USB key == USB hard drive???

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 03:29:55PM -0400, Andrej Marjan wrote:
> 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.

Partitioned versus non partitioned probably.

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