[Wizard] Re:Bios [was: Booting From USB]

[Mike Fineberg]

Where did you get the new BIOS from? One of the problems I have with the wizard is its slow POST time. Hopefully the new bios might address that a bit...
- Michael

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On 29/10/2004 at 10:10 PM Michael Pantner wrote:

>Hey, i just bought a wizard last night, and want to put Linux on it 
>(Peanut...), i have updated the BIOS to version 2.5 (i think 2.3/2.4 was 
>supposed to enable booting from USB devices!) but i can't get it to work, 
>not from my external CD ROM or from my USB Thumbdrive...
>
>>From other computers i've seen, to boot from a USB device, there is a 
>"USBHDD" or "USBFLOPPY" ect, in the Boot Priorety lists...but its not
>there, 
>however it did add in the "ZIP100" device, so the BIOS update worked!
>
>hopefully soon im gonna try a stick of 256mb RAM in there (i know someone 
>that deals with second hand laptops!), i've seen that it is supposed to 
>support up to 512mb!
>
>im gonna take it back into netway tomorrow to see what they say (they were 
>the ones that told me it is possible to boot from a USB device....so it 
>better!!!), but if they can't help me, i'd like to hear wat you guys have
>to 
>say about it!
>
>-Michael
>
>
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