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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 23:25:49 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Andrew Park <apark@cdf.toronto.edu>
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Subject: Re: booting from disk on key?
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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:22:43AM -0500, Andrew Park wrote:
> Has anybody successfully booted from disk on key?
> 
> I am trying to see if there is a way to load the whole system, instead
> of using it merely as a root disk.
> 
> My mother board supports booting from USB disks and my IBM disk on key
> has USB interface, so I thought perhaps there is a way...

Yes you can.  See:
	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=101500519000001&r=1&w=2
For a patch that you will need.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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