booting from usb

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akal · #1 Post by **akal** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:38 am

I would like to try booting a live fedora os from a usb flash drive. is this possible with a T41? I see usb floppy and usb hard drive in the bios but so far no luck. thx

weepy · #2 Post by **weepy** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:51 am

Did you format it as bootable ie. with the HP usb format utility? (http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197)

NorrisCell · #3 Post by **NorrisCell** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:02 pm

It's doable. The flash drives are recognized as a USB HD. I've booted DS Linux off of a flash drive on my T40 many times. It can be a lengthy load time depending on the distro you use,k but it is definitely possible.

davidspalding · #4 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:56 pm

Did this last week with a brand-spankin' new Fedora 9 live usb memory card created for me at work (I work in Raleigh, if that's any hint). Worked fine, booted up pretty quickly.

I used an SD card in a PC Express Card reader, and BIOS readjusted to boot from a USB HDD.

#5 Post by **Kyocera** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:15 pm

david wrote:I used an SD card in a PC Express Card reader

What size card?

I work in Durham if that helps

davidspalding · #6 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:41 pm

2 gb was what they told me was the minimum.

Yep, yep, I remember. I moved to the Woodcroft area this past weekend, loving the new neighborhood.

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