[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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