oss and usb flash drives

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I am running Win 7 64 bit on a Asus P6T SE motherboard a with wireless keyboard and mouse. The BIOS Boot menu will allow to select the boot order including a USB flash drive providing that it is present. However, no USB flash drive present, no option! All drives, that are present, are available for selection at boot using the undocumented F8 option but that is no help with a wireless keyboard.

I am 'playing'with a linux distro on a USB flash drive. I have Acronis DD11. If I install the OSS will it see the USB flash drive and will I be able to boot from it?

Any advice on what is probably a very simple matter would be most appreciated.

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 10:46
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It may see the flash drive. However, OSS does not play nice with flash drives, especially bootable flash drives. Usually, it modifies them and makes them where they won't boot until fixed -- this can be extremely irritating.

Is the BIOS smart enough to remember the boot order for multiple drive configurations? If so, you may be able to get it set to boot the flash drive when connected and the internal drive when not.

If you decide to try OSS I strongly recommend that you create a backup of the drives first.

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 20:26
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Thank you, MudCrab, for your reply. That's the problem: the BIOS is smart enough to remember the boot order when the USB flash drive is present but not smart enough to remember the order when the USB flash drive is absent. Anyway, I'll try it and what happens. Another very simple question: if things do not pan out, can the OSS be removed from the system?

Many thanks for your advice.

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 09:01
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Yes, OSS can be removed. Normally, it can be uninstalled or deactivated. If either of those fail it can be deactivated/removed manually.

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 17:13
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Thank you, MudCrab. Now I feel confident about using the OSS. Your help has been much appreciated by someone who hasn't dabbled with the OSS before.

Many thanks and best wishes.

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 17:56