Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-08 Thread David Brownell
Todd Lyons wrote: Now USB 2.0 will be interesting if it can sustain the throughput that it's rated at. Certainly seems to be able to keep up with typical IDE disks. I've heard some numbers over 40 MByte/sec, though that's for newer hardware. Yes, that gets reasonable to boot or run from. - Da

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Tyson D Sawyer
Todd Lyons wrote: Tyson D Sawyer wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:49:10PM -0500 : The only state I forsee is _slow_. A flat out balls to the wall copy CD? Think of embedded systems. Additionally, embedded systems with BTW: That's a LOT faster than a floppy. Touche. I'll try to keep my

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Todd Lyons
Tyson D Sawyer wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:49:10PM -0500 : > > > >The only state I forsee is _slow_. A flat out balls to the wall copy > CD? Think of embedded systems. Additionally, embedded systems with > BTW: That's a LOT faster than a floppy. Touche. I'll try to keep my view of the w

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Todd Lyons
Pete Zaitcev wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:47:39PM -0500 : > > > The only state I forsee is _slow_. A flat out balls to the wall copy > > from a local filesystem to a usb filesystem across a USB 1.1 bus > > proceeds at a rate of about 1 MB per minute. > That's about 50 times slower than it sho

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Tyson D Sawyer
Todd Lyons wrote: Joshua Myer wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:03:45PM -0500 : Is it possible to boot from USB storage? This is dependent on your BIOS, not on your OS. IIRC, Linux had some support for a USB storage root fs, but i don't know what the current state is. The only state I forse

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Pete Zaitcev
> From: Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:38:51 -0800 > The only state I forsee is _slow_. A flat out balls to the wall copy > from a local filesystem to a usb filesystem across a USB 1.1 bus > proceeds at a rate of about 1 MB per minute. That's about 50 times slower than

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Todd Lyons
Joshua Myer wrote on Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:03:45PM -0500 : > > > > Is it possible to boot from USB storage? > This is dependent on your BIOS, not on your OS. IIRC, Linux had some > support for a USB storage root fs, but i don't know what the current > state is. The only state I forsee is _s

Re: [linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-07 Thread Joshua Myer
On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 02:24, Filipau, Ihar wrote: > Hello All! > > [ I'm not subscribed to the list - please CC to me ] > > Short question - hope for short answer. > Google gives too much garbage and IOMega web site has some info, but > only for Macs. > > > Is it possibl

[linux-usb-devel] boot from usb storage

2002-11-06 Thread Filipau, Ihar
Hello All! [ I'm not subscribed to the list - please CC to me ] Short question - hope for short answer. Google gives too much garbage and IOMega web site has some info, but only for Macs. Is it possible to boot from USB storage? I'm in interested in booti