Brian Densmore wrote:
http://news.com.com/Mobile+hard+drive+carries+Linux/2100-1003_3-5325181.html ?tag=nefd.hed
A USB HD that turns any PC into a Linux PC for ~$200.
Pretty cool. Doubt it will last long.
I wonder if it requires the use CMOS support for legacy emulate floppy drive boot. In which case, it'd have to be setup like a CDROM bootable distro. That could require fiddling with CMOS.
Last I checked most machines on the market don't support booting from USB or Firewire devices... except with the legacy emulate floppy drive boot option.
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I suspect any current system supports booting from USB. I just bought an ABit MB from NewEgg and it supports booting from USB and it would support booting from firewire, but I didn't get a MB with the firewire option. This was ABits bottom market model. Of course ABit is more of a market leader so it could just be an ABit thing. I doubt it though.
--- Garrett Goebel wrote:
Brian Densmore wrote:
http://news.com.com/Mobile+hard+drive+carries+Linux/2100-1003_3-5325181.html
?tag=nefd.hed
A USB HD that turns any PC into a Linux PC for
~$200.
Pretty cool. Doubt it will last long.
I wonder if it requires the use CMOS support for legacy emulate floppy drive boot. In which case, it'd have to be setup like a CDROM bootable distro. That could require fiddling with CMOS.
Last I checked most machines on the market don't support booting from USB or Firewire devices... except with the legacy emulate floppy drive boot option.
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