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USB devices in DOS (Users)

posted by Misha , RU, 17.10.2010, 20:55

> > But to mount/unmount the flash drive I have to hard-reboot.
> > Rebooting is fast (about 4 sec) but what is the correct
> > way of re-assigning drives after I plug/unplug usb flash?
>
> Rebooting, in case of the BIOS driver.
Ok, this calms me down, I was worrying that I miss some function which will do this without rebooting.

> > Here another noob question rises: is the usb-mouse ITSELF works the same
> as
> > classic mouse (just has a diff. plug)?
>
> No, the USB mouse and keyboard protocol is completely different from the
> PS/2 one. Even with devices that support simple USB to PS/2 converters, the
> device will detect whether it is accessed as USB or PS/2 device and use the
> correct protocol.
So... if I plug USB mouse to PS/2 port via converter, it may work or may not, depending of mouse's ability to switch between PS/2 and USB working modes?

> You may be interested in the USB drivers currently developed, which is the
> one by Georg Potthast (costs 65 ?
> plus VAT) and the one by Bret Johnson
> (freeware, open source).
Thanks for the links, I just need some time to look at that.

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