From: /m 

>The XP F6 only asked for a floppy.

Please tell me you're kidding.  I thought that relic of a behavior was left
behind once Windows progressed beyond Windows 2000.

Are you saying that Windows XP *still* cannot load drivers from a CD-ROM
when you press F6 during an install?

 /m


On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:57:20 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>The XP F6 only asked for a floppy. I found instructions for creating a
>slipstreamed install CD with SATA drivers but that was more work than I
>wanted to do at the time.  I just never knew that Microsoft limited the F6
>USB floppy drives to a select few. The strange part was that when using the
>F6 option the install needs to read the drivers off the floppy twice and
>with an 'unapproved' floppy the install manages the first read but can't
>find the drive on the second read
>
>
>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:mlk6k2lh60ngsm6bkl9gkpqcrcrtmvn9cq{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
>> Can't you use a CD-ROM to install those drivers instead of a floppy
>> drive?
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:02:01 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

>> wrote:
>>
>>>Silly me - I figured that if the motherboard supported USB floppy drives
>>>that any would work - Found out the hard way I was wrong when I tried to
>>>install an AHCI driver with an unsupported USB floppy. The bad part is I
>>>was
>>>able to do the initial F6 install with the USB floppy but the second time
>>>during the install that XP needed to load the drives it couldn't see the
>>>floppy. Luckily I had an older USB floppy in the closet that
was supported
>>>
>>>
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/916196
>>>
>>>This issue occurs if the USB floppy disk drive is not supported for use
>>>during Windows XP installation. To be supported in this situation, the
>>>drive
>>>must be listed in the Txtsetup.sif file.
>>>
>>>The following USB floppy disk drives are included in the
Txtsetup.sif file
>>>and are therefore supported for use during Windows XP installation:
>>>
>>>Plug and Play ID  USB floppy disk drive model
>>>
>>>USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901  Mitsumi
>>>USB\VID_057B&PID_0000  Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
>>>USB\VID_0644&PID_0000  TEAC; IBM option part number
27L4226, FRU 05K9283
>>>
>>>The following USB floppy disk drives are not included in the Txtsetup.sif
>>>file and therefore are not supported during Windows XP installation:
>>>
>>>Plug and Play ID  USB floppy disk drive model
>>>
>>>USB\VID_03F0 &PID_2001  HP
>>>USB\VID_054C &PID_002C  Sony
>>>USB\VID_057B &PID_0001  Y-E Data
>>>USB\VID_0409 &PID_0040  NEC
>>>USB\VID_0424 &PID_0FDC  SMSC
>>>
>

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