[olug] request for motherboard recommendations

[Joey Jensen]

"Must boot off a USB drive:"

Did I read that right?  Linux dirver support for USB
devices is pathetic.  (Support USB, but few drivers
for the device themself.)  You might want to try
something like haveing a normal IDE hard drive in each
computer then mounting the USB hard drive after that. 
I forget the boot order after you load the kernel, but
you would find life easier if you atleast allow
yourself the IDE hard drive.  Or for that matter you
could maybe even boot it from an IDE hard drive
compleatly and just (auto)mount the USB drive as /home
which might solve most of your difficult issues. 
(Make sure to ask the sales clerk if the USB drive
supports Linux.)

Joey Jensen

--- Adam Haeder <adamh at omaha.org> wrote:
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> Hello all
> I need to lean on the vast hardware knowledge of the
> group. I'm building a 
> new system for a friend, and he has a few
> requirements that I've never 
> dealt with before:
> - - must boot off a USB drive
> - - Connector for front-side case audio/usb
> - - Support suspend-to-ram
> - - Support wake-on-keypress from a usb keyboard
> 
> I'm actually going to be building 2 systems. He
> wants to be able to move 
> the usb drive back and forth between the 2 boxes (2
> different location) so 
> instead of taking a whole computer with him, he just
> takes the boot drive 
> (I know, he should get a laptop, but that's not an
> option). I see the new 
> PhoenixBIOS supports booting off a USB drive, but
> few motherboard specs on 
> the sales sites list that as a feature.
> 
> I'm looking at a small usb hard drive like this one
> from Archos: 
> http://archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500291.html
> 
> Any recommendations welcome! TIA
> 
> - -- 
> Adam Haeder
> Technical Coordinator, AIM Institute
> adamh at omaha.org
> (402) 345-5025 x115
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