Hi Aere, I glad that I could help you in this unexpected way :-)
Best regards Nio 2014-01-01 18:45, Aere Greenway skrev: > Nio: > > Thank you very much for the information. I have encountered situations > where some USB drives boot on some machines, but not on others. > > Also, as a side-note, thank you for the information, because on reading > one of the links you provided (or was available from one of those > links), I finally learned how to set up my GRUB configuration so it > boots (next-time) the partition last booted. > > On my primary machine, I have 10 partitions I boot from, so this is very > useful to me. In the past, I have had to hit the down-arrow key 11 > times to get to the partition I normally use. Occasionally, I would hit > the wrong key (a left or right arrow), and it would boot the wrong > partition, yielding a few choice words of frustration. > > I have seen information on how to do this in the past, but I was never > successful. > > I don't remember how I got there, but the link that proved useful was: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Setup > > The information that proved useful (finally) was about 1/3 down the > page, under the the heading: > > /etc/default/grub > > It didn't work initially. The key information making it work, is that > you need to do it in the partition that is currently the default (which > probably means you also need to do it in the partition that will become > the new default, and probably in all of them). > > - Aere > > On 01/01/2014 08:10 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >> Hi Israel, >> >> The USB bootloader is meant to work like your second alternative, to >> help booting from a USB device, that will not boot from the computer's >> own boot menu. >> >> But of course, if it is installed into an internal or eSATA drive, it >> will help booting, but that is better catered for with the '40_custom' >> method described in the following link >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Chainloading >> >> The USB chainloader will not do the same thing as Plop, so it will be a >> complement, not a replacement. >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> >> 2014-01-01 15:42, Israel skrev: >>> Can you boot computers that have no capability to boot from usb, and >>> have a broken optical drive? >>> Or is this mainly just to boot a USB stick that is not supported by the >>> computer to boot from? >>> >>> On 01/01/2014 05:41 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>>> Good question Jörn, >>>> >>>> The USB chainloader works from USB. >>>> >>>> I know Plop and have used it to boot USB via CD in old computers. I >>>> tried to use Plop from USB. I could make it boot and run its menu, >>>> but I >>>> was not able to boot another USB device from it, at least not with the >>>> fairly modern hardware that I tested (for example professional class HP >>>> laptops, the newest one with Intel i5). >>>> >>>> Under the hood the USB chainloader is a stripped system based on Ubuntu >>>> 13.04. The grub bootloader and the boot directory is what is kept, and >>>> the file grub.cfg is modified. >>>> >>>> So I would say that the USB chainloader is a complement to Plop. I'd be >>>> happy if you can help me boot from USB with Plop and chainload into >>>> other USB devices, because it would make it easier to have only one >>>> tool >>>> for these similar purposes. >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> Nio >>>> >>>> 2014-01-01 11:33, Joern skrev: >>>>> What is the difference to Plop boot loader? >>>>> >>>>> Am 01.01.2014 um 05:36 schrieb Nio Wiklund <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I just finished a little tool that helps boot some computers from >>>>>> [other] USB boot drives - the Chainloader >>>>>> >>>>>> The chainloader is useful for middle-aged computers, for example >>>>>> computers without a CD/DVD drive, where it can be hard to boot from a >>>>>> USB drive, or when you want to run from a fast USB 3 drive that is >>>>>> unwilling to boot. >>>>>> >>>>>> -o- >>>>>> >>>>>> What is new, why a new tool? Isn't it enough to be able to use >>>>>> mkusb or >>>>>> the other tools? >>>>>> >>>>>> The answer is in this tutorial 'Howto help USB boot drives' >>>>>> >>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2196858 >>>>>> >>>>>> -o- >>>>>> >>>>>> Phill, can the compressed image file be uploaded to your server? >>>>>> Maybe >>>>>> it is too small to have an own link or page. Maybe it can share a >>>>>> page >>>>>> with mkusb. What do you think? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards >>>>>> Nio >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms >>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
