I don't know about your particular Dell but I think pressing F12 brings up the boot menu on every Dell I've ever used. Then you can press the cursor keys to select a boot device. The options you have and order they appear will depend on your BIOS configuration. If you press F12 and the boot device menu comes up but you do not have the option to boot from a USB thumb drive, you will need to edit your BIOS configuration I actually think this can be done by a blind person via impi. Or you can change it via a Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) if you have one. It has been a long time since I've done that and I don't remember how. The easiest thing to do is to get sighted assistance. On 11/11/13 14:34, Katherine Moss wrote:
Hi all, I'm curious if this has ever been done by any of you guys. I'm trying to figure out how to do this with my server right now, and I can't. I have a video up on YouTube (my sighted friend is reading the options to me as we move along), so if anyone can offer feedback via the video, it would be great. I can only get the server to boot consistently from the hard drive; I don't see an option for USB. Any feedback is much appreciated.
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