DFI LanParty UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G how to boot from USB

[h2sammo1]

I have tried the DFI forums but they seem down: http://csd.dficlub.org/

I dont have a CD around the house and I need to correct some errors on my gentoo box. I have made a Live USB which boots on my netbook just fine but I cannot figure out how to make my motherboard boot from it on my desktop.

I have played with the boot order and put removeable and USB-CDROM before HDD but everytime I boot it goes to the hard drive. If i dont select the HDD at all, it complains it cannot find a bootable drive. I tried several USB plugs on the mobo with the same result.

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

[nenforcer]

Do you have USB-FLOPPY in your choices for the boot order?

Sometimes there are two places you need to do this. One is to select a Boot Order, 1 - Floppy (Removable), 2 - CDROM, 3 - HDD and then secondly a place to choose what defines a removable drive i.e. a floppy disk or a USB Flash Drive.

I have also seen some motherboards which require you to actually boot up with the USB Flash Drive installed in a USB port before you can even choose that option from one of the menus above.

I would keep trying as I believe you should have some luck with that motherboard.

 

[h2sammo1]

my removable is defined as floppy but there is an option to select other definitions - so there should be a way for me to give it other options such as USB... but how?

 

[stuffedtiger]

I know this is necro post, but I've seen many of this same question around Google with no correct answer. I used to wonder how this was possible, but I've figured out how. This method works with my DFI LanParty LT x38 using the latest BIOS.
Plug in the USB drive. Reboot and enter BIOS. Navigate to
Integrated Peripherals -> USB Device Setting
under "USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting" set the USB drive to HDD instead of Auto.
Navigate to
Advanced BIOS Features -> Hard Disk Boot Priority
Set the USB drive as the first boot device. Reboot and enjoy.

I would imagine if your USB drive needs to be set as an FDD, you could change Auto to FDD in the USB Device Settings and then set the USB drive (listed as a floppy) as the first boot device. I haven't tried this, so I can't say for sure if it works.