Re: Booting USB devices from Dell DImension 8250?


In article <4padnUIzq6zZSgrWnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ant <ant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello.

Does this old Dell PC model not support bootable USB devices? I tried an
external USB 3.5" floppy disk drive, bootable USB Flash drives, etc.
BIOS' boot doesn't even show the USB device.

Set your BIOS to boot a CD/DVD as the first boot device.

Burn the no-install version of the plop bootmanager to a CD (download ISO
and burn to CD) and boot your PC using this disc. The menu will present
various options including the ability to boot from a USB device.

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#runcd

.

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