The problem is that Intel hasn't (yet) released any chipsets with USB 3.0 support. The system you have uses an add-on NEC/Renesas USB 3.0 controller - so you can't boot from a USB 3.0 device when it's connected to a USB 3.0 port (you can boot USB 3.0 on a USB 2.0 port, though).
That situation (no Intel USB 3.0 support) will change on April 29, 2012 with the coming Ivy Bridge chipset platform. Unfortunately, there is no way to boot USB 3.0 drives on your current system - nor will there ever be.
Is there any other solution? Like boot from esata or something? (Requirements are to boot from a different drive than the external to be totally decoupled, and a higher throughput than USB2.0)
ejn63
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March 28th, 2012 15:00
The problem is that Intel hasn't (yet) released any chipsets with USB 3.0 support. The system you have uses an add-on NEC/Renesas USB 3.0 controller - so you can't boot from a USB 3.0 device when it's connected to a USB 3.0 port (you can boot USB 3.0 on a USB 2.0 port, though).
That situation (no Intel USB 3.0 support) will change on April 29, 2012 with the coming Ivy Bridge chipset platform. Unfortunately, there is no way to boot USB 3.0 drives on your current system - nor will there ever be.
Badmonky
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March 28th, 2012 15:00
Damn... I did not want to hear that.
Is there any other solution? Like boot from esata or something? (Requirements are to boot from a different drive than the external to be totally decoupled, and a higher throughput than USB2.0)
ejn63
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March 28th, 2012 16:00
It doesn't appear that you can boot from an eSATA drive - no.