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List:       soekris-tech
Subject:    [Soekris-tech] External disk booting
From:       soren () soekris ! com (Soren Kristensen)
Date:       2004-03-23 23:57:26
Message-ID: 406083FB.5000909 () soekris ! com
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Hi Alain & List,

rhino64@freesurf.ch wrote:

> Hi All,
>       I am currently trying to boot the Soekris 4801 box from an external
> USB drive. I have no success at all when I use the command (in monitor):
> "boot 80". If nothing is specified, the disk seems not be discovered
> since the boot is done successfuly across the network.
> 
> Is it possible to boot from an external device connected to the USB port ?
> if yes by specifying what drive and/or what geometry ?

The comBIOS do not support booting from USB or CD-ROM, and there's no 
plan to add support, unless somebody give me ready to use code in intel 
style x86 assembler....


Regards,


Soren Kristensen



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