Boot from CF card reader?

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David Rowell

Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for floppy
but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA K8M800
chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
 
David said:
Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for floppy
but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA K8M800
chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
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What about booting from a usb drive?
 
David Rowell said:
Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for floppy
but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA K8M800
chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
Click to expand...

You can make boot CDs.

terabyteunlimited . com
 
David Rowell said:
Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for floppy
but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA K8M800
chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
Click to expand...
It would depend on how the card reader is plugged in. Most use a USB header,
in which case it is possible to boot from a card.

hamman
 
spodosaurus said:
What about booting from a usb drive?
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Having had a VERY quick browse througha couple of google searches, I'd
say that your motherboard can probably boot from the card reader and
that using either a USB flash drive or the card reader will work fine.
Please consult your motherboard manual to confirm whether it will boot
from the card reader.

HTH,

Ari
 
THANKS GUYS!
One likely MB manual sorta indicates that I might be able to - how's that
for definite?
Just checked out how to make boot CD - that works anyway.
Now I can quit worrying!
 
David Rowell said:
Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for floppy
but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA K8M800
chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
Click to expand...

I am aware of two things that require a floppy on A: These apply to Win2KP.
I don't know about XP, etc .
1. Additional drivers such as the SATA driver must be loaded from A: .
2. Your Emergency Repair Disk must be on A:
 
Planning system using Antec Aria SFF case. It has no provision for
floppy but has front mounted 8 in 1 card reader. MOBO will have VIA
K8M800 chipset.

Can I get by without a floppy? Can I make emergency boot from a card?
Click to expand...

You can download a boot cd iso (51 megs compressed)with LOTS of utilities
from:

ultimatebootcd.com

Tmana
 
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