08-04-2008
It's mainly a feature of your BIOS. Modern BIOSes allow you to boot from a USB device, possibly by going into BIOS setup and changing the boot sequence. Mine, a Toshiba, comes up with a friendly screen where I can pick the boot device during the first couple of seconds after I turn on the computer. (It's a graphical rendition so if you don't know what it's for, it's pretty hard to guess what the icons mean.)
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hey !
I am running EWS-UX/V (Rel 4.2) on NEC EWS/4800/330 station and I am having problems rebooting my station : I am getting the following message on display : BOOT : PANIC : File size out of range.
According to user guide, this error is occuring when a file exceeding the limit and/or... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: fredo
2 Replies
2. Solaris
When I installed the SOLARIS 10 OS first time, the desktop would not start up, this was because of network setup. Reinstalled worked. After a week due to some problem I had to reinstall OS, installation went fine and but when i reboot I get this error.
cannot find mis/krtld
boot error loading... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: johncy_j
0 Replies
3. Red Hat
helo my sysem is running on redhat 9.
now i want to take data from redhat 9 pc to pen drive.
but when i plug it it is not detected.
can u tell me how to mount pendrive on redhat9.
amit (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: amitpansuria
1 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
Can anybody help me with how I can connect a usb pendrive or external disk to a Sun Server which runs on Solaris 9? I am able to connect the usb drive to a windows server easily and copy files but am wondering if it is possible to do that with Solaris.
Any help will be appreciated. thanks. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rahmantanko
3 Replies
5. SCO
please let me know how to mount the pendrive on the unixware (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: deepthi.s
1 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Gurus,
in linux I am unable to access my pendrive(i am even not seeing the icon or location for my pendrive ).
Please anyany could help me to get rid of this issue.
regards,
Sanjay
:) (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sanjay.login
4 Replies
7. Slackware
Holla,
I have been trying to install a recent distro, with a minimum X such as jwm, but unfortunately my cdrom is broken and I can only boot the USB port, with a pendrive.
AMD K6 3D is today too old for being for linux.
Is there an image of slackware than runs that processor and that can... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: raptor34
5 Replies
8. Boot Loaders
Hello,
I have kubuntu on my laptop and now I decided to switch to Windows 7. I made the bios settings properly (first choice is boot from cd\vd) but I see the error
" reboot and select proper Boot device or insert Boot media in select Boot device and press a key "
I have tried CD and... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: rpf
0 Replies
9. Solaris
I am trying to install Solaris x86 using the Jumpstart server. I run the add_install_client command with appropriate options, and reboot my x86 Target box. The installation starts fine and unattended. After the installation completes and the target goes for a re-boot, it does not boot from the HDD... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: hemalsid
9 Replies
10. Linux
I've "installed" LM 19.1 to a PNY 16Gb(2.0) pendrive. I have a few issues that I'd like to resolve. First and foremost, the O.S. experiences "lagging" issues and to a lesser degree, freezing. Example: Complete "boot-up" (from start to complete "home" page) can take upwards of 7 mins. Then when... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: 69Rixter
10 Replies
LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
grub2-bios-setup
GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3) Library Functions Manual GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3)
NAME
grub-bios-setup -- Set up images to boot from a device.
SYNOPSIS
grub-bios-setup [-a | --allow-floppy] [-b | --boot-image=FILE]
[-c | --core-image=FILE] [-d | --directory=DIR]
[-f | --force] [-m | --device-map=FILE]
[-s | --skip-fs-probe] [-v | --verbose] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
OPTIONS
--allow-floppy
Make the device also bootable as a floppy. This option is the default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not boot images cre-
ated with this option.
--boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image. The default value is boot.img.
--core-image=FILE
Use FILE as ther core image. The default value is core.img.
--directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR. The default value is /boot/grub.
--force
Install even if problems are detected.
--device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map. The default value is /boot/grub/device.map .
--skip-fs-probe
Do not probe DEVICE for filesystems.
--verbose
Print verbose messages.
SEE ALSO
info grub
Wed Feb 26 2014 GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3)