Re: Anyone ever boot a Dell from a memory card?
- From: "P Ruetz" <parmailbox-news@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:30:31 GMT
"P Ruetz" <parmailbox-news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If so, what machine and how did you do it?
>
> I am trying to boot my D9100 from the internal card reader and cannot get
> it to work. I can boot from a flash drive plugged directly into a USB
> port. The card reader works fine in Windows.
>
> I set the option for the internal flex bay (card reader) to "On" from "No
> Boot" and during boot I get an option to boot from the card reader, but it
> does not boot (says something like "No boot device found. Press F1 to try
> again, F2 to enter setup"). I formatted the memory card and copied the
> system files the same way as the flash drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
Here is an update on what I have found. So far, nobody (here or on the
Dell forums) has indicated that they have done this. Dell email support was
incompetent and never even answered the question. Dell phone support
(Panama) was actually pretty reasonable. He asked around and then admitted
that nobody there had tried it or knew the answer (refreshing that they
could at least respond directly). He did say he would at least try to
investigate whether it is possible or not (he assumed it was possible).
Maybe I am the only one who cares. It seems like memory cards could be much
more convenient than floppies or CDs in many cases. Of course, USB flash
drives might be enough. If nothing else I would like to understand how
booting from USB works.
Peter
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