ok i know what you mean now, my IBM does the same...very handy f you push the button on time.
of course the prefeerable treatment is to ditch the OS it came with.... It wil be an interesting project. On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:16:00 -0700 David Hole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Laptop is a Dell 9100 which has usb2 ports. The drive is a Lacie > databank (2.5 inch drive, usb2 powered by the usp port). The dell BIOS > allows selection of a onetime bootmenu when the machine goes through the > POST. Basicly, by pressing F12 at that point, a boot device (including > usb) can be selected and this will overide the boot order in the BIOS > settings for that one boot. > In any case, it might be fun to give it a try. The performance might > take a hit due to the USB2, but would still be preferable to my current > Knoppix CD boot. > Dave. > > -----Original Message----- > Hmm interesting question. > > firstly i wouldn't bother unless it was usb2 > > can your laptop boot from the usb drive? some can and some can't. > > I am not sure what you mean by "do a one time boot menu from my laptop > to boot from the usb device." > > Other than booting i see no problem, and perhaps performance. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
