Boot linux on USB drive

Pitchblack1110 · Mar 17, 2008

Hi, I was trying to boot linux from a usb jump drive. I followed a tutorial i found online, and It didn't seem to hard. But when I go into BIOS to try select it as the boot device, i cant find it. What am I doing wrong?

Any help is apreciated.

A Cheese Danish · Mar 17, 2008

be sure that your flash drive is a bootable device. and if so, make sure you make linux bootable.

panchoman · Mar 17, 2008

it might just be that your bios doesn't support it, but it should anyway.

make sure you go into the bios and make sure "boot other device" is enabled and try seeing if the usb is listed as an hdd.. as bootable flash drives are usually picked up as usb hdd's and check if your bios detects the flash drive.

Pitchblack1110 · Mar 18, 2008

When I go into bios, I selected boot other device, but I dont see any thing about a USB. Does this mean my BIOS doesnt support booting from a USB device?

A Cheese Danish · Mar 18, 2008

Most likely not. Try finding a BIOS update.

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Processor	AMD Athalon 64 X2 3800
Motherboard	Foxconn NVIDIA nforce 590 SLI
Cooling	1 x 120mm side fan, 1 x 80mm back fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX 1.5 gigs
Video Card(s)	Radeon X1300
Storage	320gb Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Gateway 22"
Case	Raidmax Ninja
Audio Device(s)	On-Board
Power Supply	Raidmax 450w
Software	Windows XP Home

System Name	HTPC\|\|Lenovo IBM ThinkPad
Processor	AMD Phenom II x4 965 stock 3.4GHz\|\|Intel C2D T9300 @ 2.5GHz
Motherboard	Zotac 890GX-ITX WiFi\|\|Lenovo 8918CTO
Cooling	Stock 3x 120's\|\|Stock stuff
Memory	8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 6-6-6-15\|\|3GB DDR2
Video Card(s)	Asus 3870x2\|\|nVidia Quadro NVS 140M
Storage	1TB Seagate Barracuda, 1x 2TB WD EARX \|\|Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM
Display(s)	Samsung T260HD\|\|
Case	SilverStone Grandia GD05\|\|
Audio Device(s)	on-board\|\|on-board
Power Supply	Cooler Master 450W\|\|6-cell
Software	Windows 7 Pro x64\|\|Windows 7 Pro x64/Linux Mint x64

Boot linux on USB drive

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