On Friday 15 December 2006 02:48, RickS wrote: > John Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thursday 14 December 2006 08:52, Nuno Ferreira wrote: > > Hello, > [...] > > > > Sorry, did not expressed myself correctly. My fault! > > [...] > > > > Hope this time I explained myself better. > > Sure thing, I thought there was more intent =) > I just didn't want to speculate. > > So I did find some more information here : > http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/linux/description.html > but can't seem to determine if it will boot USB ... > > > > Best regards, > > > Nuno > > > > > > P.S. Since at the moment I can't spend much money > > > buying a new laptop, my ideia was to free up the 12 GB > > > internal HDD and to install there only w2k. Then, in > > > an external usb HDD or usb pen disk, install Linux. Or > > > vice-versa, linux on the box and windows outside it. I > > > prefer this last setup, since I'm a Linux user most of > > > the time (90%), though I suspect it's more difficult > > > to setup the laptop this way. > > [...] > > Well, I can't find any BIOS update that will help with booting from > USB: > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?la >ng=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=96231&swItem=PSG_I14315-35994&pro >dNameId=96717&swEnvOID=181&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=3 You will need to find out what bios version you have in the laptop. You can get that from the boot screen, its in the string of words and numbers at the beginning of the boot process normally when its doing the memory count. Hit the pause / break button and write it down (hitting any key after will resume the boot process). I can't see any usb boot fixes on http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=96231&swItem=PSG_I14315-35994&prodNameId=96717&swEnvOID=181&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=5 from the "fixes" tab on the page you gave, which lists a number of bios files. You might be able to borrow a usb cdrom or a usb external drive enclosure and put a ide cdrom in it and boot from that. External drive enclosures run around £15 - £20 and you can take out the cdrom from your desktop to try it out. > > I honestly don't know if the USB pen drive is seen at boot time but > if it is,( I am not sure if this will work - not a grub expert at all) > but, you may be able to do the Booting from a grub floppy ... > ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i5 >86/install/images/ grab the hd_grub.img for 10.1 and then go here to > http://qa.mandriva.com/hd_grub.cgi and select the choices that apply to you > ... > > Obviously you shouldn't spend the money until you are sure you can > boot. Sorry I cant be more help, I can't test it at the moment. > > -- > ~RickS > Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together? > -- Why Why Why n°32 > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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