Booting from USB CD - IBM NetVista

[CptnJon]

I have an old (2001) NetVista type 2257 which I recently fixed with a new motherboard. I am now busy setting up everything but I am having trouble booting the PC from a 'USB Boot Device'!

I installed a new hard drive on the computer and everything seems to be running well, but I want to run the IBM diagnostic programs from a bootable CD to put the system through it's paces. I currently have both a USB floppy drive and a USB CD drive connected. Both drives are seen by Windows XP.

When I go into the BIOS and into the startup sequence I see the option to select a 'USB Boot Device' but when I reboot it skips that device and boots off the hard drive which is the second item in the sequence.

In the BIOS there is also a section 'Devices and I/O Ports' which shows a number of things including PS/2 Mouse; Diskette Drive A; and USB Boot Device. The USB Boot Device shows "Not Detected" adjacent to it!!

Further down in that section there is also an item 'USB Setup' which, when chosen, brings up a box showing USB Support as 'Enabled' and USB Keyboard/Mouse Support as 'Autodetect'. As an aside both the keyboard and mouse are USB... and the keyboard works within the BIOS configuration.

Any ideas on why the USB Boot Device is not being recognized??



Note... I accidently posted this in the Windows XP Pro forum... so this is a repost

 

[m33sta]

Some of the older USB devices still require drivers to run on XP, keyboard and mice arn't one of them, although their is an exeption to the rule, after traveling 30 miles to a clients house to build a PC for him and finding out he only has wireless keyboard etc!!! which arn't recognised untill you install the drivers but you cant do that untill you install the operating system, which cant be done without a keyboard, which wont be recognised till,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ahhhhhhh damn wiress!!