For this old PC here next to me, there is a well-programmed beta bios which I'd like to give a whirl.
Note: PC *cannot* boot via USB flash drive. This is not supported.
I'm using Hiren's boot CD as a substitute.
- Put all necessary files on my flash drive
- Booted into Hiren's boot CD and selected DOS Tools option
To get USB to work under DOS, you will require TWO things: an ASPI manager and an USB driver. The latter cannot work without the former.
Alright, so I chose USBASPI1.SYS (the Panasonic one), which detected the drive and provided me a LUN (Not a driver letter yet!). Not until DI1000DD.SYS is loaded afterwards, you will have a drive letter at your disposition.
Most of the .SYS drivers provided on that CD will NOT work with EMM386 (memory manager) being active, so I turned this off. Plus, most are even allergic to HIMEM.SYS, suddenly pretending there is no flash drive connected. Surely, because it's just such great fun ripping out the drive and jamming it in again all the time...Arghhhh...
With lots of more tricks (skipped here), I managed to get 540K free even in low memory.
Still, I get the following:
Code:
S:> mem (internal DOS command!!)
Program too big to fit in memory
Cannot load COMMAND, System halted
Mind you, I didn't even run the AWD flash tool yet because I wanted to test if anything will work! And obviously nothing would.
Can anyone else confirm these strange issues?
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