The result of testing the use of a USB flash drive under DOS by me - China DOS Union Forum

Today I bought an ASUS Ai-Flash USB flash drive, 32M in size. Not long after bringing it back, I carried out driver testing under DOS, and the result is really a bit puzzling.

Using USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS in CONFIG.SYS for driving, at the beginning several times, the successful ones were in the majority. When successfully driven, I felt very good using it. Not only did the memory usage very little (USBASPI1.SYS and DI1000DD.SYS together occupied less than 20K of memory), but it was just like a hard disk, readable and writable, and supported long filenames (when using DOSLFN).

With DUSE, it didn't work. Although it showed "USB device detected", it couldn't load it and would wait for a relatively long time. USBASPI2.SYS also rarely succeeded. Only the effect after loading USBASPI1.SYS was really good. Unfortunately, later for some reason, it seemed very difficult for USBASPI1.SYS to succeed anymore, always showing messages like "Target not found" and leading to failure in driving. Now it's still under further research.

Just to add, DUSE supports PnP, which is really good. It's a pity that USBASPI.SYS doesn't support it. Also, my this computer doesn't have a standard USB interface, but only a PCI to USB card. I don't know if there will be any impact.

Anyone with experience, netizens might as well also talk about their own experiences and insights when driving USB devices under DOS!

Post the relevant config for us to take a look.

It's been changing all the time, and there's no fixed one yet.

Hmm~ The tone doesn't seem very good, you know~

Just use USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS. If DUSE doesn't work, also, the LanQiao USB flash drive is easily recognized on my MS6119 (BX motherboard) when formatted as usb-zip using the driver that came with it.

My Netac dual-boot USB flash drive supports USB FDD and USB HDD modes!
Some USB flash drives support USB-ZIP mode boot (boot with the mainboard BIOS)
Some do not support BIOS boot.
I don't know if these so-called modes have an impact on drivers under DOS!

Where did you buy that?! Did you return to China!?

No, there are some for sale here!

I use a Longshine 32M dual-boot USB flash drive. Using USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS has been successful on multiple machines. The motherboard chips are 440LX, BX, and VIA693. It just restarts and fails when used on an 845 P4 machine.

Well, I can't get it to work successfully no matter how I try on the 845 board.

Please enter the full standard loading of the USB mobile hard drive driver CONFIG.SYS.

It seems that there are some problems with the hardware compatibility of the 845 motherboard! It is not compatible with many software.

I think it's not easy to say that there is a problem with 845 compatibility, because the current problems are only limited to these third-party software vendors under DOS. In other operating systems, the USB of the 845 series is all right. It can only be said that the driver is not perfect enough.

Floor1　Wengier	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Today I bought an ASUS Ai-Flash USB flash drive, 32M in size. Not long after bringing it back, I carried out driver testing under DOS, and the result is really a bit puzzling. Using USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS in CONFIG.SYS for driving, at the beginning several times, the successful ones were in the majority. When successfully driven, I felt very good using it. Not only did the memory usage very little (USBASPI1.SYS and DI1000DD.SYS together occupied less than 20K of memory), but it was just like a hard disk, readable and writable, and supported long filenames (when using DOSLFN). With DUSE, it didn't work. Although it showed "USB device detected", it couldn't load it and would wait for a relatively long time. USBASPI2.SYS also rarely succeeded. Only the effect after loading USBASPI1.SYS was really good. Unfortunately, later for some reason, it seemed very difficult for USBASPI1.SYS to succeed anymore, always showing messages like "Target not found" and leading to failure in driving. Now it's still under further research. Just to add, DUSE supports PnP, which is really good. It's a pity that USBASPI.SYS doesn't support it. Also, my this computer doesn't have a standard USB interface, but only a PCI to USB card. I don't know if there will be any impact. Anyone with experience, netizens might as well also talk about their own experiences and insights when driving USB devices under DOS!

Floor2　如是大师	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Post the relevant config for us to take a look.

Floor3　Wengier	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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It's been changing all the time, and there's no fixed one yet.

Floor4　沈洁	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Hurry up!

Floor5　Dark-Destroy	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Hmm~ The tone doesn't seem very good, you know~

Floor6　dsm75	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Just use USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS. If DUSE doesn't work, also, the LanQiao USB flash drive is easily recognized on my MS6119 (BX motherboard) when formatted as usb-zip using the driver that came with it.

Floor7　gjfmlj	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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My Netac dual-boot USB flash drive supports USB FDD and USB HDD modes! Some USB flash drives support USB-ZIP mode boot (boot with the mainboard BIOS) Some do not support BIOS boot. I don't know if these so-called modes have an impact on drivers under DOS!

Floor8　minisheep	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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Where did you buy that?! Did you return to China!?

Floor9　Wengier	Posted 2003-05-03 00:00
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No, there are some for sale here!

Floor10　沈洁	Posted 2003-05-04 00:00
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Buy it quickly!

Floor11　MYS	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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I use a Longshine 32M dual-boot USB flash drive. Using USBASPI1.SYS + DI1000DD.SYS has been successful on multiple machines. The motherboard chips are 440LX, BX, and VIA693. It just restarts and fails when used on an 845 P4 machine.

Floor12　如是大师	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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Well, I can't get it to work successfully no matter how I try on the 845 board.

Floor13　wfy1	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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Please enter the full standard loading of the USB mobile hard drive driver CONFIG.SYS.

Floor14　Wengier	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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It seems that there are some problems with the hardware compatibility of the 845 motherboard! It is not compatible with many software.

Floor15　nre	Posted 2003-05-05 00:00
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I think it's not easy to say that there is a problem with 845 compatibility, because the current problems are only limited to these third-party software vendors under DOS. In other operating systems, the USB of the 845 series is all right. It can only be said that the driver is not perfect enough.