Hello all, I am newbie in this concept. I want to install a some mini-linux on a external USB-HDD of PC. My problem is that the mainboard BIOS doesn't support booting via USB.
Do I need make a special floppy that does the boot process and loads the usb modules? Did anyone succeed in boot on a without BIOS-support from USB?
Thanks in advance,
David
David,
Sounds like a good plan. Alternately, you could boot the kernel+modules from ethernet, cdrom or from the BIOS itself (see linuxbios.org )
regards,
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Hello,
Then you can't boot from USB without some special arrangements.
That may be an idea. Take a look at Damn Small - they should provide a floppy. It is also possible that solutions like Etherboot
I didn't try, because I don't have a computer without this capability. Either the computer can boot from USB or it doesn't have it at all :-)
Regards
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