Accessing a USB flash drive or memory card reader?

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Deejayry
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Accessing a USB flash drive or memory card reader?

#1 Post by Deejayry » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:47 pm

Can anyone tell me if UBCD can be used to access a file on a USB flash drive or USB memory card reader from a dos prompt?

I have a Bios update to install and it can only be done from a dos environment, i have already burned a copy of UBCD which i used to recover from a corrupt NTFS.sys on a raid array, so i'd like to use the same disk if possible.

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Re: Accessing a USB flash drive or memory card reader?

#2 Post by StopSpazzing » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:18 pm

Deejayry wrote:Can anyone tell me if UBCD can be used to access a file on a USB flash drive or USB memory card reader from a dos prompt?

I have a Bios update to install and it can only be done from a dos environment, i have already burned a copy of UBCD which i used to recover from a corrupt NTFS.sys on a raid array, so i'd like to use the same disk if possible.
I actually need to know this recently...and unfortunately didnt have time to look it up...and have always wanted to know because I have this issue often with updating...just feel safer doing it from DOS prompt aswell.

I did find this: http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm

Icecube any take on this? Or maybe how to include the driver in the current freedos that is included? I know it cannot be provided in UBCD as requires copyrighted drivers.
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#3 Post by Icecube » Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:13 am

I think that all USB drivers are already in the freedos image, you only need to select the right driver.
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#4 Post by StopSpazzing » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:58 pm

Icecube wrote:I think that all USB drivers are already in the freedos image, you only need to select the right driver.
Hmm...Ill have to give it a try and find out.
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#5 Post by Icecube » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:49 am

But flashing a BIOS while using the FreeDos image of UBCD isn't a good idea in most cases. Most BIOS flashing tools don't like extended memory managers.
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#6 Post by Duderino316 » Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:25 am

Check out this thread I just made, maybe there's a way to link the flash utility and/or files on the USB to GRUB: MultiBoot USB: Boot Multiple ISO images from USB

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