AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to install EMC using the Ubuntu live cd. I am trying to > install to a USB key as my hard drive, as I am wanting to have a solid > state hard drive. This key is a 8Gig stick. I get about 98% through > the install but as soon as it starts to install the Grub bootloader, the > install fails. Has anyone used a usb key as a hdd before??? Any > thoughts on what I should try next??? Can the BIOS in this machine boot from a USB memory device? I rather doubt it. Go to the BIOS setup screen befor the saystem boots (usually F2 or DEL key from the first screen display) and find the boot order selection. If there is no USB there, you can't tell it to boot from USB. Usually, you have floppy, one or more hard drives, CD drive, and possibly network. There may be a way to boot from something else that is smaller but can hold the boot files, then once the kernel is up, the rest of the system can be on the USB. There are some really small IDE solid state disks in the 0.5 - 1 GB range that are getting pretty cheap. They look like cable terminators, just a little bigger than a 40-pin ribbon cable connector. They are big enough to hold the Linux boot partition files.
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