Werner,
I access the BIOS by hitting the DEL key. Once in the BIOS there are no actions available with
the F8 or F10 key. Once in the BIOS I can select Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Sequence and Floppy Drives and then see the options
> Hard Disk Boot Priority
> First Boot Device
> Second Boot Device
> Third Boot Device
The selections for Boot Device do NOT include USB HD or USB Flash.
In the past, when things were working correctly, the USB Flash would show up in the Hard Disk Boot Priority list as USB-HDD0 . For some reason it no longer shows the device in the Boot Priority List.
Very Strange.
I am going to town later today to buy a USB Hard Drive and will install Knoppix on that drive. I once
before had a Samsung S2 portable drive with Knoppix installed, but the drive crashed (probably a user
error). I like having the system on a hard drive because it boots so much faster and I have plenty of
room to install the Apache Server (LAMPP) and all of my web site files. Much easier to do development
with a hard drive. Hope I don't have problems installing on the USB HD.
Again, thanks for all your help. If I have further problems I will post.
John
