From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:01:08 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 964 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 24 October 2004 Number 964 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Please reply off-list to following request - followup : Mike O'Connor 2 Please reply off-list to following request - followup #2 : Mike O'Connor **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:02:45 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Please reply off-list to following request - followup [os2genau added to distribution list] Following message posted earlier first to os2hardware, later eCS-Technical Yahoo groups. > [Please reply to following request off-list to > mikeoc{at}austarnet{dot}com{dot}au] > > This *only* applies to users who are using Branded PCs/Laptops/Notebooks - > e.g. Dell/HP-Compaq/IBM/Acer/Packard-Bell etc. > > > Hi Guys, Gals. > > In order to carry out a little consumer-test, I would like to get some > preliminary information on the folowing: > > In your PC-BIOSes [looks as though Award BIOS, at least, had this > feature from 2002] > > Do you have a Boot-device option for booting from a "USB-HDD"? > What BIOS do you have? > > Currently my most recent [2001] only has the option for "USB-FDD", > that's on an ECS-K7S5A motherboard. this was just to illustrate that *I* can't test it *here*! > > TIA ------------ end original message ------------ I'm only interested in what *stock* retail computer systems have the capability, not what some aftermarket motherboard might have available. I can't expect to be allowed to reset *every* computer system in a retail store - to test whether they do/do not have the capability - I just want to narrow down the possible candidates, in order to check out eCS on them, independently of the currently installed (W#$%^&*(!, what else?) Operating System as a Demo/Eye-opener! Thanks - note the e-mail address at beginning for responding, to keep any additional traffic off the groups/list. -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments] [Please use zipped versions of above] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:28:25 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Please reply off-list to following request - followup #2 Added** [below] [os2genau added to distribution list] Following message posted earlier first to os2hardware, later eCS-Technical Yahoo groups. > [Please reply to following request off-list to > mikeoc{at}austarnet{dot}com{dot}au] > > This *only* applies to users who are using Branded PCs/Laptops/Notebooks - > e.g. Dell/HP-Compaq/IBM/Acer/Packard-Bell etc. > > > Hi Guys, Gals. > > In order to carry out a little consumer-test, I would like to get some > preliminary information on the folowing: > > In your PC-BIOSes [looks as though Award BIOS, at least, had this > feature from 2002] > > Do you have a Boot-device option for booting from a "USB-HDD"? > What BIOS do you have? > > Currently my most recent [2001] only has the option for "USB-FDD", > that's on an ECS-K7S5A motherboard. this was just to illustrate that *I* can't test it *here*! > > TIA ------------ end original message ------------ I'm only interested in what *stock* retail computer systems have the capability, not what some aftermarket motherboard might have available. I can't expect to be allowed to reset *every* computer system in a retail store - to test whether they do/do not have the capability - I just want to narrow down the possible candidates, in order to check out eCS on them, independently of the currently installed (W#$%^&*(!, what else?) Operating System as a Demo/Eye-opener! Thanks - note the e-mail address at beginning for responding, to keep any additional traffic off the groups/list. ** Added - appears that USB-ZIP is also a possibility so please check for that option too! -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments] [Please use zipped versions of above] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------