Flash card formatter?

D

Dave

Can anyone point me to a Windows utility that I can use to format a
Compact Flash card in a usb card drive? There seem to be many for Pocket
PC but nothing for W2k, and DOS is no good as it won't read usb drives
anyway.
Dave
 
B

Bob Adkins

Can anyone point me to a Windows utility that I can use to format a
Compact Flash card in a usb card drive? There seem to be many for Pocket
PC but nothing for W2k, and DOS is no good as it won't read usb drives
anyway.

Have you tried Explorer? It seems willing to work on my card, but I don't
want to format it just now. :)

Bob

Remove "kins" to reply by e-mail.
 
P

Paul Blarmy

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:00:45 +0100, Dave wrote...
Can anyone point me to a Windows utility that I can use to format a
Compact Flash card in a usb card drive?

Right click on the CF drive icon and choose the format option.
 
D

Dave

Can anyone point me to a Windows utility that I can use to format a
Compact Flash card in a usb card drive? There seem to be many for Pocket
PC but nothing for W2k, and DOS is no good as it won't read usb drives
anyway.
Dave
A bit more explanation:
I bought a 32Mb card, which somehow turned into a 24Mb card. I
didn't change that deliberately & don't know how/why it happened. Now
all the appropriate tools in W2k are greyed out & won't work - format,
repartion, nowt. The 24Mb left still works fine. I thought that a
utility separate from W2k might work.
Thanks for the responses, Dave
 
C

Chris Lee

(e-mail address removed)
says...
A bit more explanation:
I bought a 32Mb card, which somehow turned into a 24Mb card. I
didn't change that deliberately & don't know how/why it happened.
Now
all the appropriate tools in W2k are greyed out & won't work -
format,
repartion, nowt. The 24Mb left still works fine. I thought that a
utility separate from W2k might work.
Thanks for the responses, Dave

You can format USB Compact Flash card drives from DOS. All you need is
a DOS USB mass storage driver.





<SUBJECT: ACCESSING USB STORAGE IN DOS>

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<Name: _madmaxUSB2_>
<Date: >May 02, 2004 at 11:56:40 Pacific
<Subject: >Accessing USB storage in DOS
<OS: >DOS
<CPU/Ram: >x86/64MB

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<Comment:

USBASPI.SYS Panasonic(TM) USB to ASPI driver v2.06 and v2.15
Reference
Rev 4.1 updated 2 May, 2004 by madmaxUSB
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For a brief history on how I got to research on this very useful
driver, check out http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13447.
tml
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Most people will tell you MS-DOS does NOT support USB connected
devices.

This is somewhat true, because USB was developed way after
Microsoft(TM) had opted to discontinue DOS.

However, there are special device drivers that allow USB connected
mass storage devices to be mapped as ASPI devices which can
subsequently be accessed by DOS - much the same way as SCSI devices.

This document provides useful information on using a specific device
driver in getting USB 2.0 mass storage devices (like hard disks,
flash memory, optical drives) recognized in DOS. It is provided for
troubleshooting and reference purposes only.

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Description:

Version : 2.06 Version : 2.15
File size : 37,903 bytes File size : 39,093 bytes
Last modified : 27 Nov 2002 Last modified : 27 Oct 2003

Support UHCI/OHCI/EHCI controllers and are compatible with many of
the USB implementations from major chipset manufacturers like INTEL,
VIA, NVIDIA, SiS and NEC for integrated, onboard, PCI bus or CardBus
USB2.0 ports.

These drivers seem to be based on work done by Novac Co. Ltd. and
Medialogic Corp. hence they generally have similiar options and good
interoperability.

Your boot OS determines what kind of partitions will be supported in
your USB device. For FAT32 support, use the DOS boot disk for
Windows 98 (MS-DOS 7.10) or the Windows ME Emergency Boot Disk
(MS-DOS 8.00). You can add support for long file names using special
drivers. Check out these site for relevant links -
http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/utils.htm

There are other USB 2.0 DOS drivers released on the web, but were
found to have a number of limitations in terms of compatibility and
configuration:

1. DATOptic's Speedzter supports USB 2.0 & Firewire - their DOS
driver seems to be the next best driver in terms of compatibility
and functionality.
2. Cypress(TM) DUSE (ver 4.4 & 4.9) are a unified driver that also
supports USB 2.0 and offer many options but seems to have issues for
I/O port address or Memory address settings - particularly a limit
on the address space range.
3. Iomega(TM) USB & Firewire drivers also support USB2.0 (via
ASPIEHCI.SYS) and is also used in Norton/Symantec GHOST but has
limited compatibility.

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Application:

When used in conjunction with an ASPI Mass Storage Driver, it allows
USB storage devices - particularly USB 2.0 hard disks or flash disks
- to be accessible in DOS. This is particularly useful in drive
cloning, partition resizing and image backup utlities that need to
run in DOS mode (e.g. emergency disks for GHOST 2003, Partition
Magic, etc...)

Furthermore, with a USB CD-ROM Driver, it allows USB optical drives
(DVD, CD-ROM) to be accessible in DOS when MSCDEX extensions are
loaded. This makes it possible to install images or load Operating
Systems onto newly formatted systems or replacement hard drives.

Advantages over similiar drivers:
1. Support for USB 2.0 as well as USB 1.1 (Other USBASPI.sys
versions are actually for USB 1.1 only)
2. Compatible with many USB chipset implementations, including
Intel, NEC, VIA, NVidia and SIS
3. Automatically obtains configuration parameters from Motherboard
PnP/ PCI BIOS to minimize difficulties with I/O, Mem and IRQ
mapping
====================================================================
=
Please note that USB support in DOS is considered experimental!
Most HW manufacturers DON'T provide support for their USB DOS
drivers.
====================================================================
=

There are three standards compliant controllers in PC's. In Windows,
Go to ControlPanel - System and (look under Hardware or
DeviceManager to) examine the listed devices under Universal Serial
Bus Controllers to determine the type of USB ports detected:
USB 1.x UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface) Intel, VIA
USB 1.x OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Compaq, Microsoft and
National Semiconductor
USB 2.x EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface)

USB 1.x is the initial standard. USB Support started in Windows95B
and onwards. USB 1.1 supports a theoretical maximum transfer rate of
up to 12 Mbps.

USB 2.0 is the current standard and supports a maximum transfer rate
of up to 480 Mbps.

Since 2.0 is a superset of 1.1, some devices are marketed as USB 2.0
compatible but cannot operate at full speeds. Here is a table on the
speed ratings:
USB Type Code Max. Transfer Rate
High-Speed HS 480 Mbps
Full-speed FS 12 Mbps
Low-speed LS 1.5 Mbps

Actual I/O throughput with current USB 2.0 external hard disks is
limited by processor interconnect type, protocol overhead and USB
bus connections.
Reportedly, for USB 2.0 ports integrated on system board chipsets,
25 MB/sec is the practical throughput, while add-on USB 2.0 PCI
cards can give up to 16MB /sec only.

Notes:
1. For more reliable connections, avoid the use of USB hubs when
connecting storage devices in DOS mode.
2. The driver does NOT support hot-plug connections. Do not
disconnect/reconnect USB devices after USBASPI.SYS has been loaded,
until the syste, is powered OFF.

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Recommended Usage:
To detect your USB Mass storage device (.e.g. a USB 2.0 external
hard drive) put this line in your boot diskette CONFIG.SYS file

device=USBASPI.SYS /w /v

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USBASPI.SYS Switches:

Here are the known valid switches identified so far with the
Panasonic(TM) v2.xx USBASPI.SYS driver in CONFIG.SYS

device=[{path}]USBASPI.SYS [/e] [/o] [/u] [/v] [/w] [/r] [/l[#]]
[/p=xxx0] [/f] [/slow] [/nocbc] [/norst] [/noprt]

You can specify more than one controller type (e.g. /e /u). This
switch can also be used to force slower speed operation on
high-speed USB controllers & devices.
The driver will scan for all types of USB controllers, so use these
switches to specify which port types to enable. This allows for
faster USB scanning. By specifying /u or /o and omitting /e, it
forces Full-Speed mode on High-Speed devices. Note that you can't
make a Low- or Full-Speed device run at High-Speed.
/e EHCI, for enabling only USB 2.0 controller
/o OHCI, for enabling only add-on/onboard USB 1.1 controller
/u UHCI, for enabling integrated USB 1.1 controller

In verbose mode. USBASPI displays details on controller type and USB
devices it detects. It displays the vendor & product ID codes, the
controller address range (memory map or I/O port map) of
controllers, and the connection speed code for each device.
/v Verbose, shows USB details - excellent troubleshooting tool

These switches modify driver actions
/w Wait, displays prompt message to allow swapping/attaching of
target USB device
/l# Luns, to specify highest number of LUN assigned, default /L0
/slow to enter SLOW down mode, gives longer delays when scanning USB
devices
/nocbc NO Card Bus Controller, to disable detection of USB on
CardBus slots

This switch is typically used on portable systems with an external
USB floppy drive connected to the single USB port for boot-up. Used
in conjunction with RAMFD.SYS so after the boot floppy is copied to
a RAM drive, (and after the /W pause...) the USB floppy can be
removed, and the target mass storage device can be attached and
detected
/r Resident, allows driver to stay resident in memory when USB
floppy drive is detected.

This switch is used to specify the UHCI I/O address. Use this if the
PnP BIOS does not assign an I/O address, where xxx0 is in
hexadecimal format.
/p=xxx0

There are a number of switches whose specific function is still
unknown. Please post your discoveries in the USBMAN end-user forum,
or the Computing.Net DOS forum.
/noprt * Have found that on Intel systems (which have UHCI), using
this switch causes the system to hang while detecting host
controllers. Could it be related to I/O port?
/norst
/f

Depending on the system processor, USB 2.0 host interface, USB
bridge chip and actual harddisk specs, actual throughput may vary.
The following were reported in DOS mode GHOST 2003 using Local ->
Check -> Disk option:
1. NEC based USB 2.0 PCI card - over 300 MB/min
2. Intel chipset USB 2.0 onboard ports - over 500 MB/min
Differences in transfer rate may be due to sharing of PCI bus
bandwidth and protocol overhead (on USB and PCI busses) vs. direct
connection of a similiar device to a PC.

Note:

In case the driver reports an error "Cannot set memory mode I/O"
please disable Legacy USB device support in system BIOS setup.

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Download Source:

The USBASPI.SYS driver is supplied for portable USB 2.0 drives from
Panasonic and available in the Japanese market. Follow any of the
links below to the manufacturer's self-extracting drivers:

USBASPI v2.06
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/cdrrw/kxlrw40an/driver/kxl
w40an.exe
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/cdrom/kxl840an/driver/kxl8
0an.exe
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/combi/kxlcb30an/driver/kxl
b30an.exe

USBASPI v2.15
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/other/driver/f2h_usb.exe
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/combi/kxlcb35an/driver/kxl
b35an.exe

They are listed here sorted from smallest to largest size.
USBASPI.SYS is extracted from the F2H subdirectory

These are from CD-R/RW, CD-ROM and DVD+CD-R/RW products intended for
the Japanese market, but work OK in English version DOS & Windows.

Observed differences between the two driver versions:
1. Unlike v2.06, the newer v2.15 does not unload from memory if it
does not find a USB mass storage device, consuming about 14KB in
DOS. (-)
2. V2.15 seems to be able to initialize and scan for USB
controllers, hosts and devices faster than v2.06. (+)
3. Performance is reported to be slightly better in v2.15 vs v2.06.
(+)
4. However, v2.06 provides a much more informative verbose mode than
v2.15 as you can tell where each USB1.x device is logically
connected to. (-)

Keep these in mind when choosing which driver to use in your DOS
environment.

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Other Useful Files:

Here are some useful device drivers that complement USBASPI.SYS:

From the same Panasonic driver file you downloaded to get
USBASPI.SYS, in the F2H subdirectory are 2 other important drivers
USBCD.SYS v1.00 from Panasonic, USB CD-ROM device driver
RAMFD.SYS v1.01 or v1.02 from Panasonic, copies boot floppy disk
contents into a RAM disk, write protects it, and remaps the floppy
drive letter to the RAM disk.

As USBASPI.SYS merely maps USB devices to an ASPI device, additional
driver is needed to map the ASPI mass storage to a DOS drive letter.
The famous "Motto Hairu" driver includes this important piece, and
can be downloaded from:
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/hd352u/hd352u_dos.zip

[Note: If this link doesn't work, start at
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver/hd352u/hd352u_drv.html]

UnZip the file to get these files (the latter has an english
translation readme file)

DI1000DD.SYS v2.00 from Novac, ASPI Mass Storage Device Driver
{reportedly drive needs to be ATA66 or faster)

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=
DI1000DD.SYS
ASPI Disk Driver v2.00 from Novac Co., Ltd

device=[{path}]DI1000DD.SYS [/hN] [/dL]

If USBASPI.SYS detects multiple mass storage devices on multiple
host adapters, use
/hN Host, to specify which host adapter to map drive letter(s),
where N would be the 3rd number set reported for the USB controller
in USBASPI.SYS with the /v switch.

To specify the starting drive letter for detected mass storage
devices, use
/dL Drive_letter, where L is the first assigned letter for this host
adapter

Example of use:

If you want specify the "L" drive letter for a storage
device, try:

device[high]=[{path}]di1000dd.sys /dL

Thanks to Daniel G. Gionco for this useful bit of information :)
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=

In case you have compatibility problems, there are some similiar
drivers here

http://www.datoptic.com/Drivers/DAT.exe

This image file creates a bootable diskette that supports USB and
firewire in DOS. Of relevance are these drivers:
USBASPI.SYS v2.01 from Medialogic Corp, is very similiar but
less-featured version than Panasonic's USBASPI.SYS.
NJ32DISK.SYS v1.06 from Workbit Corp. is very similar to Novac's
DI1000DD.SYS.
SBP2ASPI.SYS v1.02 from Medialogic Corp provides ASPI mapping of
Firewire storage devices.

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Examples:
If the USB devices are already plugged upon power up and you want
to enable only the high-speed USB controller and external hard disk
drives, try

device=USBASPI.SYS /e /v
device=DI1000DD.SYS
If you have only a single USB port and no internal floppy, use
this CONFIG.SYS combination:

device=RAMFD.SYS
device=USBASPI.SYS /w /v /r
If you have a notebook with a USB optical drive, install the ASPI
CD-ROM device driver after loading USBASPI.SYS in CONFIG.SYS like
this:

device=USBASPI.SYS /w
device=USBCD.SYS /d:USBCD001

and in AUTOEXEC.BAT:

MSCDEX /d:USBCD001
If you want to connect a USB 2.0 optical drive and a USB 2.0
external hard disk simultaneously, put these in the CONFIG.SYS file:

device=USBASPI.SYS /e /w
device=USBCD.SYS /d:USBCD001
device=DI1000DD.SYS

and in AUTOEXEC.BAT:

MSCDEX /d:USBCD001
For troubleshooting USB connections, install all your devices and
boot from your diskette with this in CONFIG.SYS:

device=USBASPI.SYS /v

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Troubleshooting Info:

With the /v option, USBASPI.SYS provides a lot of useful info
regarding the USB devices connected to a PC.

Use this info to determine if a problem is in the hardware level, or
a Windows driver/configuration issue.

Example result for v2.06:

Controller : 00-09-0 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI
: MEM=DF000000h-DF000FFFh(4KBytes)
Controller : 00-09-1 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI
: MEM=DE800000h-DE800FFFh(4KBytes)
Controller : 00-09-2 VID=1033h PID=00E0h (3782h-01E0h) EHCI
: MEM=DE000000h-DE0000FFh(256Bytes)
USB Device : HOST [00-09-2 VID=1033h PID=00E0h (3782h-01E0h) EHCI]
: |-- VID=05ABh PID=0060h HS
: |-- VID=05E3h PID=0702h HS
: ^-- 2 device(s)
USB Device : HOST [00-09-0 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI]
: ^-- nothing
USB Device : HOST [00-09-1 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI]
: |-- VID=066Fh PID=4200h FS
: ^-- nothing
ASPI Device : ID:0 LUN:0 = IC25N010 ATDA04-0 0811
: ID:1 LUN:0 = E-IDE CD-ROM 48X/AKU T3A

Example result for v2.15:

Controller : 00-09-0 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI
: MEM=DF000000h-DF000FFFh(4KBytes)
Controller : 00-09-1 VID=1033h PID=0035h (3782h-0035h) OHCI
: MEM=DE800000h-DE800FFFh(4KBytes)
Controller : 00-09-2 VID=1033h PID=00E0h (3782h-01E0h) EHCI
: MEM=DE000000h-DE0000FFh(256Bytes)
USB Device : VID=05ABh PID=0060h HS
: VID=05E3h PID=0702h HS
: VID=066Fh PID=4200h FS
ASPI Device : ID:0 LUN:0 = IC25N010 ATDA04-0 0811
: ID:1 LUN:0 = E-IDE CD-ROM 48X/AKU T3A

Interpretation:
1. There are 2 OHCI and 1 EHCI controllers detected. All are running
in MEMory map mode (not I/O mapped) with the respective address
spaces displayed.
2. Two devices are mapped to the EHCI controller. The HS indicates
they are running at High Speed.
3. One device is mapped to the 2nd OHCI controller. The FS indicates
runs at Full Speed only. ^-- nothing indicates no USB storage
devices were found.
4. Two of the devices connected are detected as storage devices.
Each is mapped to an ASPI ID, and it's identifier is displayed.
5. This config has an IBM 10GB notebook HD & a 48x EIDE CD-ROM
drive.

Notes:
1. The respective USB bridge/device can be identified by referring
to the 2-byte Vendor ID and Product ID.
2. Most of the configuration is automatically obtained from BIOS PnP
info. Unfortunately, USBASPI.SYS does not identify IRQ's used.

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On the still unknown switches:

/norst - could this mean a RESET will not be sent on the USB device?
what is the effect? have tried on a USB printer but saw no
difference ...

/f - does NOT seem to be speed related (as in full-speed or fast
device detection). Suspect it could be for "floppy" or "flash
memory" devices ...

/m=xx - in the older USBASPI.SYS v1.xx, is used to specify the OHCI
memory map address but does NOT deem to work for v2.xx

===========
Thank you to members of DarkeHorse, Computing.NET and USBMAN forums
for sharing their experiences.

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* All brands mentioned are TM of respective owners. Many products
mentioned are (C) and require an appropriate end-user license. *

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<Name: >_madmaxUSB_
<Date: >May 02, 2004 at 11:59:25 Pacific
<Subject: >Accessing USB storage in DOS

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BIOS Support for USB storage devices
I have tested USB boot functionality on recent system boards using
the AMIBIOS 7.0 core (http://www.ami.com/support/doc/amibiosdesktop.
df). I believe the feature is also applicable to PhoenixBIOS 4.0
(http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/phoenix+cme+firstbios/system+fir
ware/products/phoenixbios.htm)

The BIOS may offer one or more of the following options in its setup
interface that affect USB:
Enable/disable USB host controller
Enable/disable legacy USB support
Assign IRQ to USB host controller
Monitor IRQ for APM events

This text is taken from (https://www.codidirect.com/shop/thefactsbeh
ndbootability.htm)

" Modern BIOSes add support for USB in one form or another. The most
basic support available is known as USB Legacy Device Support. This
extension to the PC BIOS supports the use of a USB keyboard and
mouse during the boot process. It simply means your keyboard and
mouse will work as soon as the PC is turned on.

Many modern BIOS also support, in a limited fashion, the ability to
boot from a USB device. Support for this feature does not
automatically mean you can boot from any USB device. It means you
can boot from some USB devices. Currently, for most BIOS, this means
a USB floppy drive. However, some BIOS that claim to support booting
from a USB hard disk contain bugs that prevent them from doing so
properly, and may require patches or upgrades.

Some BIOS also support booting from a USB zip drive or CDROM but
again this is an exception, not the rule.

Support in the BIOS for booting from a USB device is accomplished
through "IDE Emulation". IDE Emulation lets the BIOS scan the
computer's USB ports looking for actual IDE devices or devices that
look like (emulate) an IDE device. So, if a BIOS supports booting
from a USB floppy drive, it will look for a real USB floppy drive or
another device that can emulate the behavior of a USB floppy drive.
"

Note that for an OS/driver/application to take over a USB
controller, it has to follow a specific protocol, as failure to do
so could result in hanging.

From my tests:
1. Generally, USBASPI.SYS is incompatible with systems where Legacy
USB support is enabled if the Legacy mode enables IDE/floppy
emulation.
2. When USB legacy is enabled and the USB storage is set as
bootable, it becomes the 1st hard drive (C:). and the internal ATAPI
drive becomes the 2nd hard drive (D:)
3. When USB legacy is enabled but not the boot device, USB storage
is still mapped as a typical ATAPI drive in DOS mode.

However, BIOS support seems to only allow USB 1.1 transfer rates
until the OS loads a driver that properly takes over USB protocols.

=0=

Transfer rates of USB HD's

USB 1.1 allows DOS file transfer rates of about 1.25 ~ 1.39 MB/sec.
This is quite close to the theoretical 12Mbps limit.

USB 2.0 allows DOS file transfer rates of about 3.3 ~ 6.5 MB/sec.
This is only a fraction of the theoretical 480Mbps limit, and is
attributed to current USB-IDE chips and DOS file handling
limitations.

(Tested using HD's with GL811 and ISD-300A1 bridge chips on i875P
based USB2.0)

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<Name: _SoCloseUSB_>
<Date: >May 06, 2004 at 05:51:30 Pacific
<Subject: >Accessing USB storage in DOS

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madmaxUSB,

I am so close to being able to use my USB HDD in DOS that I can
taste it. But I am missing a critical element - I hope you can
help.

I am using an Asus MB with built-in USB. This small machine has no
floppy, but can boot from USB. So my grand scheme is to be able to
boot from a USB thumb drive (256MB Sandisk Cruzer Mini), use the
utilities loaded on it to format the internal HDD, then to Ghost an
image from my 80GB USB HDD over to the internal drive.

My trouble comes in because I am not using a floppy to boot from.

I have to get everything I need off of the thumb drive (and into a
RAM drive) before I load the USBASPI.SYS driver because when I load
this driver, it kills access to the thumb drive (I presume this has
something to do with the way my MB treats the device to be able to
boot from it). So, I can't put USBASPI.SYS in my CONFIG.SYS file -
never fear, I have a partial answer to that (read on).

Because the thumb drive isn't 1.44MB (or because it doesn't 'look'
like a floppy, RAMFD.SYS fails to copy it to a RAM drive. But no
worries. I loaded up system files on my thumb drive from Win98 so I
could use the MS RAMDRIVE.SYS. This loads up fine and I can copy the
contents of my thumb drive into my 32MB RAM drive without problems.

So at this point, I have DOS 7.1 loaded (Win98), I have all the
files I need on the RAM drive, but I have no USB drivers loaded.

So I use a device.com I found from Micro Solutions at
ftp://ftp.micro-solutions.com/software/backpack/utilities_misc/bptoo
s.exe. This allows me to load a device driver (USBASPI.SYS) after my
OS is booted:

G:\DEVICE.COM USBASPI.SYS /V /E /NOPRT

I found that I MUST inclulde the /NOPRT switch (I don't know why) or
the driver hangs when it tries to search for devices on the
controller. The driver finds a single EHCI controller and identifies
2 devices (my thumb drive and my external HDD). The command
completes and everything looks good to me.

Next, I need something to mount and assign these devices drive
letters. My device.com trick doesn't seem to work with di1000dd.sys
or nj32disk.sys. For some reason, I tried using DUSE.EXE. I got it
to work once or twice using:

G:\DUSELDR G:\DUSE.EXE

Everything looked good, it indicated that the drive had been mounted
and assigned a letter. I was able to access the drive at high speed,
too. But this was before I formatted and partitioned the internal
HDD. After I setup the internal HDD (in a separate session using a
CD from the HDD manufacturer), DUSE stopped working for me. I think
it may be related to the fact that the internal HDD is partitioned
into 4 FAT32 drives. Perhaps I am dealing with too many drive
letters?

Anyway, the short question at the end of all of this is that I need
something that can mount my USB HDD and assign it a drive letter
once USBASPI.SYS is loaded. The tricky part is that this driver
needs to be able to be loaded after the system is booted (it can't
be loaded in CONFIG.SYS).

ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

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<Date: >May 16, 2004 at 23:13:42 Pacific
<Subject: >Accessing USB storage in DOS

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@SoCloseUSB

The difficulty getting the driver to map to the ASPI storage to a
drive letter poses a big problem. I am not familiar with any newer
drivers that work with USBASPI.SYS. Have you tried DEVICE.COM from
what used to be Quarterdeck - it used to be included in their QEMM
product.

I believe that using /NOPRT instructs the system to not scan I/O
ports. and causes problems on systems with UHCI type USB 1.x

Also, I believe DUSE has its own drivers to recognize USB devices,
so you shouldn't be using it with USBASPI.SYS.

I wish I could be of more help.

madmaxUSB
 

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