Request for comments: Laptop improvements
Horst von Brand
vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Thu Jun 15 16:02:48 UTC 2006
Jeremy Katz <katzj at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 08:31 +1000, David Timms wrote:
> > 2. Able to boot or instigate boot from external usb / firewire hdd.
> > Reason is employer does not like employees screwing with work provided
> > notebooks. This would allow more home usage of linux (even when you are
> > not allowed to), whether it be a live distros or complete installs.
> This functionality should be present in test1. Having testing from
> other people would be greatly appreciated!
This is very machine-dependent. My current machine just can't boot from USB
or Firewire. Next one does...
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