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Posted: Dec. 09 2004,22:55 QUOTE
Hi DSL guys,

It seem to be a Patent for USB boot, here a link :
Link to the US Patent
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Posted: Dec. 09 2004,23:21 QUOTE
Well, we don't have to worry, DSL won't boot on any computer, just any x86 computer. Any computer would mean x86, ppc, amiga, sparc, etc.

And DSL/Knoppix reconfigures itself with every boot, so we really don't fit in that. ^_^

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Posted: Dec. 09 2004,23:26 QUOTE
Extracts from the link :

"Thus it includes as a primary example a personal computer (PC) such as a desktop or a laptop"

"It is portable in that the device allows a user to load a customized operating system into any computer system without having to reconfigure the operating system each time the customized operating system is loaded into a new computer system."
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Posted: Dec. 11 2004,16:08 QUOTE
Hmm, how long has DSL been usb booting.... it says
Filed: April 1, 2004
But also has April 2003 in the text.
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Posted: Dec. 12 2004,00:26 QUOTE
Just another reason why software patents are a really dumb idea.  

USB bootable OS's have been around for a while now.  Zipslack has been doing this since what, 99?
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