[ale] Boot of USB drive

[David Corbin]

Actually I'm looking at an external Hard drive with USB connection.

Robert Reese wrote:
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> Hi David,
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> On 1/27/2004 at 8:09 AM David Corbin wrote:
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>>I'm contemplating getting a USB hard drive.  Is it possible to boot
>>off  these?  What issues should I be aware of?
> 
> 
> The booting from usb is a function of the motherboard.  The bios, to
> be exact.  You need to determine if yours will allow you to boot via
> usb.  Note that some of the bioses don't necessarily state 'usb', but
> may in fact say 'auxiliary', 'external', or other variations.
> 
> I do know it's possible, because I've accidentally booted off one
> before on my own computer.  It was terribly funny/disturbing, booting
> to Windows 98 when it wasn't loaded on my computer!
> 
> 
> 
>>I'm thinking it might be easier than building two matching
>>development  environments and keeping both of them up-to-date.
> 
> 
> I don't know what your needs are for OS and the environment, but keep
> in mind that USB 1.1 is going to be awfully slow.  Plus, these
> thumbdrives are just beginning to become reasonable for 512mb - about
> 75% of the size of a CD.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert Reese~
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