

Since I don’t need to boot from LAN, I’ll leave on Disabled. One option could be to disable the Armour Create option in BIOS by default, so unsuspecting users dont get these files. ASUS needs to make a few changes and release UEFI BIOS updates, on the double. Since the USB stick that worked on this system was 512Mb - less than 530Mb - the system “emulates it as a floppy”, apparently like “Forced FDD” setting.įinaly, there is a setting “ Onboard LAN Boot ROM” under the Advanced tab. If any of ASUS on-chip code has security vulnerabilities that can be exploited, there is little way to fix it but with BIOS updates from ASUS. It can detect when there is a new version of the program available from the ASUS Website and will automatically update your BIOS, Drivers, and/or. Next, there is a “ USB Mass Storage Configuration” screen under the “Advanced” tab, USB Configuration:Įmulation Type was set to Auto. ASUS Live Update is an online update driver. (Interesting remark on the side: “A virtual floppy disk drive (Floppy Drive B:) may appear when you set the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device.” Don’t need that now, but might need it for a blog post in the future.) There are only three options here and they were all three selected. On the other hand this is not strange that booting from USB is activated, since this system doesn’t have a built-in floppydrive or CD-ROM drive.įor future reference I’ll just document my current BIOS settings below.įirst there is a “ Boot Device Priority” screen under the “Boot” tab: Unfortunately I cant get rid of my ISP Router as the position in the house the ISP could install the optical fiber is not very favorable to put. At the end of the message you can see my basic setup. DSL (Linux) stick, FAT32 (512Mb) Resolved issues with booting the systemĪctualy there were no issues with booting from USB on this system at all: it worked out of the box. Hi guys Im setting up an AiMesh network in my house, but I have some fundamental questions.
