Boot from Usb Key

[Tim Writer]

Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On 22 Sep 2004, Tim Writer wrote:
> > I have found that a _lot_ of systems (even some very new ones) won't boot
> > from USB, even if the BIOS has such an option.  In addition, some boards will
> > boot other USB devices (floppy, CD-ROM, etc.) but not a key.  This seems to
> > be a geometry issue which can sometimes be worked around by installing
> > another mbr...
> 
> The story I hear -- haven't experimented myself -- is that the BIOS, the
> MBR, and the filesystem itself all have to mesh perfectly for it to work. 
> Not enough attention was paid to standardizing the details, and the result
> is a mess, where the probability of everything cooperating properly
> without expert attention is quite low. 

But don't worry, Microsoft is going to fix this with their new standard. ;-)

    http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040916.html

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