biosconfig Device Terminology
The following notes explain how biosconfig
describes devices:
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Floppy refers to whatever the BIOS considers a removable device.
For example, this could be a USB flash drive.
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A USB flash drive bigger than 512 MB is referred to as a disk.
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A USB/CD-ROM is classified as a CD and not a removable device.
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PXE means a bootable network device.
For example, this might be an Ethernet controller or an InfiniBand interface that has boot support in its expansion ROM.
Parent topic: biosconfig Command Overview