How to make bootable USb pendrive ? - Page 2

Dashken · 27th Mar 2006, 04:53 PM

Hmm... try using a WinME bootable diskette lo.

Win98SE got GRUB? I thought that's for linux or something.

hyper_raider · 27th Mar 2006, 07:08 PM

grub is used for linux only, its a boot manager

Dashken · 27th Mar 2006, 08:13 PM

Yeah, am still wondering why W98SE got Grub.

ALstonLoong · 28th Mar 2006, 01:49 AM

at first i was using winme setup disk .... but fail.After i read one ic7 mobo user success making one bootable usb pendrive using win98se i decide to give it a try. well..end up the same..fail hahhahha

PsYkHoTiK · 28th Mar 2006, 02:48 AM

Why not go with xp?

Dashken · 28th Mar 2006, 08:37 AM

No idea... but it doesn't make much difference. You just need some of the files to write the boot sector. Hmm... I just tried on another notebook. It booted into C, the primary partition. And not into the USB drive. And there's no drive designated for the USB drive...

Guess it doesn't work on all mobos. Hmm... defeats the purpose on having a bootable usbkey. But when it works, it's fast.

Hmm... but still, I can't make it work like a WME/W98 bootable CD where you have the menus. Even when I inserted the autoexec and config.sys files into the USB key.

I want the menus coz it looks cooler.

Adrian Wong · 30th Mar 2006, 01:38 AM

Umm.. What file system did you use on the flash drive?

ALstonLoong · 30th Mar 2006, 04:12 AM

was formated it with fat

Dashken · 30th Mar 2006, 02:36 PM

Should work with both FAT and FAT32. I tried using FAT on the PC that can't boot the USB key, same... cannot boot also.

ALstonLoong · 31st Mar 2006, 10:08 AM

blah i give up , i go with the bootable cd ... easier ! damn it ...

27th Mar 2006, 04:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
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27th Mar 2006, 07:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,001 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 22	grub is used for linux only, its a boot manager __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

27th Mar 2006, 08:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
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28th Mar 2006, 01:49 AM	#14 (permalink)
ALstonLoong Getting there Join Date: 6 Dec 2002 Posts: 196 Reputation: 32 Rep Power: 6	at first i was using winme setup disk .... but fail.After i read one ic7 mobo user success making one bootable usb pendrive using win98se i decide to give it a try. well..end up the same..fail hahhahha __________________ P4 2.8ghz @3.5 Ghz Abit ic7-G ; 1G ocz ddr400 Geforce 6800

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28th Mar 2006, 08:37 AM	#16 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,763 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	No idea... but it doesn't make much difference. You just need some of the files to write the boot sector. Hmm... I just tried on another notebook. It booted into C, the primary partition. And not into the USB drive. And there's no drive designated for the USB drive... Guess it doesn't work on all mobos. Hmm... defeats the purpose on having a bootable usbkey. But when it works, it's fast. Hmm... but still, I can't make it work like a WME/W98 bootable CD where you have the menus. Even when I inserted the autoexec and config.sys files into the USB key. I want the menus coz it looks cooler. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

30th Mar 2006, 01:38 AM	#17 (permalink)
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30th Mar 2006, 04:12 AM	#18 (permalink)
ALstonLoong Getting there Join Date: 6 Dec 2002 Posts: 196 Reputation: 32 Rep Power: 6	was formated it with fat __________________ P4 2.8ghz @3.5 Ghz Abit ic7-G ; 1G ocz ddr400 Geforce 6800

30th Mar 2006, 02:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,763 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Should work with both FAT and FAT32. I tried using FAT on the PC that can't boot the USB key, same... cannot boot also. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

31st Mar 2006, 10:08 AM	#20 (permalink)
ALstonLoong Getting there Join Date: 6 Dec 2002 Posts: 196 Reputation: 32 Rep Power: 6	blah i give up , i go with the bootable cd ... easier ! damn it ... __________________ P4 2.8ghz @3.5 Ghz Abit ic7-G ; 1G ocz ddr400 Geforce 6800