When you create your winxp/pro dos boot disk there is a downloadable
file called "DUSE". You need it in your bootdisk autoexec.bat
(which is empty) and your config.sys (also empty) in order for
the bt dsk to recognize devices on the usb hub and to be able
to access them from DOS.
Joe


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DUSE is a DOS USB device driver installed via config.sys (like
mscdex.exe, it may also require some entries in Autoexec.bat). It only
works for some USB controllers and some USB storage devices (and only
for storage devices, not for any other USB devices). It was written by
one of the semiconductor firms that makes USB controller chips (for the
life of me I can't remember which one -- Cypress, I'm thinking), but it
happens to work with both all of their chips and also with some USB
controllers by other firms.

Because it's so "hit or miss", and wasn't written by Microsoft, it's
strictly a "use at your own risk" type of thing.


Joseph Fenn wrote:
> When you create your winxp/pro dos boot disk there is a downloadable
> file called "DUSE". You need it in your bootdisk autoexec.bat
> (which is empty) and your config.sys (also empty) in order for
> the bt dsk to recognize devices on the usb hub and to be able
> to access them from DOS.
> Joe
>
>
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Ok tnx for info. I will track down DOES and give it a try
to see how it works out Barry. I had a belkin type 2 before which
was lousey so went to Walmart and bought a "cyberpower" hub at
half the price of the Belkin and it works like a champ. Somewhere
I have two sheets of data on how to structure the autoexec.bat
and config.sys files. In fact gives several ways of doing it.
Thanksfor the info Barry.
Joe


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