Next message: Wilcox, Curtis: "Re: [WinMac] Win ME bootable "floppy" CD help."
On 2/20/03 8:07 AM, "Brian Durant" <durant@cbn.net.id> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I am trying to create a Win ME bootable "floppy" CD to install Win ME on
> a Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin EasyPC. The Celvin, like the Imac, has no built
> in floppy drive, only a third party USB floppy that was purchased
> separately. That means, no booting from the floppy drive to get ME
> installed.
You've at least tried booting from the USB floppy, right? Some motherboards
do support it. The BIOS should give some indication that's an option.
> I have a copy of the floppy and have tried to burn it on a
> CD-RW, but it doesn't seem to do the trick. I assume it has something to
> do with the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, but what needs to be
> changed, I am unsure of.
>
> The other (same?) problem is that while there is an internal CD drive in
> the Celvin, a ZipCD USB burner is also connected. At boot up time from
> the ME boot "floppy" CD, only the one drive is available as USB isn't
> implemented in the boot "floppy" as far as I can tell. That means that
> not only do I have to be able to boot the "floppy" CD from D:, but also
> access the ME Install CD from the same drive.
>
> Any ideas, advice? I have never tried something like this before and
> have never tried to edit a AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. Is there
> anyone on the list that can maybe walk me through this?
I've never used WinME but isn't its install CD bootable? It's not *that*
old. That would take care of the problem right there.
What are you using to burn the bootable CD you're trying to make? Roxio's
Easy CD Creator has a "bootable CD" option which uses a bootable floppy you
provide to make a binary image of that floppy, leaving the rest of the CD-R
free for WinME. There's no need for any files to be edited on the floppy,
just use a normal boot floppy with CD-ROM support. If the WinME cd is like a
Win98 CD, you just need the contents of the "WinME" folder on the CD to do
an install (naturally on a Win98 CD the folder is called "Win98").
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