Problem making a bootable disc.

[pc1x1]

Hi guys, I been having problems with my raid controller, and need to update its firmware. Its an Adaptec 2405, and here are the files.

 

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/raid/asr/fw_bios/2405_fw_b17899_exe.htm

 

I tried making a bootable disc, and it did boot, but tried to install windows 98, so I did something wrong, lol. Also The combined files are 4 megabytes, so floppy emulation is out of the question.

 

Can someone help me, go step by step, on making a bootable iso, so I can go ahead and run the afu.exe (its part of the firmware, update program) through dos? I don't want someone to do it for me, because I need to learn how to do it in the future. I tried doing it thorough a USB drive using the HP Utility, and that did not work unfortunately, so trying a CD now.

 

Thanks!

[mmalves]

You can get bootable floppy disk images in this website (may need to extract them with 7-Zip/WinRAR/etc), add the Adaptec update files in ImgBurn's Build mode, set the filesystem to ISO9660 only, set the floppy emulation parameters in Advanced -> Bootable Disc, then write the image/burn the disc. You can try on a rewritable or saving as an ISO for mounting on a virtual machine. As for the floppy disk, Win95/98 should be enough, as long as it has support for CD-ROM.

[pc1x1]

You can get bootable floppy disk images in this website (may need to extract them with 7-Zip/WinRAR/etc), add the Adaptec update files in ImgBurn's Build mode, set the filesystem to ISO9660 only, set the floppy emulation parameters in Advanced -> Bootable Disc, then write the image/burn the disc. You can try on a rewritable or saving as an ISO for mounting on a virtual machine. As for the floppy disk, Win95/98 should be enough, as long as it has support for CD-ROM.

even though the firmware sizes exceed 1.44 or even 2.88 mbs? The Firmware total is 4.x megabytes? I'll give it a shot tomorrow morning.

 

Edit: Also I downloaded the Windows ME one with noram disc, and while extracting WinRAR says file is corrupt .

Edited July 9, 2010 by pc1x1

[Cynthia]

Edit: Also I downloaded the Windows ME one with noram disc, and while extracting WinRAR says file is corrupt .

bootmec.exe was the file name I got and it can't/shouldn't be extracted with WinRAR.

[pc1x1]

Edit: Also I downloaded the Windows ME one with noram disc, and while extracting WinRAR says file is corrupt .

bootmec.exe was the file name I got and it can't/shouldn't be extracted with WinRAR.

So I have to extract it through its exe? or do I load the exe into IMGBurn?

 

Also I personally dislike when they embed exe's like that, it most likely is legit, but quite annoying.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Personally, I'd keep trying with the bootable usb stick.

 

Once it's done, it's done - then you can use it for anything you need a DOS for by simply dragging and dropping stuff over onto it.

[mmalves]

The files won't be placed in the floppy image but on the data area of the disc, hence why the bootable floppy image must have CD-ROM support.

 

Burn this ISO image to a disc (even a rewritable works) and make sure Verify is enabled. Boot with that disc, change to R: and your update files will be there. Tested it on a virtual machine and it's working OK.

[pc1x1]

The files won't be placed in the floppy image but on the data area of the disc, hence why the bootable floppy image must have CD-ROM support.

 

Burn this ISO image to a disc (even a rewritable works) and make sure Verify is enabled. Boot with that disc, change to R: and your update files will be there. Tested it on a virtual machine and it's working OK.

 

mmalves, can you explain how you made that iso please? Thanks!