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On 12/02/17 17:46, Joseph Bennie wrote:
a)not all usb works the same way, not some modern ones need power and have logic chips in front of the storage (should be transparent but iâve had issue with +4GB travellers)â b) for some main boards youâll need to use a cheap < 2GB usb. (assume use something really small like 128Gb) as it will only see a fat16 partition as a usb boot. (this is the most likely issue)On 12 Feb 2017, at 17:34, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: h travellers On 12/02/17 17:29, Joseph Bennie wrote:check the bios for a dont boot usb or legacy usb (swich to modern mode) ,or treat usb as cdrom/floppy also some (rare) boards only boot usb1 ... it may be that some options are concealed. Sent from my iPhoneOn 12 Feb 2017, at 17:24, Tom via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I've got a machine with pcdos on it and I can get it to boot from USB (no cd) I can see the USB from PCDOS so surely I should be able to run the boot process on the USB? Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaqThey all seem to be set correctly - the machine is meant to boot from USB but I've tried 4 different USBs and different ISO's and none of them click. I have a virus so life is a bit fuzzy and I may be cocking things up but in theory I should be able to sidestep the boot process and from pcdos run linux from the USB - used to do this in the very old days ISTR.... Tom te tom te tom
I may try partitioning the USB - dont seem to have any small ones! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq