bootable usb

[blacky]

I have created a bootable usb drive for dos. I want to then load w2k3 from the same drive but get a msg that smartdrv is not loaded. Then I put smartdrv.exe /double_buffer into autoexec.bat and get a msg that himem.sys is not loaded. I go into config.sys and see line device=himem.sys /testmem:off.

Then the screen scrolls with invalid opcode 0633....Btw, I pulled the config.sys and himem.sys from a win98 boot.zip file...

Anyone know why this no workey?

[foxidrive]

I have created a bootable usb drive for dos. I want to then load w2k3 from the same driv

Is it booting MSDOS V6.22? Do you want to partition the USB drive and boot W2K3 off another partition?

[blacky]

I'm using FreeDos. I'm trying to install W2k3 from my backup on my usb drive. My cd with W2k3 is broken.

[penpen]

I haven't tested it, but i assume the error is caused by mixing up different OSes.

This is how to create a bootdisk for Win2k3 Server:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325879/en-us
Creating one for the non server version should be the same.

penpen

[mehedi96]

Hello, its so easy!
Here i have described the whole process of creating a bootable USB pendrive within 5 minutes.
Create Bootable USB Pendrive
ENJOY!

[foxidrive]

Hello, its so easy!
Here i have described the whole process of creating a bootable USB pendrive within 5 minutes.
Create Bootable USB Pendrive
ENJOY!

I feel that there should be a WARNING here:

The page linked from the above post shows a method that uses a download from dropbox.

An unscrupulous person could create a tool and load it with malware, or cause it to download malware when you run it, and post it with a solution to a common problem.

The poster mehedi96 may be honest but this is their first post and we don't yet have experience interacting with this poster to form an opinion.

So BEWARE - there are other tools on the net which are more public in nature.