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authorAndrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info>2018-09-23 21:26:22 -0400
committerAndrew Robbins <contact@andrewrobbins.info>2018-09-23 21:26:22 -0400
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Make note of KFSN4-DRE limitation on USB boot
Currently it is impossible to boot from USB devices on the KFSN4-DRE. Apparently neither GRUB nor SeaBIOS recognizes attached USB mass storage (according to Timothy Pearson).
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@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ Current issues {#issues}
disappears if using KMS, once the kernel starts. The jitter will
remain, if booting the kernel in text-mode).
+- Booting from USB mass storage devices is not possible; neither GRUB
+ nor SeaBIOS detect USB drives when present. USB keyboards function
+ under both GRUB and SeaBIOS, albeit slowly under GRUB
+ (several seconds per character typed).
+
Other information
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