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    Boot from USB cd drive?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by nukinfuts29, Nov 13, 2009.

  1. nukinfuts29

    nukinfuts29 Notebook Consultant

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    Is it possible to get a CF-28 to boot from a CDROM drive attached via usb?
     
    nukinfuts29, Nov 13, 2009
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    Connor922 Notebook Evangelist

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    Never tried it, thats actually a good question with it not being USB 2.0, I dont have a 28 to test on anymore, anyone know?
     
    Connor922, Nov 13, 2009
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  3. nukinfuts29

    nukinfuts29 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not seeing an option in the bios, no suprise, and i know it wont do it on it's own. I'm wondering if there is an updated bios floating around to allow for it.
     
    nukinfuts29, Nov 13, 2009
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Nope - none of the CF-28 BIOS supports boot from USB in ANY FLAVOR. :(

    mnem
    SPOO!
     
    mnementh, Nov 13, 2009
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  5. nukinfuts29

    nukinfuts29 Notebook Consultant

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    Ask and answered, thanks :)
     
    nukinfuts29, Nov 13, 2009
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah -

    There was a time, when the 28s were still the main subject here (Because the 29s were still "Toys of the Gods" and the CF-30 was still an IDEA on paper) that those CDROM caddies (working or not) were worth fighting over, cuz you can't do a CDROM install of XP or Upgrade without one.

    Once the CF-30 came out with a different design, the bottom fell out of that market pretty quick cuz it was officially "legacy hardware".

    All you need to do is pop your HDD on a USB adapter & copy the i386 folder to it then run setup from that folder (For XP); or format a small temp partition in fat16 for your tarball so the LINUX build won't delete it while it's building the kernel, then execute from there. Once you've got LINUX up & running, wipe the partition & remount it, or even smarter still, use it to keep a backup of your current working kernel. (They dunn teached us datt in IT ADMINISTATUR SKOOL... hyukk hyukk...)

    Of course it's been a couple years since I needed that knowledge but I still remember the basic concepts...

    mnem
    Somewhere round here I have a copy of Ubuntu for PPC...
     
    mnementh, Nov 13, 2009
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  7. nukinfuts29

    nukinfuts29 Notebook Consultant

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    It has a DVD burner in it, i was just getting ready to do something that takes forever on that disk drive and i have a blazing fast external i could have stuck in its place.
     
    nukinfuts29, Nov 13, 2009
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I have been able to successfully install XP just once with a USB cd drive on my 28, using a dos floppy with hacked up USB drivers. Was not something easy, and it failed the second time I tried it.

    Buying a caddy is the best way to go.
     
    Modly, Nov 13, 2009
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  9. Springfield

    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    That wouldn't have anything to do with your avatar picture, would it ?? ;)
     
    Springfield, Nov 14, 2009
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  10. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    Ha, in this case, nope :p

    Cadillacs are awesome though.
     
    Modly, Nov 14, 2009
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  11. 9nine9

    9nine9 Notebook Geek

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    Just for reference, there's a set of XP boot floppies that were (probably still are) available from Microsoft that would let you boot from the floppies, and install XP from a USB CD/DVD drive

    nine
     
    9nine9, Nov 15, 2009
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  12. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah...

    Thanks guys, but the OP wasn't trying to install WinBlows; he wants to install LINUX. WinDoze is easy (it has to be - it blows up all the time) to install; you don't even NEED an optical drive. All you need is another PC you can connect your hard drive to.

    mnem
    x86 does NOT necessarily mean MicroShaft...
     
    mnementh, Nov 16, 2009
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  13. bladerunner12345

    bladerunner12345 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know this may be a dead issue, but I am at a winblows bluescreen and want to do this very thing, but am unable to find the xp floppy programs, currently looking for a cd caddy if anyone has one for sale...lookin inthe buy and sale section and e-bay currently.
     
    bladerunner12345, Jan 15, 2010
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  14. db04p71

    db04p71 Notebook Deity

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    You can get the floppy setup from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994

    Glen
     
    db04p71, Jan 16, 2010
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