dsl on usb pen no boot anywhere

Forum: USB booting
Topic: dsl on usb pen no boot anywhere
started by: mklein

Posted by mklein on Dec. 26 2006,00:25

My plan was to have handy linux distro anywhere I have my laptops...not working out so well.

I have 2 "modern?" laptops which support booting removable disks and usb devices...however changing boot order does diddly.

When I <supposedly> am booting off of usb device...I get single blinking caret in upper left of window and nothing else...no disk activity, etc.

I cannot boot Toshiba P25-S609 satellite on usbpen drive w/dsl pre-installed....nor does my brand spanking new Dell Inspiron 9300 work. On both I changed bios boot sequence so removable devices/usb come first..

Any ideas?

From booting other os I have verified my pen drive did ship with linux filesys on it...just can't boot.

Posted by cmanb on Dec. 27 2006,00:23

Have you succeeded in using your usb stick to boot any computer at all? And have you succeeded in using any liveCD to boot your laptops?

I have been unsuccessful in getting my Satellite A85-S107 to boot from ANYTHING. This is the main reason I intend to buy a new computer very soon. At the moment, I have to assume that a hard drive crash will mean total death.