Just download the floppy version, run it and it will make a bootable floppy disk. I don't think upgrading the BIOS on a C600 to any version I know of (but the last version I used extensively was A23 - I think) is going to allow you to boot it from a USB CD-ROM drive. In fact it (the C600) won't boot to anything attached to a USB port - except possibly a USB floppy drive - and I'm not certain even that would work, but I've not tried it so cannot be sure.
What you need to do is boot from a DOS floppy which has the (DOS) drivers needed to access your USB CD-ROM. You may be able to download them from the CD-ROM Drive supplier's web site.
Another alternative is to copy the contents of the CD-ROM onto the HDD and run the install from the HDD - you may find this easier if you partition the HDD into a C and D drive and put the OS install files on the D drive and run the install from D: onto the C: drive.
Finally, if you do go down the boot to DOS route and plan to run the install from the CD-ROM make sure you have loaded Smartdrive (Smartdrv.exe) first, the install runs very slowly if you don't.
Finally, if you do go down the boot to DOS route and plan to run the install from the CD-ROM make sure you have loaded Smartdrive (Smartdrv.exe) first, the install runs very slowly if you don't.
I believe this is totally wrong. The reason being that SMARTDRIVE needs XMS memory drivers. When those drivers are loaded the bios update will give an error about protected mode environment and REFUSE TO RUN.
Smartdrive is not for Bios updates. It is useful for Installing XP or 2000 or 9x using the SETUP.EXE or WINNT.EXE file.
Ah! Yes, well I did mean installing the OS not the BIOS, I can see how you might have misinterpreted what I'd intended, so thanks for flagging the issue.
No USB Device is bootable on the C600, nor can one be made bootable. It takes native USB 2.0 and that did not come until after the C840/I8200 clones, which used USB1.1
No USB Device is bootable on the C600, nor can one be made bootable. It takes native USB 2.0 and that did not come until after the C840/I8200 clones, which used USB1.1
Thats true but not entirely true.
With a dos boot floppy or CDROM image of a boot floppy you can make puppy linux boot from the "diskette" real or virtual and then Grub boot from the flash key and run.
Directly booting from the key doesnt work but thats a bios issue and has nothing to do with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0
A smart vendor would work with USB 2.0 vendors and make booting usb a bios rom extension on a PCI card or cardbus unit.
The demand for this is too low right now to be profitable I think.
No USB Device is bootable on the C600, nor can one be made bootable. It takes native USB 2.0 and that did not come until after the C840/I8200 clones, which used USB1.1
Thats true but not entirely true.
With a dos boot floppy or CDROM image of a boot floppy you can make puppy linux boot from the "diskette" real or virtual and then Grub boot from the flash key and run.
Which is not booting from the USB device, at best it could be described as using a USB device during the boot process. Yes, I'm being pedantic, but so were you ;-)
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You make the dos diskette.
You then use that diskette image and make an EL TORITO bootable CD.
When it asks you for the dos boot diskette you give it the bios update DISKETTE as the boot image.
Then burn that cd and boot from it.
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Just download the floppy version, run it and it will make a bootable floppy disk. I don't think upgrading the BIOS on a C600 to any version I know of (but the last version I used extensively was A23 - I think) is going to allow you to boot it from a USB CD-ROM drive. In fact it (the C600) won't boot to anything attached to a USB port - except possibly a USB floppy drive - and I'm not certain even that would work, but I've not tried it so cannot be sure.
What you need to do is boot from a DOS floppy which has the (DOS) drivers needed to access your USB CD-ROM. You may be able to download them from the CD-ROM Drive supplier's web site.
Another alternative is to copy the contents of the CD-ROM onto the HDD and run the install from the HDD - you may find this easier if you partition the HDD into a C and D drive and put the OS install files on the D drive and run the install from D: onto the C: drive.
Finally, if you do go down the boot to DOS route and plan to run the install from the CD-ROM make sure you have loaded Smartdrive (Smartdrv.exe) first, the install runs very slowly if you don't.
Message Edited by chapmasj on 04-13-200608:09 PM
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I believe this is totally wrong. The reason being that SMARTDRIVE needs XMS memory drivers. When those drivers are loaded the bios update will give an error about protected mode environment and REFUSE TO RUN.
Smartdrive is not for Bios updates. It is useful for Installing XP or 2000 or 9x using the SETUP.EXE or WINNT.EXE file.
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Thats true but not entirely true.
With a dos boot floppy or CDROM image of a boot floppy you can make puppy linux boot from the "diskette" real or virtual and then Grub boot from the flash key and run.
Directly booting from the key doesnt work but thats a bios issue and has nothing to do with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0
A smart vendor would work with USB 2.0 vendors and make booting usb a bios rom extension on a PCI card or cardbus unit.
The demand for this is too low right now to be profitable I think.
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Message Edited by chapmasj on 04-21-200612:43 AM