Can any-one comment on this here?
In short:
Is it possible to boot from portable USB DVD drive?
Is this supported in BIOSes?
Will kernel be able to find a root?
P.S. I'm not subscribed - please CC.
> On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 02:24, Filipau, Ihar wrote:
> > Hello All!
> >
> > Short question - hope for short answer.
> > Google gives too much garbage and IOMega web site has
> some info, but
> > only for Macs.
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to boot from USB storage?
>
> This is dependent on your BIOS, not on your OS. IIRC, Linux
> had some support for a USB storage root fs, but i don't know
> what the current state is.
>
> > I'm in interested in booting from DVD-ROM and I want
> drive to be
> > portable.
> > Is it possible?
> >
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