Re: [debian-knoppix] Boot from USB cd-rom
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 08:18:56AM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 07:11:35AM +0200, Kai Engert wrote:
> > I would like to boot a machine that has a floppy drive, but no built-in
> > cd-rom - I would like to use a USB cd-rom.
> >
> > The BIOS does not directly support booting from USB.
> >
> > The cd-rom device is accessible by using the standard usb-uhci and
> > usb-storage modules.
> >
> > Should booting Knoppix from floopy+usb cdrom work, if I build a custom
> > kernel which includes all the necessary usb modules?
>
> IMHO konppix has usb support. Make a bood floppy (images are on the CD)
> and boot it...
But the usb-storage module is on the CD, which gives you a chicken-egg
problem.
Same it true for parallel port CD-Roms and other "weird" devices that
cannot normally be booted from.
-Klaus
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