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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:52:53 +0100
From:      Ben Stuyts <ben@altus-escon.com>
To:        Cesar Mello <cmello@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot from USB stick?
Message-ID:  <6A4F539D-6A21-11D9-92E4-000A959CFF76@altus-escon.com>
In-Reply-To: <c0ee48c505011905395662b649@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <FCB3FD40-6A18-11D9-92E4-000A959CFF76@altus-escon.com> <c0ee48c505011905395662b649@mail.gmail.com>

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On 19 Jan 2005, at 14:39, Cesar Mello wrote:

> That's an interesting idea, but as a suggestion you can also boot from
> a CompactFlash drive, that can be connected to an IDE bus through a
> small adapter.

Yes, but I want the people using this box to easily take out the USB 
stick and move it over to a desktop pc, without requiring them to have 
a CF reader.

> I don't know about FreeBSD booting from USB, I'm curious too. Let's
> wait for a reply.

I've found some references for Linux, so it is definitely possible.

Ben



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