Satellite A40: How to boot from an external USB device?

Dear all,

I wonder if it is possible to start A40 - 261 (BIOS v1.50) from the external USB device such as a flash or external HARD disk drive?

Thank you in advance,

Oleg

No Oleg, it is not possible to
You can only initialize the USB FDD, HDD, CD/DVD and LAN

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