danr_18@yahoo.com schrieb:

> The USB FDD bootup is selected on bootup and USB/FDD Emulation is
> turned on in the BIOS (I tried with it off as well). It refuses to
> detect the drive.

I encountered this problem myself, too. No solution, so far :-(

DoDi

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:09:03 -0700, danr_18@yahoo.com wrote:

> I'm trying to boot off a live/persistant Kubuntu USB key on an old
> machine which has "boot from USB FDD" support. The Kubuntu USB drive
> boots and runs fine on my normal PC.
>
>
> The USB FDD bootup is selected on bootup and USB/FDD Emulation is
> turned on in the BIOS (I tried with it off as well). It refuses to
> detect the drive. Is there some way of making it think that this
> device is a FDD? I don't have a USB FDD to test that the USB FDD
> support really works. I have the latest BIOS.
>
Is there an option to specify USB HD?
>
> Otherwise, I guess that I'll need to use the live CD with USB drive
> persistance. I want to be portable.. but would rather only need to
> carry around and rely on one item and not two (CD / USB drive).
>
> It also seemed that booting USB drive was slower than the CD...
>
USB 1.1 is likely to be somewhat slow. Newer laptops have USB 2.0 support.

> Thanks
>
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--
Douglas Mayne

Nope only USB Floppy.

Thanks