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Brian (Groups)

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Jan 20, 2007, 8:51:24 AM1/20/07
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I can set my BIOS to enable USB mouse/ keyboard support, and this works
on (for example) Win98 boot floppy. I tried the Hiren boot CD, but
kb/mouse aren't recognized. Before I try others, like Bart PE or UBCD,
I'd like to know is there something I need to add here, to make my
devices recognized?

Brian

Gerhard Hofmann

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Jan 20, 2007, 10:17:27 AM1/20/07
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Hi,

some download locatios for Hiren's Boot CD mention a "keyboard patch". I
don't what this patch exactly is and if it specifically addresses your
problem, but maybe it's worth a trial.

Just google for "hiren keyboard patch"...

Regard

Chief Suspect

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Jan 20, 2007, 10:44:47 AM1/20/07
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In article <1169301084.3...@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
ussps...@mailinator.com says...
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Brian ... I dunno what you are booting up into by using the Hiren Boot
CD. Is is DOS, or does it provides some rudimentary form of Windows?
Booting up into real DOS and having R/W access to your NTFS C: drive,
and support of USB flash/thumbdrives is a trick .. but, workable.
Lemme know if you want my boot floppy, or an ISO file to burn a
bootable CD. Need valid email address. lord_possum at yahoo.com

Brian (Groups)

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Jan 21, 2007, 6:35:20 AM1/21/07
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Gerhard Hofmann wrote:
>
> some download locatios for Hiren's Boot CD mention a "keyboard patch". I
> don't what this patch exactly is and if it specifically addresses your
> problem, but maybe it's worth a trial.
>
> Just google for "hiren keyboard patch"...

Thanks, but I think the k/b patch is to accommodate non-US-standard
keyboard layouts. Nothing to do with USB support.

Brian

Brian (Groups)

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Jan 21, 2007, 9:05:44 AM1/21/07
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Chief Suspect wrote:
> Brian ... I dunno what you are booting up into by using the Hiren Boot
> CD. Is is DOS, or does it provides some rudimentary form of Windows?
> Booting up into real DOS and having R/W access to your NTFS C: drive,
> and support of USB flash/thumbdrives is a trick .. but, workable.
> Lemme know if you want my boot floppy, or an ISO file to burn a
> bootable CD. Need valid email address. lord_possum at yahoo.com

It uses DRDOS as its shell. My main concern is, of course, no mouse/KB
support... kinda makes the whole exercise pointless. I'm not sure if
any of the utils provide access to NTFS volumes and/or USD flash
drives, but I'd certainly be interested in your own approach, so
either/both your boot floppy and ISO. Valid mail is brian_groups + @
symbol + lycos.com, condensed into a proper addy... sure you know what
I mean. :-)

much appreciated

Brian

Brian (Groups)

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Jan 21, 2007, 5:26:05 PM1/21/07
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Chief Suspect wrote:
> Lemme know if you want my boot floppy, or an ISO file to burn a
> bootable CD. Need valid email address. lord_possum at yahoo.com

Just received. Many thanks and much appreciated.

Brian

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