I have been using Linux Mint for some time now. Recently, my hard disk
started giving trouble and I am planning to get a new laptop. But,
considering that I have to use this till I get a new one. I tried
installing the OS on a USB stick, and I was able to do that
successfully. But I find that my
2012/10/9 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com
I have been using Linux Mint for some time now. Recently, my hard disk
started giving trouble and I am planning to get a new laptop. But,
considering that I have to use this till I get a new one. I tried
installing the OS on a USB stick, and I was able
Most of bios have direct shortcut to select device on boot time (might
be F2 or F12), which shows only connected devices,
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Anish A aneesh...@gmail.com wrote:
2012/10/9 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com
I have been using Linux Mint for some time now. Recently, my
In the boot menu that I get when I press the Escape key while booting,
I get only the options CDROM and hard disk. When I go into setup,
followed by CDROM and hard disk. I guess upgrading the bios is the
only option now.
Thanks for all suggestions,
Sasi
On 9 October 2012 14:31, Jishnu
2012/10/9 Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com
In the boot menu that I get when I press the Escape key while booting,
I get only the options CDROM and hard disk. When I go into setup,
followed by CDROM and hard disk. I guess upgrading the bios is the
only option now.
Thanks for all suggestions,
No need for complex tasks, Its simple, download plop boot manager,
write the iso file in it on a CD, reboot with CD, when plop shows
menu, just choose USB, Done . .
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html , choose the
plpbt-5.0.14.zip
On 10/9/12, Anish A aneesh...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, thank you for a simple solution. I downloaded the file from the link
you have given. The iso image in it seems to be tiny, just 544 kB. Hope
it is the right thing. Shall try it and get back.
Thanks again,
Sasi
On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 17:33 +0530, Sandeep Valsan wrote:
No need for complex
There is readme file in it, please read it, there its described about
different ways of using the plop boot manager, My PC is 1999 made with
only 10GB HDD, amazed? :) I use plop to boot from USB since i cant
even think of old BIOS update, if u do well, sure it works. . .best
wishes
On 10/9/12, V.