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Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:31 pm**

umm, I don't have a floppy drive... :oops:

I can see if I can borrow one though... I hate floppys! they are so slow and they take up more physical space then they are worth! :evil:

but I'll see if I can try

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:07 am**

Dear dolphinius_rex,
Bad luck it seems......Just return the drive......
See ya later,

::Pranav::

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:16 am**

dolphinius_rex wrote:umm, I don't have a floppy drive...

I can see if I can borrow one though... I hate floppys! they are so slow and they take up more physical space then they are worth!

but I'll see if I can try

Come on, everyone needs a floppy drive. I NEED one for all my RAID drivers and such. Couldn't live without floppy.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:35 am**

Yeah aviationwiz,
you are right.Everyone needs a floppy drive.Never build a computer without one.I have a USB drive which I use most,but still have that 1.44 MB drive connected to the machine.
See ya later,

::Pranav::

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:39 am**

dolphinius_rex wrote:umm, I don't have a floppy drive...

Some computers can boot from a USB-stick. They're often formated just like a big floppy. If that doesn't work, do try to borrow one. Windows isn't always very nice. It's too bad these tools (MTKflas and co) aren't available for Linux.

G

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:44 am**

Yes MediumRare,
Newer computers can boot from zip drives,thumbdrives,or any other third drive.

::Pranav::

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:26 am**

dolphinius_rex:
Don't feel bad about not having a floppy drive.

A buddy of mine build a new AMD 2500+ system with out a floppy. He's had 0 problems so far.

But if you were booting from a CD-R image that had DOS on it, how were you able to load it/access it without the CD-Rom drivers installed ?

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:33 pm**

I downloaded a boot ISO CD image, the bios recognizes the CD as bootable and boots from it, but dos sees it as a floppy drive, so when it asks me if I want to boot with CD support, I can say no

I'ts basically a winME floppy disc, put onto a CD-R, very useful!

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:20 pm**

dolphinius_rex wrote:I downloaded a boot ISO CD image, the bios recognizes the CD as bootable and boots from it, but dos sees it as a floppy drive, so when it asks me if I want to boot with CD support, I can say no I'ts basically a winME floppy disc, put onto a CD-R, very useful!

where did you download it from?

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:57 pm**

I started here:
http://dhc014.rpc1.org/mtkflash.htm

Followed the link to here:
http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com/index.html#BOOTISO

and downloaded the image here:
http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com/boot_iso.zip

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:59 pm**

Well, that's it folks...Thanks for all the help and ideas!

I have now returned my LG 8525B, and received a new one in exchange. Luckily for me, the new burner came with firmware 1.02 already installed!

This little fact will likely save me countless hours of frustration, and another trip to the RMA department of NCIX.com

You can expect more test results on those 32x CD-RWs soon

Posted: **Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:54 am**

dolphinius_rex wrote:Followed the link to here:
http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com/index.html#BOOTISO

and downloaded the image here:
http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com/boot_iso.zip

thanks.

CDRLabs.com

Help with dead LG burner please.... :(