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Boot from USB stick
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OS4User:
Boot from USB stick is not difficult now.
How to:
1) choose a letter for your boot USB stick - better use unused (for ex. F:);
2) create Compatibility Volume, Primary Partition on your USB stick with chosen letter;
(it could be complicated but it is another matter)
3) format F: /fs:hpfs or format F: /fs:jfs (both working fine)
4) sysinstx F:
5) you may need to create fresh installation on HDD F: (I don't know another way how to change a disk letter in all settings, say, from C: to F:)
6) copy everything from HDD F: (change letter for it before copying) to your USB stick F:
7) now you can boot from USB stick
!!!! Once you have chosen and set letter for USB stick - never change it - the letter is stored in a few places and not all programs change it properly.
This way I created stick to boot to command prompt but one friend of mine made a full functional system (boots till desktop).
Prerequisites:
- USB drivers from Lars Erdmann (at least usbdrv249); Lars, thank you very much for your drivers with this amazing ability.
- OS/4 kernel (at least 6217).
Feedback is welcome.
Martin Iturbide:
Hi OS4User
--- Quote from: OS4User on May 19, 2023, 01:37:51 pm --- 6) copy everything from HDD F: (change letter for it before copying) to your USB stick F:
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What do you recommend for copying all from the HDD to the stick? A simple copy command or some other copying tool?
Regards
OS4User:
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on May 19, 2023, 02:29:40 pm ---What do you recommend for copying all from the HDD to the stick? A simple copy command or some other copying tool?
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I used FC/2 because it is the most convenient tool for me to work with files.
Dave Yeo:
I always used to use xcopy,
--- Code: ---xcopy /h /o /t /s /e /r /v X:\* Y:
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