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lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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USB boot with flash or HDD in ARCH64

The information provided by mobo mfrs never includes bios boot info.

Please help me to find at least one 64bit mobo that does bios boot using USB 2.0 devices.

I figure I might as well get 64bit aloing with the USB bios boot and large ram all at the same time.

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lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: USB boot with flash or HDD in ARCH64

According to FRY'S, USB-HDD boot is not available on any of their mobos!!!!

Motherboards.com said about the same thing...after much haggling, agreed to provide such boot option data in future reviews!!!!

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Prediction...This year will be a very odd year!
Hard work does not kill people but why risk it: Charlie Mccarthy
A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: USB boot with flash or HDD in ARCH64

I already let lilsirecho know, but for those of you wondering, booting from flash drives is alive and well in the Linux world. I even did with a motherboard purchased at Fry's. What do you know?

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: USB boot with flash or HDD in ARCH64

Tried to boot USB flash drive on three high profile machines at FRY's, one an HP , a FRY's model and a Gateway.  None would boot from my flash drive.

I suspect that admin has strapped the USB boot to prevent virus entry into the boot on their demo machines.

I have no way of determining whether a mobo boots from USB flash .  None of the salespersons even know what bios boot options are present in their demo computers to say nothing about their multitude of mobos.

Motherboards.org has no info on bios boot options.

I desire to purchase a mobo which will boot from Larch flash drive into arch in ram.  The mobo has to have 2GB of ram (or more).

I will pursue any good candidate whether 32 bit or 64bit mobo.

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Prediction...This year will be a very odd year!
Hard work does not kill people but why risk it: Charlie Mccarthy
A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
When ALL is lost, what can be found? Even bytes get lonely for a little bit!     X-ray confirms Iam spineless!