Iomega external super dvd usb: OK with Fedora (3)?

[Nat Gross]

Rick Stevens wrote:

> Nat Gross wrote:
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>> Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>> Nat Gross wrote:
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>>>> Am searching for an external usb drive. Can I expect the Iomega 
>>>> Super external usb dvd writer to work outta the box?
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>>> It should.
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>>>> Although my immediate need is to simply read write plain old dvd's 
>>>> (not dual layered), I am also wondering if I will be able to use 
>>>> this to upgrade to FC-4 (via dvd image) in the future.
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>>> That depends on whether your BIOS allows booting from USB devices.
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>> Thank you much.
>
>
> If your BIOS doesn't support booting from USB, try using SBM (Smart Boot
> Manager).  It installs on a floppy so you boot the floppy.  Once SBM
> comes up, you can boot from lots of things the BIOS can't handle.
>
>     http://btmgr.webframe.org/index.php3?body=download.html
>
> will get you there.

Way cool. Thanks!
-nat