John Summerfield wrote: > > I've long assumed, but not tried it, that one can put a standard boot > sector (LILO, MSDOS or Grub) on a USB disk with every prospect of > success and good fortune. > > I can't see why one would need to be different from, say, a laptop drive > in a USB enclosure, and I've seen a mate boot linux from one of those. > Both USB memory drives, and USB hard drives work fine as long as your BIOS support them. If you use Grub or LILO for your boot loader, you have to remember that the USB drive will be BIOS drive 80, or Grub device hd0, when you boot on most systems. If you format a USB drive like a floppy, instead of a hard drive, this may not be the case - it may be treated as a USB floppy drive. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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