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Re: how to boot off usb
From: |
Felix Zielcke |
Subject: |
Re: how to boot off usb |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:23 +0200 |
Am Freitag, den 04.09.2009, 14:57 -0700 schrieb sarta53:
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Felix Zielcke <address@hidden>
> > To: sarta53 <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 8:37:26 AM
> > Subject: Re: how to boot off usb
> >
> > Am Freitag, den 04.09.2009, 06:17 -0700 schrieb sarta53:
> > > I have a PC that does not support booting from USB.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to create a bootable grub floppy or CD that will enable me
> > > to
> > boot off that initially then boot linux from a USB thumbdrive?
> >
> > GRUB 2 has USB modules. But they aren't well tested and still young.
> > http://grub.enbug.org/USBSupport
> >
> >
> > --
> > Felix Zielcke
> > Proud Debian Maintainer
>
> I have booted off an initial boot floppy and continued the boot process off a
> CD. I'd like to find a utility that will enable me to create an initial
> bootable CD or floppy and let me continue to boot a Linux OS from a USB drive
> (on a pc that doesn't support booting from USB).
>
> Does such a thing exist?
GRUB 2 provides a grub-mkrescue script which generates a floppy or cd
image with it.
Then you only need to write a grub.cfg which loads the USB modules and
boots your Linux.
--
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer