I haven't had a problem with booting any particular brand/age of USB sticks at all... you may need to ensure the boot order in the bios includes USB. Try dd'ing an ubuntu netbook remix image onto it, and seeing if that works.
Cheers, Steve. On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 14:55 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > I have a VIA EPIA M9000 motherboard that I am trying to run diskless. > > The VIA FAQ says > > "Q: Can EPIA M/B use USB Stick boot ? > A: All EPIA series M/B can support USB stick boot but need to check > If your stick can support or not." > > So how do I tell whether my stick can support booting? It doesn't seem > to be bloody working. -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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