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    Booting a CF-29

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Pareto Optimal, Oct 3, 2012.

  1. Pareto Optimal

    Pareto Optimal Notebook Consultant

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    Can I boot from a USB drive if I have a CF-29, 1.3GHz with no HDD, DVD or floppy drive?

    Thanks
     
    Pareto Optimal, Oct 3, 2012
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  2. onirakkiss

    onirakkiss Notebook Deity

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    yes, u can :)
     
    onirakkiss, Oct 3, 2012
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  3. jtr8178

    jtr8178 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Keep in mind that most CF-29's only have the one USB port and most USB thumb drives won't fit in there ... So you need a USB hub or extension cable ... Or boot from an external hard drive.
     
    jtr8178, Oct 6, 2012
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  4. lortech

    lortech Notebook Consultant

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    I am trying to figure out which usb boot option in the bios is needed to boot from a usb stick ??

    Also, what is the performance increase if I have the OS run from a usb stick vs runnning from the hard drive?

     
    lortech, Apr 8, 2013
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  5. MasterBlaster2039

    MasterBlaster2039 Notebook Evangelist

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    My CF-29 mark 4 also has the SD-card option. Is it possible to boot from an SDHC memory card ? That would be real fun !
     
    MasterBlaster2039, Apr 8, 2013
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  6. ADOR

    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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    I don't think there will be much of a performance increase. The speed will be limited by USB port speed and class of the flash drive.
     
    ADOR, Apr 8, 2013
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