>> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of et >> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:41 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [newbie] USB hard drives? >> >> >> On Sunday 09 March 2003 11:49 am, Terry Sheltra wrote: >> > Curious question ... >> > >> > I took a Linux server configuration class this past week, and >> one of the >> > students brought up an interesting question that the instructor could >> > not answer. Can linux be put on a USB hard drive and made >> bootable from >> > it? She says that she has Window$ machines that are capable of this, >> > and I was curious if it could be done in linux. If so, how? >> > >> > Thanks! >> this is a function provided by the bios, and it would not matter >> what OS is on >> the drive, as long as the drive could be booted from. >> >>
The simple answer to bootable HD's on USB is....NO. Answer the question yourself...is USB bootable?....NO. Only Firewire/1394 (legally only Apple can use the term Firewire, its 1394 for any other OS/architecture) and SCSI are possible external bootable media. Try it yourself....if you have a USB cd-rom boot off a MDK9 cd. Does it work? NO No HD's can be bootable until the bios of the MB's are made that way or the usb cards are made with a bootable bios option. Just like you have to have the option of scsi to be bootable. Also the SCSI cards have a bios on them that give you an option to be bootable. Rob
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