On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Unfortunately, many newer USB keys come with "U3" Windows software (badware?) > > Precisely one of the good things abonut U3 is that you can boot from a > ISO image without having a usb cd/dvd > > http://www.mcgrewsecurity.com/pub/hackingu3/ > > ie replace the U3 boot .iso image with the iso of your choice > > The device emulates a usb hub and a usb optical drive, at the hardware > level, in addition to the flash partition. That allows booting iso > images everywhere This explains what is being seen. I need to get one of these for my old Thinkpad if this allows booting from a system that does not natively boot from USB. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
