Will X31 boot from external hard drive?

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elray · #1 Post by **elray** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:34 pm

I'm planning to get an X31 very soon. But from what I've read over the years, having USB 2.0 doesn't guarantee external boot capability.

Can I expect the X31 to be fussy in this regard? Are there known working external drives? Should I be thinking firewire instead?

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:56 pm

The X31 will BOOT from almost anything, including an external USB HD.

It will even BOOT from a Compact Flash card or Microdrive in the CF slot.

Regards,

James

superlyduper · #3 Post by **superlyduper** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:11 pm

I also have an X31, but the boot menu in my BIOS does not contain all those options. How do I get them?

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:14 am

superlyduper wrote:I also have an X31, but the boot menu in my BIOS does not contain all those options. How do I get them?

Which are missing?

If the USB devices, you need to enable USB BIOS support in Config.

Got the latest BIOS installed?

Regards,

James

superlyduper · #5 Post by **superlyduper** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:23 pm

JHEM wrote:
superlyduper wrote:I also have an X31, but the boot menu in my BIOS does not contain all those options. How do I get them?
Which are missing?

If the USB devices, you need to enable USB BIOS support in Config.

Got the latest BIOS installed?

Regards,

James

I just installed the latest BIOS and enabled usb bios support. Thanks

Will X31 boot from external hard drive?

Will X31 boot from external hard drive?

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