[olug] request for motherboard recommendations

[Eric Penne]

"> (Make sure to ask the sales clerk if the USB drive
> supports Linux.)"

You're joking, right?







--- Joey Jensen <believer347 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> "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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