How to create a bootable PC card
How to create a bootable PC card
(OP)
Hi,
My laptop (IBM TP 760XL) BIOS gives the option to boot from PCMCIA card (PC card). I have a 32 MB ATA flash card (PCMCIA card). Problem is how to make it bootable, to boot the laptop, so that fresh installation of an OS (say W2K) can be made.
Does anyone know of a software or utility to make the PC card bootable?
cheers,
Cipher17
My laptop (IBM TP 760XL) BIOS gives the option to boot from PCMCIA card (PC card). I have a 32 MB ATA flash card (PCMCIA card). Problem is how to make it bootable, to boot the laptop, so that fresh installation of an OS (say W2K) can be made.
Does anyone know of a software or utility to make the PC card bootable?
cheers,
Cipher17





RE: How to create a bootable PC card
are you able to mount it as a drive? what dose your laptop catigorise your card as? what OS's do you use?
my stabb at it would be to place upon the card necesary boot files. i.e. what you would find on a boot floppy.
since the bios is giving you an option then your already ahead of the prosses by many steps.
what i have done.
i have a camera that uses usb. it has a flash card <-- not important. i mounted it as a drive and placed all the goodies needed to boot on it. i then restarted and after configing bios to boot via usb was able load a stripped down version of linux into ramdisk.
tell me how it did and ask more questions too.
RE: How to create a bootable PC card
what have you tryed so far?
RE: How to create a bootable PC card
If the PCMCIA card is addressed as B: in DOS,
then from the C:>
prompt, type:
SYS B:
The card should now be bootable. I think.
Mike Halloran
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DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
RE: How to create a bootable PC card
you also asume that the persons os/cmos permits that.
fill in the details
RE: How to create a bootable PC card
That method is what enables you to run other operating systems.
Cold boot -> Firmware bios -> boot device -> kernel
Good Luck
johnwm
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RE: How to create a bootable PC card
RE: How to create a bootable PC card
I have a flash card interface that makes it look like a small hard drive. Format works on it.
Andy