wrongaddress@att.net wrote:

> I have a 128mb keychain flash drive that connects to the USB port. It
> works fine in WinXP, but I would like to access it under DOS.
>
> I have tried using a DOS 7 floppy boot disk with the recommended diver
> (USBASPI.SYS) with no sucess. On bootup, there is a message displayed
> to connect the USB device and press enter, but it fails to detect the
> drive. The config.sys file reads
>
> DEVICE = USBASPI.SYS /w /v
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Bill
>

For DOS, the device needs to be included as part of the
boot up...no hot-swapping.