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| 727431 | 2008-12-10 10:26:00 | I installed Ubuntu 8.1 on a flash drive & I can't get my computer to boot off it. My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H The flash drive does not show up as a hard drive in the BIOS, and none of the USB boot options work (USB HDD, USB FDD, USB CR-ROM & USB ZIP) |
Greven (91) | ||
| 727432 | 2008-12-10 17:54:00 | check to see if its detected as a removable drive ie floopy some of mine are | beama (111) | ||
| 727433 | 2008-12-10 20:17:00 | The flash drive probably isnt bootable. Not all flash drives are. Even if a BIOS supports booting from one, it doesnt mean you can boot from a flash drive The 4 GB I won in here, I found isnt bootable. Even tho the BIOS on the PC supports it. And the flash drive appears in the BIOS as a removable disk |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 727434 | 2008-12-10 21:10:00 | Try plugging in the USB drive, then setting the boot order? | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 727435 | 2008-12-11 06:17:00 | The flash drive probably isnt bootable. Not all flash drives are. Even if a BIOS supports booting from one, it doesnt mean you can boot from a flash drive The 4 GB I won in here, I found isnt bootable. Even tho the BIOS on the PC supports it. And the flash drive appears in the BIOS as a removable disk That really sucks. I bought a 4gB kingston flash drive for running linux off, and it is detected in the post screen, but I can't boot off it. Sounds just like your situation. It doesn't appear to detect as a floppy drive either - set first boot device to floppy & second to USB floppy & it still doesn't boot off it. I'll have to use the pendrivelinux bootloader CD, which is inconvenient. Does anyone have a flash drive they can boot off? I would be interested in seeing what brands support that feature |
Greven (91) | ||
| 727436 | 2008-12-11 06:46:00 | I have several But they are Dos mbr never tried a linux one | beama (111) | ||
| 727437 | 2008-12-11 07:21:00 | Ive got a 1 GB Sandisk Cruzer. Which is a U3 USB flash drive. This is bootable I may get this (ec.transcendusa.com) $21 Or this tomorrow (ec.transcendusa.com) $32 inc GST down the road I'l check and see if theyre bootable, before I buy one of them |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 727438 | 2008-12-11 07:27:00 | I have a cheap DSE one with 8.04 on using unetbootin and it boots fine on my dual core but not on my old P4 machine | gary67 (56) | ||
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