Boot from PCMCIA

[Guest]

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Hy,
my latitude enables me to boot from PCMCIA.
I inserted a formatted FAT CF-Card in the PCMCIA-adapter and tried to boot- he won't! But does boot
without problems from USB, what to do??

 

[Guest]

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I suspect they mran a pcmcia connected cd drive
"Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote in message
news:4210a76f$1@news.uni-rostock.de...
> Hy,
> my latitude enables me to boot from PCMCIA.
> I inserted a formatted FAT CF-Card in the PCMCIA-adapter and tried to
> boot- he won't! But does boot
> without problems from USB, what to do??
>
>

 

[BigJim]

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here's my guess, the usb driver can be stored in the bios for booting, so
going into windows or linux is not necessary. The pcmcia card probably uses
a driver that is not in the bios for booting, so no boot. Just a guess
"Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote in message
news:4210a76f$1@news.uni-rostock.de...
> Hy,
> my latitude enables me to boot from PCMCIA.
> I inserted a formatted FAT CF-Card in the PCMCIA-adapter and tried to
> boot- he won't! But does boot
> without problems from USB, what to do??
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Sorry I don't get this. have a Linux Kernel to boot from. I know this Kernel boots my USB stick,
but is unable to boot the PCMCIA. I also tried a normal MS-DOS disk to boot- by copying to USB and
PCMCIA. USB did work.

"BigJIm" <Jim10277@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:rZ-dnVOkletAcY3fRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
| here's my guess, the usb driver can be stored in the bios for booting, so
| going into windows or linux is not necessary. The pcmcia card probably uses
| a driver that is not in the bios for booting, so no boot. Just a guess
| "Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote in message
| news:4210a76f$1@news.uni-rostock.de...
| > Hy,
| > my latitude enables me to boot from PCMCIA.
| > I inserted a formatted FAT CF-Card in the PCMCIA-adapter and tried to
| > boot- he won't! But does boot
| > without problems from USB, what to do??
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Guest]

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It's all in the motherboard BIOS. Or it's missing. If the BIOS supports
booting from PCMCIA, then the system will boot from a PCMCIA device. It does
not matter which operating system is in use. There is nothing that can be done
to change this, unless somehow the manufacturer has added PCMCIA booting to a
BIOS update for the system... Ben Myers

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:04:38 +0100, "Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote:

>Sorry I don't get this. have a Linux Kernel to boot from. I know this Kernel boots my USB stick,
>but is unable to boot the PCMCIA. I also tried a normal MS-DOS disk to boot- by copying to USB and
>PCMCIA. USB did work.
>
>"BigJIm" <Jim10277@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:rZ-dnVOkletAcY3fRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
>| here's my guess, the usb driver can be stored in the bios for booting, so
>| going into windows or linux is not necessary. The pcmcia card probably uses
>| a driver that is not in the bios for booting, so no boot. Just a guess
>| "Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote in message
>| news:4210a76f$1@news.uni-rostock.de...
>| > Hy,
>| > my latitude enables me to boot from PCMCIA.
>| > I inserted a formatted FAT CF-Card in the PCMCIA-adapter and tried to
>| > boot- he won't! But does boot
>| > without problems from USB, what to do??
>| >
>| >
>|
>|
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hm, to go into deep, it is a Latitude D505. I know the OS doesn't matter. I as well know how to use
DOS and how to make bootable devices- my USB stick wasn't bootable at first. When Booting I can get
into a one time boot process or set it up to boot always from a specific device.
I chose the first option to boot once from PCMCIA. The PCMCIA is only an CF-card reader with a
SanDisk CF-card (FAT formatted) inserted. I now wonder if it is the reader which doesn't support
this boot procedure or if it is the fact, that my boot kernel is not properly setup.
I am no noob but this is getting tough and I don't know who to blame..

 

[Guest]

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I'll repeat: Blame the BIOS for this shortcoming, plain and simple... Ben Myers

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:08:45 +0100, "Andreas Hopp" <123_Hopp@web.de> wrote:

>Hm, to go into deep, it is a Latitude D505. I know the OS doesn't matter. I as well know how to use
>DOS and how to make bootable devices- my USB stick wasn't bootable at first. When Booting I can get
>into a one time boot process or set it up to boot always from a specific device.
>I chose the first option to boot once from PCMCIA. The PCMCIA is only an CF-card reader with a
>SanDisk CF-card (FAT formatted) inserted. I now wonder if it is the reader which doesn't support
>this boot procedure or if it is the fact, that my boot kernel is not properly setup.
>I am no noob but this is getting tough and I don't know who to blame..
>
>