98 bootable diskette with usb drivers to access cdrom driver

[Biggseye]

I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98 on
it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.

anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.

 

[MEB]

"Biggseye" <Biggseye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F19330D2-6E30-4269-A2CC-BA2B3C89A2BF@microsoft.com...
| I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
| diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98
on
| it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.
|
| anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
| that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.

Your not...

What CDROM manufacturer is the target drive?

What manufacturer for the tablet PC?


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[Biggseye]

fujitsu 3400/3500

teac 224e usb device



"MEB" wrote:

>
> "Biggseye" <Biggseye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F19330D2-6E30-4269-A2CC-BA2B3C89A2BF@microsoft.com...
> | I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
> | diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98
> on
> | it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.
> |
> | anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
> | that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.
>
> Your not...
>
> What CDROM manufacturer is the target drive?
>
> What manufacturer for the tablet PC?
>
>
> --
> MEB
> http://peoplescounsel.org
> a Peoples' counsel
> _ _
> ~~
>
>
>

 

[philo]

"Biggseye" <Biggseye@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F19330D2-6E30-4269-A2CC-BA2B3C89A2BF@microsoft.com...
> I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
> diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98
on
> it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.
>
> anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
> that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.



http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm

 

[John Dulak]

Biggseye wrote:
> I have a tablet PC that runs 98 and the hard drive died. It has a bootable
> diskette drive, but the usb cdrom is not bootable. I want to load Win 98 on
> it. I need a bootable floppy disk that can access a usb disk drive.
>
> anybody have something like this or willing to help me? I can not believe
> that i am the only person that has ever had this issue.

Biggseye:

I've never made a USB/CD drive work from a doot floppy but I have made
a USB/Flash drive work from one. Since both are "Mass Storage Devices'
the same technique may work for you. OR - you could just copy the Win
89 CD to a USB/Flash drive and work from it.


You can get access to a USB flash drive from a DOS boot floppy if you
load the drivers for it.

In your DOS config.sys file you need these lines

device=usbaspi.sys /w /v
device=di1000dd.sys

The /w switch causes the driver to pause so you can connect a USB device.
The /v switch causes the driver to give verbose messages.

And, of course, you need the referenced files on the boot disk as well.

Archive files that contain the drivers:

usb_dos_drivers.zip
http://www.toolsthatwork.com/downloads/usb_dos_drivers.zip

hd352u_dos.zip (The page is in Japanese but the file nanes are in
English.)
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/hd352u/hd352u_drv.html

HTH & GL

John