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How do I use my USB floppy drive with the Bootable CD-ROM?

LANforge-FAQ - CandelaWiki
These instructions are intended for users who do not have a built-in floppy drive in the machine being used to run the LANforge bootable CD-ROM. The USB floppy drive should already have a disk in it with a license.txt file that you obtained from sales@candelatech.com. Insert the Universal Host Controller Interface Host Controller Driver kernel module: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18.2/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko Copy the license.

What is meant by "SGI-bootable CD-ROM drive"?

Technolust: The Indigo Page (Silicon Graphics - SGI)
Easy: the Indigo is only capable of booting from select CD-ROM drives. So if you are buying a CD-ROM drive for an Indigo, take care about which drive you purchase, depending on your needs. Essentially, for a drive to be bootable, it needs to be able to use a 512-byte block size. This usually isn't advertised as a feature, so you're better off going by brand and model.

What is a bootable CD-Rom?

Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms (for Windows/Dos)
A bootable CD-Rom is a CD from which you boot the PC. This means putting the CD in your CD-Rom drive and power-on or reboot your system. The PC will load a boot image from the CD-Rom and control is given to this boot image. A bootable CD-Rom is not a CD that you insert into your CD-Rom drive and windows will start something from this CD-Rom.

I want to make my USB flash drive bootable, what steps are required for this process?

Removable Media Recovery Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ
Most laptops now use lithium ion (LiIon) batteries. LiIons should be managed differently from the NiCad or NiMH batteries used in older laptops. In particular, LiIons should not be run all the way down to prevent "memory effect". First, they don't have a memory effect, and second, running them down tends to reduce their capacity. If the laptop does not need the battery it should be run to about 40% charge and stored in a cool place.

Why won't your demo play on my CD ROM drive?

Sound Ideas - Frequently Asked Questions
The audio presentation portion of our demo is presented as CD Audio. If you have a CD Player option for your computer, you will be able to hear the demo at your computer. Otherwise, any CD player will play the audio tracks of our demo CD.

Can I restrict the use of floppy and/or CD-ROM drives?

FAQ / Tips & Tricks : GPanswers.com
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer | Hide these specified drives in My Computer User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer | Prevent access to drives from My Computer

Can I use a USB flash drive instead of a floppy?

CELOP - FAQs - MLL - Lab Use
Yes. USB flash drives can be plugged into the socket on the right side of the Mac after you have logged in. You may have to unplug the headphones to do this — please be sure to plug them back in when you are done. When you are finished with the USB drive, be sure to drag its icon to the trash icon on the Dock before you unplug it or you may risk damaging your data.

How can I make my CD-ROM drive work with PS-DOS?

DOS FAQ by Christoph Fuchs
In version 2000 from PhysTechSoft exists a built-in cd-rom driver. In former versions you can use MSCDEX.EXE or NWCDEX.EXE from MS-DOS/PC-DOS or DR-DOS if the drive doesn't work correctly with the PhysTechSoft files. First answer:) Start PTS-DOS with a CONFIG.PTS and an AUTOPTS.BAT containing only the most neccesary lines and the keyboard driver for installing Windows (minmal configuration). After the Windows installation, choose the "Windows compatible" option at startup.

How does Evolution select the CD Rom drive to use for ripping CD's?

Customer Support -- FAQ
If your system has more than one CD Rom drive, Evolution selects the first CD Rom drive found. The actual drive selected will depend on your hardware configuration. For example, if you have two CD Rom drives on one IDE controller, Evolution will rip from the drive configured as the Master.

Can I use EXTRACT on a CD-ROM I access across a network?

EXTRACT -- Frequently Asked Questions
If you are accessing a CD-ROM on a network using Novell Netware, you need to add the following line to your NET.CFG file: Failure to do so will keep EXTRACT from reading files on the networked CD-ROM, yeilding error messages like

Can I use a USB floppy on Solaris ?

Solaris Ready USB FAQ
Yes, but it will show up as a (very small) scsi disk. check /dev/dsk/c... nodes. There are no /dev/diskette nodes for usb floppy. Plug in the device and run rmformat(1M). It will show you the device node for the USB floppy. Assume it is /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0 (x86). # mkfs -F pcfs -o nofdisk,size=2800 /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0 # mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:c /mnt

Will you send me a CD-ROM or a floppy with the program?

Frequently Asked Questions
No, we won't. After paying the licensing fees, you will be redirected to the download page. From this page, you will be able to download the full version of the software you have purchased.

How do I use the USB-Bootable LANforge image?

LANforge-FAQ - CandelaWiki
The nc200* image that is used with the LANforge appliance can also boot from a USB storage device on many machines. Assuming your hardware is supported, this is a good way to try out LANforge without having to install Linux from scratch. Unless your machine has exactly 4 ethernet interfaces, you will must reconfigure LANforge to be aware of your network cards once the system has booted. All changes will be saved through reboots (using the USB disk as storage.

Q5. How does it lock files on a USB Flash Drive, CD-RW or floppy disks?

Password protect folders and hide folders with Folder Lock, ...
To protect files on USB Flash Drives, Memory Sticks, Pen Drives and Zip Drives, click 'Browse' and select the option 'Move to portable disk'. Then read the instructions and click the 'Next' button. Now you will be able to select the drive(s) in which you want protection. You can select these drive(s) by clicking the check boxes next to them. After that click the 'Move It' button, this will move the program folder of Folder Lock to that drive.

How do I get a bootable floppy?

Section 0. (Basic FAQ information)
Several ways, ranging from brain-dead-but-works to simplest. Classification into categories is left to the reader (is there really a difference between 'brain-dead' and 'simple'?:') Take your existing dist.fs or fixit.fs boot disk and diskcopy it on a DOS machine. Mount and rm as in 1) above. Again, you have a bootable floppy!;^} where 'floppy5' is a 'name' for an entry in the /etc/disktab file.

How can I get my system to boot up from a SCSI CD-ROM drive?

FAQ-Motherboards Frequently Asked Questions & Answers about ...
You have to press the Del button to go in the BIOS and then go to BIOS FEATURES SETUP to adjust the Boot sequence to SCSI, and also you have to go into SCSI BIOS to adjust the CD-ROM Boot function to "Enable" mode. - Go to Top

What Is A CD-Rom Drive?

PC Basics
CD-ROMs are compact discs, read-only, removable storage media. CD-ROMs read the data encoded on the disc and then transfer this data to the computer. CD-ROMs are different from hard drives and floppy disks, in that you cannot store your own information on them. Recently, gurus created the RW CD-ROM drive: re-writeable CD-ROM drive. It allows you to read, erase, and use it repeatedly like a floppy drive.

How do I mount my CD-ROM drive?

Hardware Questions
should work. If it does not, you must edit your /etc/fstab file and add a line that refers to your CD-ROM device. In more recent versions of Red Hat Linux, your CD-ROM is more likely to be something like /dev/cdrom. To find out what the CD-ROM device is for your system, type
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