[aklug] Re: Not too happy with Gigabyte right now

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 00:30 -0800, James A. Tweet wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 22:59 -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
> > Okay, so I bought a brand-new Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H motherboard on the
> > premise that I could do USB boot. And right there in the BIOS is a
> > USB-HDD boot option... so I should be good to go.
> >
> > So, I get my USB stick (a.k.a. flash drive) that boots into Linux using
> > syslinux, which I /know/ works fine on two of my other (older) PCs. But
> > I stick it into the new PC with the Gigabyte board and it doesn't even
> > get as far as loading the kernel.
> >
> > Did some googling, and discovered this, as freaky as it sounds:
> >
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237445-30-boot-external
> >
> > Apparently, according to the last post in this thread, the USB-HDD boot
> > option /doesn't/ work on Gigabyte boards unless (get this) the USB stick
> > was formatted /under Windows/. Quote from the above-referenced thread:
> >
> > "Based on the testing I did tonight I'm fairly sure that the problem and
> > the solution are one in the same. Award must be using a Microsoft
> > provided MBR driver, or mounting system of some sort. So long as you
> > work with in that system your fine (by formating your sticks using
> > Windows). As soon as you step outside that box (with a new stick that
> > was formated via a UNIX or Linux system) your screwed."
> >
> > (See the last post in the thread for more details on his testing.)
> >
>
> Have you checked for a bios update?
>
>
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I just took a peek a Gigabyte's website. They do have an "F6" bios that
is supposed to "Fix On/Off Charge & USB compatibility". Maybe the USB
compatibility issue is this one?

Jim G

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Received on Sun Apr 10 09:39:49 2011