I can't seem to boot my usb flash drive (Apacer AH323 *8GB*) running Puppy Linux on my motherboard. I don't understand why???
1. on "hard disk boot priority", there is only one hard disk and add on cards options, and my usb isn't even listed on it.
2. with usb stick still plugged in, rebooting the computer until a part in the bios where it tests for any devices plugged, (where it also checks for hard disk etc) it says USB FLASH DRIVE too. That means during later part of the BIOS, it knows theres a usb being plugged in.
3. because the usb isn't detected on "hard disk boot priority" list, there is no way to force it to boot from there, as the other booting options will be ignored. I even set USB-HDD as my 1st boot device (this is on another menu).
i can confirm my thumb drive is okay, it boots up my puppy linux on my old pentium 3 mobo, and also even on laptops, -BUt- it just doesn't seem to boot from P31-DS3L motherboard!!! Even my old 128mb apacer handy could run puppy properly on this mobo...it's really weird!
I used unetbootin to create my puppy linux, and also used syslinux. Both seems to be the same.
Can anyone help me out????
1. on "hard disk boot priority", there is only one hard disk and add on cards options, and my usb isn't even listed on it.
2. with usb stick still plugged in, rebooting the computer until a part in the bios where it tests for any devices plugged, (where it also checks for hard disk etc) it says USB FLASH DRIVE too. That means during later part of the BIOS, it knows theres a usb being plugged in.
3. because the usb isn't detected on "hard disk boot priority" list, there is no way to force it to boot from there, as the other booting options will be ignored. I even set USB-HDD as my 1st boot device (this is on another menu).
i can confirm my thumb drive is okay, it boots up my puppy linux on my old pentium 3 mobo, and also even on laptops, -BUt- it just doesn't seem to boot from P31-DS3L motherboard!!! Even my old 128mb apacer handy could run puppy properly on this mobo...it's really weird!
I used unetbootin to create my puppy linux, and also used syslinux. Both seems to be the same.
Can anyone help me out????