USB booting :: USB Booting doesnt work

Hi,

I'm trying to boot DSL from USB HDD (Kingston Date Traveller Elite, 256MB), but it doesn't work.

Steps done

1. Booting DSL from CD-ROM
2. Apps / Tools / Pendrive Installation (USB-HDD) (USB-Stick not mounted)
3. Reboot

Prior to that, of course the booting order in the BIOS has been accordingly adapted (first booting device is USB-HDD).

Unfortunately, the USB-Stick is not detected. Anyone has an idea what's the reason for said problem?

I would be very glad someone could help me regarding this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Frank

Your BIOS may not see your USB stick as a USB hard drive. You might try one of the other USB install methods, and change your BIOS to that at first boot.

Hi, i have the same problem, i've tried (successfully) installing both usb-zip and usb-hdd instalations on my pen drive, but in both cases, when i try to boot up with them, the bios just skips them and moves to the next bootable media. i've tried removing all other possible boot devices, in which case the bios just searches for a while and delivers an error. is this problem more likely something with my bios or something with my flash drive/installation?

After you have double checked your BIOS then

1. Try boot option acpi=off
2. Try boot option acpi=off noacpi
3. Make sure you use a back USB port and not a front one.
4. If you have a floppy drive, try the USB boot floppy.

Ok, so with some more toodling around i got dsl to boot from my jump drive. sort of. this is using the usb-zip format
here is what i did, i'm not sure which (if any) of these things are what made it start working

first i went into my bios and changed the boot order so that usb-zip devices booted first

then i turned on all of the usb standby power options (these are the options to use a usb mouse or keyboard to wake up your computer, it keeps power to the usb ports i am led to believe, also, for my mobo i had to move some jumpers as well, i recall this is how other mobo's work as well)

i tried rebooting at this point, windows still started

i then tried unplugging the data cable from the hard drive (to absolutely prevent windows from booting) this worked, dsl started up just fine

i was then able to turn the computer off, plug in the hard drive, and boot it back up again off the flash drive

however, when i then tried rebooting and using windows, when i rebooted again (after loading windows) i had to repeat the hard drive unplugging process to get linux to load, just as before.

this leads me to believe my problem is just a bios problem and i will just have to suffer the relatively minor inconvenience of unplugging my hard drive if i want to start linux, unless of course anyone else might know more on this issue than i do

thanks

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