Could some please help with this. I am trying to boot a toshiba notebook with external cd rom and floppy drive. I have created my config.sys [CD] device=usbaspi.sys /v /w device=usbcd.sys /d:usbcd001 device=himem.sys /testmem:off autoexec.bat @ECHO OFF set EXPAND=YES SET DIRCMD=/O:N set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C cls call setramd.bat %LglDrv% set temp=c:\ set tmp=c:\ path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\ copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy readme.txt %RAMD%:\ > NUL mscdexe.exe /d:usbcd001 with the rest as per 98 boot disk. My machine boots and loads the controllers, finds 2 usb devices but seems to hang on the 3rd device. If I unplug my floppy drive the following is then displayed ASPI Device : ID:0 LUN:0 = NU CDRW/DVD SBW242U U301 (NU is the cd rom make so I assume it is seeing the device) Corrupt or missing: usbcd.sys, ramdrive.sys..... error config.sys line 10, line 20.... The above I understand is due to me unplugging the drive and the files not been able to load but this is the only way to get past the the hang stage. Please help !!!!

Just to clarify is the Floppy Drive USB and if so does the BIOS have any boot from USB ??settings.

Yes the floppy aswell as the cdrom are usb, on separate usb ports.

Sorry, this machine only allows me to boot from the floppy drive, when I select cd rom....it defaults to hdd drive (hdd is formated)

It would appear the BIOS is supporting "Boot from USB Floppy", therefore the USBASPI drivers when trying to initialize the floppy find that the resources are already in use, and hence the system hangs. If install an PCMCIA USB Card, providing the laptop supports 32bit CardBus, it should be feasible to just initiate one controller chip. Alternatively seek out an alternative USB driver and experiment.

If using USBASPI version 2.20 try using the: /r /w switches http://computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/15568.html If you had used the search function you would of found this posted several times.....