[ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Andrew Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted wrote: I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK I have a 1Meg USB pen-drive with Mandriva One booting from it. Obviously the machine will need to be capable of booting from USB. I can't remember how I did it, it was quite involved, but a quick Google on the subject was all I did. I found a very good page with lead-by-the-hand instructions that worked. I suppose you mean 1GB pen-drive. It all depends on the process you use to create the bootable USB disk. If you do manually, it may or may not work. In Ubuntu 8.04, you can install the 'liveusb' package (search Add/Remove...), which adds a tool at System/Administration/Install Live USB It requires to have an Ubuntu 8.04 installation CD in the drive. I think that in Ubuntu 8.10 there is a tool already there for the job. Simos -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Andrew Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted wrote: I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK I have a 1Meg USB pen-drive with Mandriva One booting from it. Obviously the machine will need to be capable of booting from USB. I can't remember how I did it, it was quite involved, but a quick Google on the subject was all I did. I found a very good page with lead-by-the-hand instructions that worked. I suppose you mean 1GB pen-drive. It all depends on the process you use to create the bootable USB disk. If you do manually, it may or may not work. In Ubuntu 8.04, you can install the 'liveusb' package (search Add/Remove...), which adds a tool at System/Administration/Install Live USB It requires to have an Ubuntu 8.04 installation CD in the drive. I think that in Ubuntu 8.10 there is a tool already there for the job. Simos Sorry.. I meant 1gb...Also tried it on a new 4 gb stick using the Ubi gui but although all the files seem to get transferred it will not boot nor do I get a grub boot message...The box boots up to the hdd...If I put Puppy os on the stick it will boot up from the stick and run ok... -- Regards Ted Wager High Peak UK Sidux Linux User -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
alan c wrote: Ted wrote: I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? I guess you are using the 8.10 version with make bootable usb facility? I have also been using this, at first with many failures. I discovered that the process will happily accept a fat16 formatted stick but this will not boot! My solution was to format the stick fat32 before I started, then even if it was formatted again in the process, (or not) it always worked :-) Thanks for the reply.. I have tried fat32, ext2, and ext3 but none will boot...Grub is pointing to the correct drive and on the last attempt I did not even get a grub error...it just booted to my Sidux boot screen... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?
Ted wrote: I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should other distros boot from it ? I guess you are using the 8.10 version with make bootable usb facility? I have also been using this, at first with many failures. I discovered that the process will happily accept a fat16 formatted stick but this will not boot! My solution was to format the stick fat32 before I started, then even if it was formatted again in the process, (or not) it always worked :-) -- alan cocks Ubuntu user Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
