[NTLUG:Discuss] Booting from a USB Flash Drive? ( 64Meg - $9.99 at Fry's )

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:14, Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> Anyone know if it's possible... ( not just theory ) but actually
> possible to boot from a USB Flash Drive? I picked up a linksys
> 64Meg Flash Drive from Fry's ( $9.99 after a $20 rebate ) and 
> was hoping to be able to boot my PC with it, but it didn't seem 
> to work. Do ANY motherboards support this? 
> 
> I was able to mount the drive and copy my /boot partition and 
> play with syslinux but at boot time ( I specified SCSI and 
> 'other' as boot options ) it didn't seem to try and use the 
> USB port. 
> 
> Any info would be appreciated. 
> 

I have seen it on a few Compaq/HP motherboards, in the BIOS it will give
an option for USB.  I was planning on trying this at some point in time.

> jack
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