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Booting from USB Drives?

Posted by Cliff on from the yet-another-boot-device dept.

GilesP asks: "With so many USB flash drives around (like the pendrive, Targus Go-Anywhere, and others), and with the demise of the floppy disk, I began to wonder if it would be possible to boot from a USB drive? So your BIOS is going to need to support booting from a USB device, but what else would be involved? I'm primarily thinking about Linux here, but other OSes would be interesting too. These devices come in a range of sizes from 8Mb up to 1Gb, so there is plenty of room to hold a Linux installation. Has anybody done anything like this?"

2 of 49 comments (clear)

  1. What does OF stand for? by Mustang+Matt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know, stupid question, but I'm missing it.

    --
    The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. - Benjamin Franklin
  2. Re:USB not for harddrives by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 3, Funny

    "USB was designed for simple, low throughput devices."

    Yeah, stick to ultra-fast devices like floppy drives.

    Hmm...... :P