In message <Pine.NEB.4.58.0310191104320.7653@rivendell.starwolf.com>, Greywolf 
writes:
>Greetings,
>
>I have a machine capable of booting from a USB HD, or so says the BIOS.
>
>I acquired a LEXAR 128M JumpDrive Secure, and outside of the problem
>I'm currently having on getting it to attach when it's plugged in
>(it attaches when it's already there on boot), I'm wondering if there's
>a way I can boot off the thing.
>
>I've dd(1)d off its original image so that I can put it back whif
>necessary, and I did the following:
>
>	newfs sd6e	# it's the first physical partition given outside
>			# 'c' and 'd'
>	mount /dev/sd6e /mnt
>	cp /usr/mdec/biosboot /mnt
>	installboot /dev/rsd6e /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1
>
>It didn't complain, so I had assumed it did the right thing.
>
>However, it didn't find the thing as bootable.
>
>Is there some magic which will make this nice little 128M plugin drive
>a bootable drive?

Does your BIOS support booting from it?

>
>In any case, what devices do I need to have set up so that it will be
>recognised on plugin rather than me needing to reboot the box to find
>the drive?  What information would help you in this regard?
>
I think that that's a generic bug in the USB support -- I, among many 
others, have complained about it.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb