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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2012/10/9 Sasi Kumar <[email protected]> >> >> 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 laptop does not boot from it, though >> I tried it on a desktop and it worked. My bios has two boot options >> that say USB cd rom and USB floppy, but no USB flash drive or any >> such. I guess this is because my laptop and, consequently, its bios is >> more than five years old. So, I was wondering whether I would be able >> to boot from the thumb drive if I upgrade my bios. Any pointers on >> this would be quite welcome. > > > It is usually at Harddisk section (not USB-HDD). Check from there. > > -- > Regards, > Anish A > > http://identi.ca/aneeshnl > > സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെയമൃതം സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം തന്നെ ജീവിതം > പാരതന്ത്ര്യം മാനികള്ക്ക് മൃതിയെക്കാള് ഭയാനകം > - മഹാകവി കുമാരനാശാന് > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -- Regards, Jishnu http://blog.thecodecracker.com [email protected] http://identi.ca/jishnu7 http://twitter.com/jishnu7 -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
