[rescue] What to do with those USB "pen" drives...
Mike Hebel
nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Sat Aug 9 13:54:23 CDT 2003
On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 11:00 AM, Frank Van Damme wrote:
> On Saturday 09 August 2003 16:34, Mike Hebel wrote:
>> I've actually known several 486 boxes that could boot from CD.
>> Granted
>> they were slightly "later" boards but they did do it.
>>
>> IIRC most Pentium 1 boards had the option but almost nobody ever
>> enabled it. Though I agree that there were quite a few that didn't
>> have that ability.
>
> Some of the biosses let you select the option, but it doesn't actually
> work
> :-)
>
Ummm...not to be argumentative here but I've done it. Both on 486
boards and on Pentium 1 boards. Several of them. ASUS boards in
particular have consistently worked in the past.
Mike Hebel
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