If you use VMWare your virtual machine will see and connect to any device
that you have drivers for...

"John John" wrote:

Hmmmm. Is that Virtual PC a RAM resident thing? I kind of doubt that
DOS can communicate with flash devices, either to write to or call upon
and execute "unloaded" commands.

John

Mal_E wrote:

Try using a virtual pc. It should work fine then..

"John John" wrote:


Hmmmm. Hard to reply to this. You can boot the OS from almost any
device that the BIOS supports. Where the Operating System resides is
another matter.

John

fish dong wrote:


I got a neat new computer that does things none of my previous ones
could, including booting from flash media. This may solve a problem
of mine if I can figure it out. I have some old MS-DOS based programs
I would like to still run, however I cannot get them to work in XP
pro. Instead of using an older PC and having to have 2 computers I
was wondering if anyone knows how it might be possible to install
windows 95, 98, or 98SE on to a CF card. My first and main problem is
finding a way to format the CF so it is bootable. I assume that worst
comes to worse I can install the version of windows on my HD on a
pre-setup partition and then transfer the files (hidden included) to
the CF. BUT I can't seem to format the CF as a bootable drive (with
MS-Dos of the correct version) The CF is more than large enough for
win 98 and the programs I need on it. I won't need networking, just
video display, usb support, sound support (onboard) and I guess it
will need to support my built in card reader? all drivers that I
should be able to get from my manufacturer before hand.


secondly, would it be easier to run straight up MS-DOS without
windows?

any help would be appreciated. I have some technical experience
dating back to x386 machines, just curious. or would it be simpler to
just use an older PC?