Boot from "Removable Dev."

I wrote a bootable 4 gb USB stick with Easeus Part. Mngr. some weeks ago.
Set the Asus bios (P7H55D-M EVO) to boot from "Removable Dev.". It failed
to boot.

Just wrote another bootable 4 gb USB stick with Ubuntu 10.4, also failed
to boot from "Removable Dev.", but I found that if I hit F8 from Asus
splash-screen, it identified the Sandisk stick and allowed boot.

When I boot from CD, it checks the drive, finds some boot code, and boots.
I expected it to do the same when set to boot from "Removable Dev.", but
it doesn't.

There's only one CD drive. There are numerous USB connectors. It is maybe
too lazy to check them all???

After about 14 months, I'm -still- getting used to this board. :-)

Thx,
P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:14:54 -0500, Puddin' Man
wrote:


I wrote a bootable 4 gb USB stick with Easeus Part. Mngr. some weeks ago.
Set the Asus bios (P7H55D-M EVO) to boot from "Removable Dev.". It failed
to boot.

Just wrote another bootable 4 gb USB stick with Ubuntu 10.4, also failed
to boot from "Removable Dev.", but I found that if I hit F8 from Asus
splash-screen, it identified the Sandisk stick and allowed boot.

When I boot from CD, it checks the drive, finds some boot code, and boots.
I expected it to do the same when set to boot from "Removable Dev.", but
it doesn't.

There's only one CD drive. There are numerous USB connectors. It is maybe
too lazy to check them all???

After about 14 months, I'm -still- getting used to this board. :-)

Thx,
P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

I have the P7P55D and I've never been able to boot from a USB stick
without first pressing F8.

On 8/1/2011 2:30 PM, Foke wrote:
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:14:54 -0500, Puddin'
wrote:


I wrote a bootable 4 gb USB stick with Easeus Part. Mngr. some weeks ago.
Set the Asus bios (P7H55D-M EVO) to boot from "Removable Dev.". It failed
to boot.

Just wrote another bootable 4 gb USB stick with Ubuntu 10.4, also failed
to boot from "Removable Dev.", but I found that if I hit F8 from Asus
splash-screen, it identified the Sandisk stick and allowed boot.

When I boot from CD, it checks the drive, finds some boot code, and boots.
I expected it to do the same when set to boot from "Removable Dev.", but
it doesn't.

There's only one CD drive. There are numerous USB connectors. It is maybe
too lazy to check them all???

After about 14 months, I'm -still- getting used to this board. :-)

Thx,
P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

I have the P7P55D and I've never been able to boot from a USB stick
without first pressing F8.


I agree with the OP's argument, but I've become resigned to F8 at startup.

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog

On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:40:00 -0400, Bill Anderson wrote:

I have the P7P55D and I've never been able to boot from a USB stick
without first pressing F8.


I agree with the OP's argument, but I've become resigned to F8 at startup.

Well, the intricacies of booting from USB are different from those of the El
Torito CD . So, maybe such differences explain the little mystery and *all*
bios/board pairings require something like the Asus F8 to boot. Eh?

Anybody seen a board which -will- boot directly from a USB device (same as
from CD) without bringing up some kinda menu?

This stuff is all new to po' me.

P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."