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Author: Rainer Weikusat
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Booting from USB3: was Chimaera install problem
Curtis Maurand via Dng <dng@???> writes:
> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jan 5, 2023, at 6:52 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>>
>> Curtis Maurand via Dng said on Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:42:36 -0500
>>
>>
>>> hmmm. another random thought: I’ve also had trouble, in the past, from
>>> trying to boot from USB3 ports. I don’t know if that’s still an issue
>>> with some machines.
>>
>> I'd rather ask a dumb question than make a dumb mistake. Does the
>> preceding paragraph mean that you found some bootable thumb drives that
>> booted from USB2 but failed to boot from USB3? If so, this is good
>> information.
>>
>
> Yes. Most machines I’ve run into won’t boot from USB3. I take it as a
> rule of thumb that machines will not boot from USB3 even if I’m using
> an USB3 stick. The machine might detect the USB3 stick in the USB3
> jack as a drive, but it still wouldn’t boot from it. I always use a
> USB2 jack on the machine. It works every time.


JFTR: I can boot from USB3 without problems.