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Success: Compact Flash diskless PC

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Name: francois_
Date: November 24, 2003 at 23:07:21 Pacific
OS: win98se
CPU/Ram: pIII 733/512
Comment:

Hw: PIII 733EB - fanless, 512Mb Ram, 1 Compact Flash ide adapter, 256 Mb Compact Flash (Can be 128)

Steps:

- install on a temp disk win98se on d:\windows (manage to have also d:\program files)
- winzip d:\ (include hidden/system, 8.3 option)
- save Long File Name with doslfnbk
- copy zipped d: to c:
- transfer c: partition to flash card with Ghost

Done, boot time less than a minute.

Ram disk is used to save the Compact flash life.

If you change your windows config, winzip and doslfnbk again. ;-)

21th Nov 2003, François, Switzerland


autoexec.bat
------------
mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
keyb sf,,C:\keyboard.sys
xmsdsk 200000 d: /t /y
d:
c:\pkunzip -e -d -Jhrs c:\d.zip
c:
doslfnbk d: /r /force
set COMSPEC=d:\windows\command.com
set PATH=
set PATH=d:\windows;d:\windows\system;d:\windows\command
set winbootdir=
set winbootdir=d:\windows
set windir=
set windir=d:\windows
d:
cd d:\windows
win.com

config.sys
----------
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DBLBUFF.SYS
DEVICE=C:\IFSHLP.SYS
DEVICE=C:\setver.exe
device=C:\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
Country=041,850,C:\country.sys
LASTDRIVE=J

msdos.sys
---------
[Paths]
WinDir=d:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=d:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
DoubleBuffer=1
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.10.2222
DisableLog=1
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxx...

dir c:\
-------
Volume in drive C is C
Volume Serial Number is 2767-1DE7
Directory of C:\

COMMAND COM 93'890 23.04.99 22:22 COMMAND.COM
KEYBOARD SYS 34'566 23.04.99 22:22 KEYBOARD.SYS
MSDOS SYS 1'690 20.11.03 18:06 MSDOS.SYS
IO SYS 222'390 23.04.99 22:22 IO.SYS
D ZIP 50'977'485 20.11.03 13:07 D.ZIP
PKUNZIP EXE 29'007 20.07.94 11:35 PKUNZIP.exe
DBLSPACE BIN 68'871 23.04.99 22:22 DBLSPACE.BIN
XMSDSK EXE 20'016 12.08.98 1:09 xmsdsk.exe
ATTRIB EXE 15'252 23.04.99 22:22 ATTRIB.exe
DISPLAY SYS 17'175 23.04.99 22:22 DISPLAY.SYS
DOSLFNBK TXT 38'861 12.10.02 21:47 DOSLFNBK.TXT
BACKUP LFN 28'667 20.11.03 12:46 BACKUP.LFN
COUNTRY SYS 30'742 23.04.99 22:22 COUNTRY.SYS
HIMEM SYS 33'191 23.04.99 22:22 HIMEM.SYS
EDIT COM 69'902 06.05.98 20:01 EDIT.COM
AUTOEXEC BAT 403 20.11.03 18:07 AUTOEXEC.BAT
DOSLFNBK EXE 74'320 12.10.02 21:50 DOSLFNBK.exe
DBLBUFF SYS 2'614 23.04.99 22:22 DBLBUFF.SYS
EGA CPI 58'870 23.04.99 22:22 EGA.CPI
EMM386 EXE 125'495 23.04.99 22:22 EMM386.exe
IFSHLP SYS 3'708 23.04.99 22:22 IFSHLP.SYS
KEYB COM 19'927 23.04.99 22:22 KEYB.COM
MODE COM 29'271 23.04.99 22:22 MODE.COM
SCANDISK EXE 143'818 23.04.99 23:22 SCANDISK.exe
SETVER EXE 18'939 04.11.03 22:27 SETVER.exe
CONFIG SYS 171 20.11.03 17:55 CONFIG.SYS
27 file(s) 52'227'401 bytes
1 dir(s) 200'384'512 bytes free

D:\>dir d:

Volume in drive D is MS-RAMDRIVE
Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000
Directory of D:\

WINDOWS <DIR> 20.11.03 18:13 WINDOWS
PROGRA~1 <DIR> 16.11.03 17:25 Program Files

2 dir(s) 79'020'032 bytes free



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Response Number 1
Name: SkipCox
Date: November 24, 2003 at 23:21:19 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks francois


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