On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:03:44 +0100 Yorvyk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:06:12 +0200 > Leszek Lesner <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> There is a trick to it. You must create a Live-CD and a Live USB Stick. > > >>>> Pop in the CD and try booting from the cd until you see the bootmenu. > > >>>> Stick in the USB Live Stick. > > >>>> Now you need to act fast. Press Enter to boot. Wait until the message > > >>>> Loading xyz ... displays on your screen. Now pop out the cd-rom and it > > >>>> will then boot from usb key. > > >>>> It's a nice trick to get any computer with cdrom drive boot from usb. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> Try as I might I cannot get that to work > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Doesn't it detect the usb stick or does it fail even to go into init ? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > Doesn’t see detect the USB stick. > > > > > > > > Hmm... then it shouldn't even detect usb sticks after a complete boot > > from livecd. Is this correct ? > > > They are detected by the live CD once it boots but it takes quite a while to > detect them, USB 1.1. > Tried a different machine. It starts to work, the USB stick’s lights flash, but then the screen blanks and nothing else happens. I will have another go another day and make a different stick to see what happens. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
