Re: booting with a external USB...ntldr??

You are getting cryptic now. You already know that if the BIOS doesn't support booting from a device, the device is "unbootable". If it says it can boot from a firewire device then get yourself such a device if you want to boot from it. I don't know if you can adapt a USB device to use or boot from the firwire port.

John

rbt wrote:
you picked it, your a expert...

its a '02 lappy with no physical floppy, cd and no usb boot option in
the bios..

it has a firewire (1394) option and Im windering if its true too boot -
I think the acer branded usb floppys may boot being proprietry AND usb
is back-compat to fire

what is thoughts on the questions posed - i posed them like that to
keep the charity-posts out..

John John wrote:

What exactly are you trying to do? Are trying to boot Windows off the
USB drive? Most experts agree that you can't do that. Go in the BIOS
and put the USB device after the hard drive in the boot order.

John

rbt wrote:


I am haveing a problem booting an travelmate 361e with a external USB
DVD drive..

Boot doesnt seem to pick up the dvd even with all the fiddling in the
bios

Ive noticed

there seems to be 1394 support in the bios but no USB?

does anyone know
...will and external firewire device work FORSURE?
...will a external floppy-drive work instead?
....can i add the usb to ntldr??
...would i coinsider wingrub

tx




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