AUTOEXEC.BAT
The following is my "still in-work" Autoexec.bat file for the sandisk. Much of it is just place holder info for my planned projects. Some of it (that which begins with the double colons ::) are remarks that I just added for your reading pleasure. Other than that it is the autoexec.bat file that I just used to insatll the Win98 OS from a USB CD-Rom drive onto a HD mounted in the i-o.
@echo off
::The following line adds a drive letter to the USB CD-ROM or Flash card mounted.
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:USBCD001
::The following line adds mouse capability. I would add
::USB mouse capability but I have not gotten that figured out yet
LH MOUSE.COM
SET EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
::Ideally the TEMP files would be located on a ramdrive to
::save sandisk life but I have not figured that out yet either.
SET temp=c:\Temp
SET tmp=c:\Temp
::It seems to me that PATH should be proceeded by SET
::in this portion of the autoexec.bat file but I have not seen it like that anywhere else.
path=C:;D:;E:\
::I do not know what this does so I won't mess with it
smartdrv.exe 16384
IF "%config%"=="WITH_FORMAT" GOTO Drive_Checkup
IF "%config%"=="WITHOUT_FORMAT" GOTO Drive_Checkup
GOTO "%CONFIG%"
:Drive_Checkup
@echo off
cls
ECHO.
ECHO RESTORE HDD FROM CD ROM
ECHO =======================
ECHO INSTALL PROCESS IS VERIFYING SYSTEM INFORMATION
ECHO.
::The reason these lines are REM is because they do not
::work from the sandisk and I have not been able to find
::documentation sufficient for me to understand what is
::going on with this to fix it.
REM @echo off
REM chk_addr f000:f47b '311C'
REM if errorlevel 1 goto Install_OS
REM goto system_error
:Install_OS
IF "%config%"=="WITHOUT_FORMAT" GOTO Without_Format
:with_format
cls
ECHO.
ECHO RESTORE HDD FROM CD ROM
ECHO =======================
ECHO HARD DRIVE (D:) WILL BE FORMATTED.
ECHO WINDOWS 98 DRIVE IMAGE WILL BE COPIED FROM DRIVE (E:).
ECHO CAUTION: DATA OF HARD DRIVE (D:) WILL BE LOST!
ECHO IF YOU DID NOT BACKUP YOUR FILES IT IS TO LATE
ECHO.
@echo off
C:\oformat D: /s/q
:without_format
cls
ECHO.
ECHO RESTORE HDD FROM CD ROM
ECHO =======================
ECHO RESTORE PROCESS WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.
ECHO DO NOT REMOVE THE CD ROM FROM THE CD ROM DRIVE.
ECHO RESTORE IS NOW IN PROGRESS.
ECHO.
@echo off
D:
cd\
md D:\windows
md D:\windows\system
md D:\windows\options
md D:\Progra~1
cls
C:\unzip -od D:\windows\options\ E:©abs.img
C:\unzip -od D:\Progra~1\ E:\program.img
C:\unzip -od D:\ E:\other.img
C:\unzip -od D:\windows\system\ E:\winsys.img
C:\unzip -od D:\windows\ E:\winother.img
copy C:\winstart.bat D:\windows\winstart.bat
copy C:\lfnbk.exe D:\windows\lfnbk.exe
cls
cd\
cls
ECHO.
ECHO WINDOWS 98 RESTORE COMPLETE
ECHO ===========================
ECHO THE HARD DRIVE IMAGE HAS BEEN RESTORED. REMOVE THE CD ROM
ECHO FROM THE CD ROM DRIVE AND PRESS ANY KEY.
ECHO **STORE THIS CD ROM IN A SAFE LOCATION!**
ECHO.
C:®eboot /P
:system_error
ECHO.
ECHO SYSTEM ERROR
ECHO ============
ECHO YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT RESPONDING, INCORRECT SYSTEM TYPE
ECHO RESTORE CANCELLED.
ECHO.
C:®eboot /P
::From here on is mostly place holders for features
::I am either re-doing or have not yet started and
::thus they are not complete.
:SCSI
:LSI
:TEKRAM
:ATTO
:ATA
GOTO END
:KILL
@ECHO OFF
::I probably should have put this next line at the begining
::for all executable to take advantage of rather than REM it.
REM SET DOS4GW=quiet
CLS
ECHO Active@ KILLDISK is loading ...
KILLDISK.EXE
GOTO END
:unerase
@ECHO OFF
SET DOS4GW=quiet
CLS
ECHO Active@ UNERASER is loading ...
UNERASER.EXE
GOTO END
:USB_Drives
:end
CONFIG.SYS
The following is the config.sys file I'm working on for the i-o, same comments as above.
[menu]
MENUCOLOR=7,0
SUBMENU=TOOLS, Utilities (low level format etc.)
SUBMENU=INSTAL, System Restore Options
MENUITEM=USB_DRIVES, BOOT to DOS with CD-ROM and/or FLASH DRIVE support
MENUDEFAULT=USB_DRIVES,20
[TOOLS]
MENUCOLOR=7,4
SUBMENU=SCSI_MENU, Hitachi Disk Fittness Tools (DFT) SCSI & ATA support
MENUITEM=ATA, ATA support only
MENUITEM=KILL, KillDisk Drive Wipe Utility
MENUITEM=UNERASE, KillDisks Unerase feature
REM MENUITEM=RANISH, RANISH PARTITION MANAGER
MENUITEM=USB_DRIVES, BOOT TO DOS
MENUDEFAULT=USB_DRIVES,20
[INSTAL]
menuitem=WITH_FORMAT, RESTORE WINDOWS 98 - WILL FORMAT HDD
menuitem=WITHOUT_FORMAT, RESTORE WINDOWS 98 - WILL NOT FORMAT HDD
REM menuitem=WIN2K_Format, FORMAT DRIVE AND INSTALL WINDOWS 2000
REM menuitem=LINUX, FORMAT AND PARTITION DRIVE AND INSTALL A VARIANT OF LINUX
REM menuitem=DRIVERS,INSTALL ALL THE I-OPENER DRIVERS
menuitem=USB_DRIVES, BOOT TO DOS PROMPT
menudefault=USB_DRIVES,20
menucolor=7,0
[SCSI_MENU]
MENUCOLOR=7,5
MENUITEM=SCSI, for Adaptec
MENUITEM=LSI, for LSI 320 Controller
MENUITEM=TEKRAM, for Tekram & Symbios Controllers
MENUITEM=ATTO, for ATTO 320 Controller
MENUITEM=USB_DRIVES, BOOT to DOS
MENUDEFAULT=USB_DRIVES,20
[SCSI]
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4000 /E
REM COUNTRY=001,,A:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI2DOS.SYS /D
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI4DOS.SYS /D
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI8DOS.SYS /D
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI8U2.SYS /D
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI320.SYS /D
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPIUWF.SYS /D
[LSI]
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4000 /E
REM COUNTRY=001,,A:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPIMPT.SYS /D
[TEKRAM]
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4000 /E
REM COUNTRY=001,,A:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\ASPI8XX.SYS /V
[ATTO]
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4000 /E
REM COUNTRY=001,,A:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=A:\ASPI\EXPRESS2.SYS /D
[ATA]
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
REM DEVICE=A:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 4000 /E
REM COUNTRY=001,,A:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
[Kill]
REM SHELL=C:\Kill\COMMAND.COM C:\Kill /E:512 /P
[UNERASE]
SHELL=C:\Kill\COMMAND.COM C:\Kill /E:512 /P
[WITHOUT_FORMAT]
[WITH_FORMAT]
[USB_Drives]
[COMMON]
REM ;DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=20
FILES=60
DOS=HIGH,UMB
lastdrive=z
device=himem.sys
REM The following loads Panasonic's universal USB- controller driver
REM /v means "verbose"
REM /w means "wait" i.e. attach the USB device
REM /e means EHCI spec (USB 2,0) (??? Host Controller Interface)
REM /o means OHCI spec (newer USB 1.x) (Open Host Controller Interface)
REM /u means UHCI spec (older USB 1.x) (Universal Host Controller Interface)
devicehigh=USBASPI.SYS /V /W /U
REM The following is an aspi mass storage driver for USB-connected HD's and compactflash memory cards
devicehigh=DI1000DD.SYS
REM The following line loads a universal CD-ROM driver
devicehigh=USBCD.SYS /d:USBCD001
[End]
ouch! Anyway that is where I am at (except I'm writting this from the library). I shall attempt to tweak this new boot disk image to setup the USB port first and see if it can then do an instl from the CD since it inherantly has the capability to see the setup file in the OSBOOT.IMG file. I never was good enough with DOS to do this sort of thing so if there is anybody willing to help me over the hurdles when I hit them please let me know. I shall post the hurdles that I fail to jump, as I go.