[finnix] usb thumbdrive without formatting / partitioning?

[Ryan Finnie]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:

> Maybe it's worth pointing out that the above only applies to broken
> BIOSes which can't boot from the pendrive in HDD mode.  Most of them
> actually can.  I haven't yet encountered a machine which couldn't boot
> my 2G pendrive as a regular HDD.  YMMV, of course.

True enough.  However, I have seen enough horribly broken BIOSes that
will not take USB HDD correctly, and require Zip-emulated.  So for me
it's worth the extra steps to ensure the most compatibility.

Ryan