On 05/15/2012 12:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 09:52 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> The most important issue in this thread is ability to boot from USB2.0.
>> No, it isn't. mjg59 wrote:
>>
>> "the inability to boot from anything larger than a CD and no USB ports
>> that can be bootstrapped from a bootloader sitting on a CD or floppy."
>>
>> So you're talking past each other. You are assuming that direct boot
>> from USB is the minimum. Matthew reckons bootstrapping from a CD or
>> floppy is fine.
> You can bootstrap from a CD to then boot from USB drives:
>
> Example:
>
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-b...
Ummmm...yes. That's exactly what mjg59 said and what I pointed out more
clearly that he said. Your saying it again does not immediately appear
to contribute much to the debate. :)
Just a concrete example for those that like such things. :-)
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