USB boot K8T Neo

[Paul]

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I'm trying to boot a USB thumbdrive with linux on it. The boot menu screen
shows the USB drive *BUT* the left hand column where the drive description
is blank. I select USB but get normal booting of the hard drive. Any clues
about getting this working ?

Paul

 

[Don]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar (More info?)

Paul wrote:
> I'm trying to boot a USB thumbdrive with linux on it. The boot menu screen
> shows the USB drive *BUT* the left hand column where the drive description
> is blank. I select USB but get normal booting of the hard drive. Any clues
> about getting this working ?
>
> Paul
>
>
Is this an already working distro or a new installation?

The main conditions for booting are essentially the same as a hard drive.

1 You need to use fdisk to create a partition and MBR (Master Boot Record).

2 The partition needs to be made active so you can boot from it.

3 You need a boot loader (lilo, grub, or your preference).

It appears your boot menu is identifying the drive but either is not
finding an active partition, or not finding a boot loader, so it goes to
the next device in the boot list.

Don