would be easier make the experiment with the floppy and then switch to CD.
jaclaz
You should be able to determine this trying to boot with the HD connected, (it might be necessary to go into the BIOS and set BOOT Messages as Verbose or something like that).
Which model/make is the laptop?
If it has a floppy drive, it would be easier make the experiment with the floppy and then switch to CD.
jaclaz
Yes, my laptop have legacy USB Support !
but not bootable.
It is a Compaq Evo N610c
No Floppy drive
regards,
Richard
but not bootable.
It is a Compaq Evo N610c
No Floppy drive
regards,
Richard
Actually it seems like it does support USB booting:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Compa...ble+key&spell=1
(you might need to update your BIOS)
If it does, how it should, you can try installing XP normally, but you could have the 0x000007 STOP error if the USB bus is reset by XP while loading.
You can try ( no warranty implied) this method:
1) make a floppy this way
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...;305595&sd=tech
2) Make your boot.ini as follows:
I am assuming that XP is installed on the HD in the first partition and in a directory called WINDOWS.
3) Make a CD with a bootable image of the floppy
If the BIOS maps the USB KEY, you "might" be able to boot, but you could have the 0x000007 STOP error as well.
See this thread for some info on the problem:
http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10806
jaclaz
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Compa...ble+key&spell=1
(you might need to update your BIOS)
If it does, how it should, you can try installing XP normally, but you could have the 0x000007 STOP error if the USB bus is reset by XP while loading.
You can try ( no warranty implied) this method:
1) make a floppy this way
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...;305595&sd=tech
2) Make your boot.ini as follows:
CODE
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 0/1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 1/1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 2/1"
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 0/1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 1/1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP 2/1"
I am assuming that XP is installed on the HD in the first partition and in a directory called WINDOWS.
3) Make a CD with a bootable image of the floppy
If the BIOS maps the USB KEY, you "might" be able to boot, but you could have the 0x000007 STOP error as well.
See this thread for some info on the problem:
http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10806
jaclaz
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