Does an iLogic 1GB USB flash drive have booting support? I tried to make a dos bootable drive from it but when I try to boot it says missing operating system.
Paradoxus
Tweenage (no that is not a typo) DOS Enthusiast
Whether or not a system can boot from a USB flash drive is determined by the motherboard/BIOS, not the flash drive itself. If the motherboard supports booting from USB, then it can boot from pretty much any flash drive... the only possible exceptions might be some of those "U3" drives with the built-in autorun stuff, which yours doesn't appear to have.
What did you use to make the drive bootable? It can be a bit tricky to format the things properly... what works best for me is the HP USB format tool.
If your motherboard doesn't support booting from USB you can try this: http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html
wrote:Whether or not a system can boot from a USB flash drive is determined by the motherboard/BIOS, not the flash drive itself.
That's not really true. If your flash drive has more than one logical unit, it won't boot. I've got a Transcend JetFlash drive that shows two drives: the first is an emulated USB CD-ROM drive, with some kind of "security application" on it; the second is the flash drive where you can put your files. When booting, the first drive kicks in, so it doesn't boot.
Also, I've got a Kingston drive that hangs some motherboards if it's connected while booting. If it's connected before hard disk drive detection, the motherboard hangs; if it's connected AFTER hard disk detection, motherboard will boot normally.
Also, the type of format of the USB is very important. Some options may be USB-FDD, USB-HDD, USB-CDROM of USB-ZIP... most USB installers will work as USB-HDD, but I've seen a motherboard that didn't boot my Puppy Linux with any of those options... until I saw that the USB drive was recognised as another physical HDD (it was listed in HDD drives).
My advice is that you try installing a Puppy Linux in your drive... the installer will format and prepare your drive, so you will know if it is compatible with your motherboard.
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've got a Transcend JetFlash drive that shows two drives: the first is an emulated USB CD-ROM drive, with some kind of "security application" on it; the second is the flash drive where you can put your files. When booting, the first drive kicks in, so it doesn't boot.
Notice I said in the same post that the exception was the U3 type drives, which work in exactly the way you describe.
