Brian Kelsay wrote:
Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
I think we're headed toward a USB KeyDrive release myself, I know there are people here working on that.
Already done. you can take any Knoppix derivative and boot from usb. BUT, I have only done it w/ DamnSmall and with a boot floppy that hands off to the USB > stick. My old stuff won't boot to USB on its own. Just like some CD-ROM drives won't > boot an OS, older hardware is not able to boot to USB. One year old stuff can though.
My brand spanking new Toshiba Tecra M2 can't...
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Reading the rest of Garrett's posts, it looks as if Toshiba hasn't gotten on the USB bandwagon. Caveat for anyone wanting to buy a PC, avoid Toshibas, at least until the catch up with the market.
--- Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
On Monday 30 August 2004 08:35 am, Garrett Goebel wrote:
My brand spanking new Toshiba Tecra M2 can't...
[boot from USB devices]
See if there's a BIOS update available.
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