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From: greymaus on 13 Apr 2008 07:41 I have a Dell Desktop E521. The HD is /dev/sda from Linux (Slackware). I want to be able to boot from the USB stick as well, where I have installed Knoppix. The Slackware system describes the USB as /dev/sdb, and the first partition is, natch, /dev/sdb1 (where I have installed Knoppix from DVD. I am trying to get the USB key to boot from BIOS (which recognizes the USB key). Using grub, or Lilo, do I describe the USB stick as /dev/sda or /dev/sdb?. I believe that there has to be a slight delay (as against booting from HD) to boot from USB, to allow the eystem to recognize the UBS key as such. How do I arrange that?. -- Greymaus Anything that can not kill you is a boring experience.
From: Thomas on 13 Apr 2008 10:46 greymaus wrote: > I have a Dell Desktop E521. The HD is /dev/sda from Linux > (Slackware). > I want to be able to boot from the USB stick as well, where I have installed > Knoppix. The Slackware system describes the USB as /dev/sdb, and the > first partition is, natch, /dev/sdb1 (where I have installed Knoppix > from DVD. I am trying to get the USB key to boot from BIOS (which > recognizes the USB key). Using grub, or Lilo, do I describe the USB > stick as /dev/sda or /dev/sdb?. I believe that there has to be a > slight delay (as against booting from HD) to boot from USB, to allow > the eystem to recognize the UBS key as such. How do I arrange that?. > Hello greymaus, I don't know the Dell Desktop E521, but I think I had a similiar problem. I installed a debian stable on a USB Stick and wanted to boot from it. First I tried an installation with an ext filesystem and grub as the bootloader, but this won't work. The BIOS recognize the Stick but the system don't boot. After some faults I tried SYSLINUX and a boot partition formatted with MSDOS filesystem. And now, it works fine. Everytime I put the Stick in the computer it boots from it. Regards, Thomas
From: greymaus on 13 Apr 2008 11:34 On 2008-04-13, Thomas <thomas_2(a)arcor.de> wrote: > greymaus wrote: >> I have a Dell Desktop E521. The HD is /dev/sda from Linux >> (Slackware). >> I want to be able to boot from the USB stick as well, where I have installed >> Knoppix. The Slackware system describes the USB as /dev/sdb, and the >> first partition is, natch, /dev/sdb1 (where I have installed Knoppix >> from DVD. I am trying to get the USB key to boot from BIOS (which >> recognizes the USB key). Using grub, or Lilo, do I describe the USB >> stick as /dev/sda or /dev/sdb?. I believe that there has to be a >> slight delay (as against booting from HD) to boot from USB, to allow >> the eystem to recognize the UBS key as such. How do I arrange that?. >> > Hello greymaus, > > I don't know the Dell Desktop E521, but I think I had a similiar > problem. I installed a debian stable on a USB Stick and wanted to boot > from it. First I tried an installation with an ext filesystem and grub > as the bootloader, but this won't work. The BIOS recognize the Stick but > the system don't boot. > > After some faults I tried SYSLINUX and a boot partition formatted with > MSDOS filesystem. And now, it works fine. Everytime I put the Stick in > the computer it boots from it. > > Regards, > Thomas Thanks. -- Greymaus Anything that can not kill you is a boring experience.
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