F6 doesn't see the USB drive -no floppy

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boe

Hello,

I've installed XP on a quite a few computers but never learned the trick to
get around F6 on setup to install drivers for the S-ATA controller if the
system does not have a floppy drive. I can bring a floppy to my clients in
case but it would be great if I could specify my usb thumb drive. Some
systems do not have drivers for certain S-ATA controllers such as various
Promise models.

I know I have that issue on my own system - MSI FIS2R with a SATA 378
controller - ulsata.sys. I know I've tried various options - so far
haven't figured out the right one.
 
USB floppy drives work with most motherboards. They are around the same
price as a USB thumb drive.
 
Thanks - so you are saying there is no way around this? Any guess if Vista
has this same issue?
 
You can slipstream the drivers into an xp installation cd, but usb floppy is
far easier and convenient.
 
With Vista you can load drivers from most removable media, floppy, USB thumb
drive, CD, DVD.
 
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