tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post4528291546828824236..comments2024-03-27T11:06:22.057+00:00Comments on RMPrepUSB, Easy2Boot and USB booting: Why is it so difficult to boot .ISO files from a USB drive?Steve Sihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-62188883838141172522013-10-02T21:30:09.440+01:002013-10-02T21:30:09.440+01:00Finally found an old advent.Tried typing the comma...Finally found an old advent.Tried typing the command in, still got Error 30: Invalid Argument.<br />Let me know what info will help, I'll email over as much as possibleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614883092944607590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-22709418092473789032013-09-30T11:28:45.558+01:002013-09-30T11:28:45.558+01:00For systems which boot a USB drive as fd0:
1. Chec...For systems which boot a USB drive as fd0:<br />1. Check the BIOS to see if there is a USB boot option to boot as hard disk instead of zip/floppy.<br />2. Make sure you use RMPrepUSB with the 'Boot as HDD' option ticked to prepare the drive.<br /><br />If this fails, and it still boots as fd0, try re-mapping it.<br /><br />1. Create a \_ISO\MyE2B.cfg file<br />2. add at the top<br /><br /Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-49375435833802076042013-09-30T07:53:50.846+01:002013-09-30T07:53:50.846+01:00I'm pointing it out to work mates! Explains it...I'm pointing it out to work mates! Explains it very well.<br /><br />It's helped me understand an incompatibility issue with E2B on some machines. Older Advent, Philips, Fujitsu, EI Systems load the USB as fd0 rather than hd0. The menu loads fine, but QRUN doesn't work at all.<br />It works fine with newer Advent models.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614883092944607590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-76016267425766920922013-09-28T19:39:41.111+01:002013-09-28T19:39:41.111+01:00Thanks for letting me know!
TBH - I wasn't sur...Thanks for letting me know!<br />TBH - I wasn't sure whether to post it or not as I wasn't sure if many people would be interested in it (or want to understand it). I am glad the effort wasn't wasted. As I had replied to the questioner via private messaging on reboot.pro, I thought maybe others might also like to read it (as it took so long to write!). <br />Steve Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883669340879311678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807252622611429784.post-40758791636715488892013-09-28T19:23:50.525+01:002013-09-28T19:23:50.525+01:00Awesome post. Thanks very much for sharing this st...Awesome post. Thanks very much for sharing this stuff, it helps make sense of what I've been tinkering with for so long now :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614883092944607590noreply@blogger.com