My old recommendation stands, install OS on another computer and then move the disk.
i On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Viesturs Lācis <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I did that, otherwise I would not have booted from usb flash > drive, would I? I spent pretty long time trying to figure out, if > there is something in the BIOS that I should check/uncheck, but no > luck. But it works with my laptop. Unfortunately all my remaining PCs > are old enough so that there is no support for booting from usb in the > BIOS. > > /vie > > 2010/8/27 Dave <[email protected]>: >> Make sure that in the BIOS that you have "enable boot from USB device" >> set and it is in your boot device list. Otherwise it definitely will not >> work. >> >> Hard to beat CDROM/DVD drives for loading up an OS quickly. >> >> Dave >> >> On 8/27/2010 5:12 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: >>> 2010/8/26 Dave<[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Andy, >>>> >>>> There is no reason why you cannot connect a Sata or USB CDROM drive to >>>> your system, install the OS and then remove the CDROM drive. >>>> >>>> Get the latest EMC2 live CD and boot the system off the CDROM drive, >>>> then have it load the system right off the live CD. You can't get any >>>> simpler than that. >>>> >>>> I have a portable USB CDROM drive that I use all of the time just for >>>> that purpose. But you could temporarily plug in a Sata CDROM also. >>>> The Pico power supplies work fine and so does the 510 board. >>>> >>>> >>> I tried to boot from external USB DVD-RW and got "boot error" on the >>> screen. The drive is ~1 year old and I have successfully booted from >>> it on my laptop, I have burned discs with it and I do not remember >>> having any trouble with it, but it never worked as bootable drive with >>> my D510MO board. I tried both Hardy and Lucid as well as Windows. None >>> of them worked, so be aware that You might meet some obstacles with >>> usb dvd drives, because I do not think that it was a problem with my >>> drive. >>> But the idea itself is very nice - attach dvd drive, install system >>> and then remove the drive to save space. >>> >>> /vie >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program >>> Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users >>> worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and >>> speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program >> Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users >> worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and >> speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program > Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users > worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and > speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
