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Hello,

Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?

If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
do it, I'd appreciate that.

Thanks.

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www.bootdisk.com should have some drivers available for you to fool around.
They might want a donation as well, to get them.

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"Robert Oschler" <no-mail-please@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>
> If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how
> to
> do it, I'd appreciate that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Robert Oschler
> http://www.robotsrule.com/phpBB2/
> Robot & Android Discussion Forum
>
>

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:50:09 -0400, "Robert Oschler"
<no-mail-please@nospam.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
>do it, I'd appreciate that.

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Depends on the machine, newer ones (less than ~2-3 years) usually has that
ability..

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"Robert Oschler" <no-mail-please@nospam.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>
> If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how
to
> do it, I'd appreciate that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Robert Oschler
> http://www.robotsrule.com/phpBB2/
> Robot & Android Discussion Forum
>
>

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It depends on and requires a current state of the art motherboard that
offers that specific feature.

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"Robert Oschler" <no-mail-please@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>
> If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how
> to
> do it, I'd appreciate that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Robert Oschler
> http://www.robotsrule.com/phpBB2/
> Robot & Android Discussion Forum
>
>

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Robert Oschler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>
> If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
> do it, I'd appreciate that.
>
> Thanks.
>
USBstick is seen as a SCSI device by the board BIOS. Therefore, we can
boot FIRST from SCSI device in CMOS, if yours has that setting. Some of
my boards from 1996 do!

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6805529669.html


http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/

HTH
Check out the Dome Home!
http:safeharbordome.com

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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 01:17:33 GMT, patrick <uce@ftc.gov> wrote:

>Robert Oschler wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?
>>
>> If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
>> do it, I'd appreciate that.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>USBstick is seen as a SCSI device by the board BIOS. Therefore, we can
>boot FIRST from SCSI device in CMOS, if yours has that setting. Some of
>my boards from 1996 do!
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6805529669.html
> http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/
> HTH Check out the Dome Home!
> http:safeharbordome.com

All my mobos do too (don't know the age, but every time I accidentally
leave a flash drive plugged in, the mobo tries to boot from it (but
finds no OS of course).
Tony (remove the "_" to reply by email)