biosconfig Device Terminology

The following notes explain how biosconfig describes devices:

  • Floppy refers to whatever the BIOS considers a removable device.

    For example, this could be a USB flash drive.

  • A USB flash drive bigger than 512 MB is referred to as a disk.

  • A USB/CD-ROM is classified as a CD and not a removable device.

  • 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.