[fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Sasi Kumar
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

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Anish A
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

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Jishnu
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

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Sasi Kumar
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

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Anish A
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,

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Sandeep Valsan
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:

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
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

Re: [fsug-tvm] Booting from USB

2012-10-09 Thread Sandeep Valsan
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.