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Re: USB support



Op vr 17-10-2003, om 11:02 schreef Peter 'p2' De Schrijver:
> > > note that a usb floppy is not usb mass storage - your bios must have
> > > support for usb mass storage to boot from the key chain, and this
> > > is more rare than supporting usb floppy boot.
> > 
> > Most usb floppy disks have support for a legacy mode, in which the USB
> > and the floppy disk together emulate a 'normal' floppy disk. That
> > doesn't mean a usb floppy disk isn't a USB mass storage device; at the
> > very least, it's supported by the usb-storage module under Linux.
> > 
> 
> How does that mode work then ? 

Dunno. I've had a laptop which came with a USB floppy drive and such
support; it worked for the floppy drive, but not for a different USB
mass storage device I borrowed from someone. Not sure what the details
are.

(yes, perhaps I should've made that more clear...)

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