Newer motherboards (the ones I've used) support flashing Bios from
windows or USB memory sticks.

I haven't seen an SD to floppy adaptor other than those you've
mentioned, but I suspect that time and money wise you're better off
getting a real floppy drive and a floppy disk.

-Adam

On 6/14/07, Mark Hanchey <mworks@modworks.net> wrote:
> Is anyone aware of a circuit that would allow a SD memory card to be
> attached to a pc
> in place of a floppy drive so that the host pc thinks its accessing a floppy.
>
> I ask because its getting to be a pain to update bios, install
> storage drivers, etc on pc
> that require you to use a floppy. You can't use usb or cdrom.
>
> If I could change out the floppy drive with something that read SD
> cards that would be great.
> Just wondering if someone has already designed a circuit like this,
> or if I should start :)
>
> I'm aware of the flashpath adapters but they are pricey and I'm
> looking for a more hardware based idea.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
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