[olug] Best Brand for Bootable USB Thumb Drives

[Dan Linder]

Rob Townley wrote:
> deja-vu!  Had this same problem with bootable cds many years ago, the answer
> was an OpenSource BIOS like LinuxBios or OpenBios.
>
> Shortly thereafter, i had a problem with pxe/mba v.99n and again the answer
> was an OpenSource BIOS.
>
> Now, bootable usb sticks require an OpenSource BIOS.
>
> You would think they would have learned by now.  If you can't tell, this has
> really got me aggravated.
>   

But you can't just install the OpenBIOS on just any motherboard/BIOS, or 
has it progressed that far?  (Forgive me, I haven't Googled yet and 
thought I'd ask since you appear to have recent experience with it.)

Dan

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