discuss: Booting from a USB disk HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Booting from a USB disk HOWTO
From:
"Pedro M." ####@####.####
Date:
1 Feb 2004 23:12:43 -0000
Message-Id: <401D95F5.9060803@telefonica.net>
David Ranch wrote:
>
> Hello Jing,
>
> One comment: please add a requirements section. Specifically, very few
> BIOSes can boot off a USB device today. Going forward, I sure hope this
> becomes a standard feature for both USB and Firewire.
>
> --David
>
>
>
> >This is resent due to the previous e-mails were broken
> >for some unknown reason. Sorry for any inconvenient.
> >
> >I've written a mini-HOWTO on installing the Linux OS
> >on a USB disk. Unpon success the whole OS (inclues
> >the GRUB boot loader, the boot and root file system)
> > will reside on the USB disk and the user could be
> >able to boot from the USB disk.
> >
> >The document is located here:
> >http://www.tangshanjing.0catch.com/bootingUSB_ldp.htm
> >
> >Would you please review this document?
> >
> >Any comments would be highly appciated!
> >
> >Reagrds,
> >Jing S. Tang
> >
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One could add some examples of bioses and USB that can boot Linux:
- Bioses that can boot USB keys
- USB keys that can boot Linux.
This would be for an initial phase.
Regards.
