Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:43:09 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Calibration issues with USB disc present. |
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:46:48PM +0400, Brad Campbell wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >>>completly, if possible. And then complain loudly to the vendor to fix > >>>their BIOS. > >>But if one is booting from that device... > > > >Booting from a USB device? I can see this happening when installing a > >distro, and you boot from the USB cdrom, but not for "normal" > >operations. > > > > Just as a point of reference I have a machine here that boots from a USB > keystick and runs from an NFS Root. It's a diskless machine that has no > net-boot ability. I have used this on a number of machines over recent > history.
Then I guess your BIOS didn't do the horrible things that the original poster was reporting, which is good :)
thanks,
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