USB key == USB hard drive???

[Andrej Marjan]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 02:14:03AM -0400, waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org wrote:

> Regardless, I still wanted to set up a Knoppix boot USB key. So I
> followed instructions, and

>     * set up the USB key
>     * selected "USB KEY" as the first boot option in the BIOS
>     * inserted the key into a USB slot
>     * rebooted

>   But Windows came up each time.  A couple of looks later at the BIOS
> menu, it finally dawned on me.  The item labelled "USB HD" had changed
> to include a truncated description of my USB key.  So the key was being
> identied as a USB drive, instead.  Once I figured that out, I moved the
> "USB HD" entry ahead of the regular HD entry.  Now Knoppix comes up when
> the key is inserted before booting, otherwise, Windows comes up.  If
> anybody has a similar problem, your cause and solution may be similar.

They're all USB Mass Storage devices. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_mass-storage_device_class

Does the Acer actually have different boot options for "usb key" and
"usb hard drive"? I wonder what the difference is supposed to be.
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