In the boot menu that I get when I press the Escape key while booting, I get only the options CDROM and hard disk. When I go into setup, followed by CDROM and hard disk. I guess upgrading the bios is the only option now.
Thanks for all suggestions, Sasi On 9 October 2012 14:31, Jishnu <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ -- "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
