USB Floppy Question

Lonely Raven · 02-02-2002, 09:17 AM

Where I work, we just got some USB floppy drives for a bunch
of our laptops that for some reason didn't come with one OEM.
These things work GREAT!

But I was wondering if anyone has some experience with these
and our newer, more modern system boards.

The reason I ask....I generally don't install floppy's in any of my
desktop machines. I just do most everything offa CD. But on
the odd occasion that I need to Diag a machine, I'd like to
quickly connect a floppy and boot to one of my "Magic Boot Disks".
Does anyone know if our newer system boards support booting
off of a USB floppy drive?

I don't dare ask to borrow one of the drives from work, as I've
only been there three weeks at this site, so...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Brad · 02-02-2002, 02:44 PM

I've used a usb floppy drive on my laptop to boot from, it is a P3 650.

Lonely Raven · 02-02-2002, 06:32 PM

And you can boot your typical desktop with it?

Pyrotechnic · 02-03-2002, 05:37 PM

i was working on someones sony vaio at work, it had a usb floppy and was booting to it.

02-02-2002, 09:17 AM	#1
Lonely Raven Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 69	USB Floppy Question Where I work, we just got some USB floppy drives for a bunch of our laptops that for some reason didn't come with one OEM. These things work GREAT! But I was wondering if anyone has some experience with these and our newer, more modern system boards. The reason I ask....I generally don't install floppy's in any of my desktop machines. I just do most everything offa CD. But on the odd occasion that I need to Diag a machine, I'd like to quickly connect a floppy and boot to one of my "Magic Boot Disks". Does anyone know if our newer system boards support booting off of a USB floppy drive? I don't dare ask to borrow one of the drives from work, as I've only been there three weeks at this site, so... Any help would be greatly appreciated! __________________ The Lonely Raven Jack of All Trades, Master of None IT Samurai

02-02-2002, 02:44 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	I've used a usb floppy drive on my laptop to boot from, it is a P3 650. __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

02-02-2002, 06:32 PM	#3
Lonely Raven Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 69	And you can boot your typical desktop with it? __________________ The Lonely Raven Jack of All Trades, Master of None IT Samurai

02-03-2002, 05:37 PM	#4
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	i was working on someones sony vaio at work, it had a usb floppy and was booting to it.

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