USB booting :: Is making GRUB use USB device possible with NO BIO
Here's the deal; I have a USB Key with a working Linux install, that's not the issue here.
Problem is, The BIOS on this computer isn't, and can't be made USB boot compatible.
I have successfully installed GRUB next to Windows with boot.ini, and that part works currently.
I don't have a floppy drive, and this computer doesn't read CD-R that well. And that would pretty much ruin the fun of using a USB key too boot with at that.
What I can't solve currently, is how to make GRUB fire up some sort of USB drivers, so as to reach the USB key.
I need grub to install USB drivers in pre-os mode, whatever that's called in technical terms.
Grub is installed in the C:\grub\ folder, wich seems to be default.
I've searched these forums, but none match my request exactly, or they can do with floppies, or assume you already have Linux running...You could copy the original kernel and minirt to your hard drive, and have grub boot off those, and use the fromusb (or fromhd) boot/cheatcode (see wiki page for more info)
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ April 07 2007,23:33)
You could copy the original kernel and minirt to your hard drive, and have grub boot off those, and use the fromusb (or fromhd) boot/cheatcode (see wiki page for more info)
If I copy that from the USB, how do I point to them with Grub?Well they would be on your hard drive, so you can use any regular dsl grub entry that points to that partition - just add whichever bootcode you want to use.here's an example where you put them in c:\grub:
title DSL from usb root (hd0,0) kernel /grub/linux24 fromusb initrd /grub/minirt24.gzNext Page...
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