URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32612>
Summary: GRUB 2 should have the ability to boot from a Unix OS Project: GNU GRUB Submitted by: de_logics Submitted on: Sun 27 Feb 2011 03:14:51 PM GMT Category: Booting Severity: Major Priority: 5 - Normal Item Group: Feature Request Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: Originator Email: Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Release: Release: 1.98 Reproducibility: None Planned Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: Many motherboards don't boot from a USB/external drive; they wont even supply power to them, as a result all boot managers fail to work (they don't see the device at all..). The solution to this problem is booting a live OS, running grub on in to set the root device, kernel etc... and booting directly from that OS after shutting it down abruptly (this wont impact if a live CD is used, and grub might show a warning before doing this). _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32612> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub