USB boot from HardDisk

2011-10-21 Thread Jonas Geiregat
Hello, I'm aware the subject may sound confusing. So let me elaborate the subject some more. I have a computer currently running Ubuntu linux. I'm quite fed up with this distrobution and would like to switch to Debian GNU/Linux. This computer has no cdrom-drive also, for some reason (probably

Re: USB boot from HardDisk

2011-10-21 Thread Brian
On Fri 21 Oct 2011 at 11:14:02 +0200, Jonas Geiregat wrote: This computer has no cdrom-drive also, for some reason (probably something went wrong with my motherboard) I can't boot directely from an external cdrom-drive or a usb pendrive. But if the computer starts I do get a grub menu from

Re: USB boot from HardDisk

2011-10-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:14:02AM +0200, Jonas Geiregat wrote: Hello, I'm aware the subject may sound confusing. So let me elaborate the subject some more. I have a computer currently running Ubuntu linux. I'm quite fed up with this distrobution and would like to switch to Debian

Re: USB boot from HardDisk

2011-10-21 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:14:02 +0200, Jonas Geiregat wrote: I'm aware the subject may sound confusing. So let me elaborate the subject some more. Yes, please :-) I have a computer currently running Ubuntu linux. I'm quite fed up with this distrobution and would like to switch to Debian

Re: USB boot from HardDisk

2011-10-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
But if the computer starts I do get a grub menu from the Ubuntu distrobution. Would it be possible to use this grub setup from Ubuntu to boot my pendrive usb ? One way or another, your Ubuntu can read the pendrive, then you can do it. There are various ways to boot over USB; by order of