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Booting from a USB device?
Will my Abit NF7-S motherboard ever be able to boot from a USB device (for
instance a USB Flash drive?) I was thinking about installing an entire OS onto the flash device, and then using that as the boot device. Thanks for the info. Markus x_merc at hot-mail dot com |
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I was thinking about installing an entire OS onto the flash device, and then using that as the boot device. Thanks for the info. Markus Hi, You could also use a Compact Flash to IDE adaptor This sits in an ide slot and acts just like a Hard drive. I have just looked at these but i think it will be better when they produce one to fit remotely in a 3.5" Bay, so you can swap the flash memory without taking the PC case off. Here`s the link... http://www.cfide.co.uk/ Also PCW mag December edition has a hands on article about it. Regards, Graham........ |
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You could of course just use an Inclose PMD-961 Mobile Dock.
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:43:35 -0000, "Graham H" wrote: I was thinking about installing an entire OS onto the flash device, and then using that as the boot device. Thanks for the info. Markus Hi, You could also use a Compact Flash to IDE adaptor This sits in an ide slot and acts just like a Hard drive. I have just looked at these but i think it will be better when they produce one to fit remotely in a 3.5" Bay, so you can swap the flash memory without taking the PC case off. Here`s the link... http://www.cfide.co.uk/ Also PCW mag December edition has a hands on article about it. Regards, Graham........ |
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"Graham H" wrote in message
... I was thinking about installing an entire OS onto the flash device, and then using that as the boot device. Thanks for the info. Markus Hi, You could also use a Compact Flash to IDE adaptor This sits in an ide slot and acts just like a Hard drive. I have just looked at these but i think it will be better when they produce one to fit remotely in a 3.5" Bay, so you can swap the flash memory without taking the PC case off. Here`s the link... http://www.cfide.co.uk/ DataBook makes such a device. Its an ISA or PCI card with a 3.5", dual slot "drive". I have used Nic's, modems, LAN cards, and CompactFlash in it... they are wonderful. the ISA version was only supported through Win98, but I have read that the PCI version works in 2000 and XP. Just thought I would share. Anyone want to buy the ISA model I have? Also PCW mag December edition has a hands on article about it. Regards, Graham........ |
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