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Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:

> The motherboard doesn't recognize a USB stick for booting
> unfortunately.  The motherboard manual is dated 2006 so
> I think its just too old for that.

This

http://www.plop.at/

can be loaded off just about any device the system _can_ boot from,
and stands a good chance of booting from a USB stick.  (Works for me
on an old Dell, loaded from floppy and booting a FreeBSD memstick
image.)