2010/8/26 Dave <[email protected]>: > > Andy, > > There is no reason why you cannot connect a Sata or USB CDROM drive to > your system, install the OS and then remove the CDROM drive. > > Get the latest EMC2 live CD and boot the system off the CDROM drive, > then have it load the system right off the live CD. You can't get any > simpler than that. > > I have a portable USB CDROM drive that I use all of the time just for > that purpose. But you could temporarily plug in a Sata CDROM also. > The Pico power supplies work fine and so does the 510 board. >
I tried to boot from external USB DVD-RW and got "boot error" on the screen. The drive is ~1 year old and I have successfully booted from it on my laptop, I have burned discs with it and I do not remember having any trouble with it, but it never worked as bootable drive with my D510MO board. I tried both Hardy and Lucid as well as Windows. None of them worked, so be aware that You might meet some obstacles with usb dvd drives, because I do not think that it was a problem with my drive. But the idea itself is very nice - attach dvd drive, install system and then remove the drive to save space. /vie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
