My Acer Aspire One netbook uses F2 to enter the BIOS and F12 to see the
Boot Order.

F12 only shows two items, the hard drive and Atheros network boot.

OTOH, F2 - Boot Order shows those two and USB hard drive, USB CD, and
USB Floppy.

The difference seems strange to me. ?

And I've googled and wikied for Atheros network boot or boot agent, and
can't find anything helpful. Is this a public service, so anyone who
can't boot without it can do so with it? I doubt that so could someone
give me a hint about what it does.


(I have an external CD drive, and an external HD, that I coudl boot with
but if I'm out of the house, it's a lot of effort to take one of those
with me.)

Thanks.