>Dean wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:16:18 GMT, Z.K. wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying to boot a 256M flash drive that I have and I am
>>> having trouble. So, I am wondering if it is my flash drive itself or
>>> something to do with my motherboard.
>>>
>>> I followed the examples I found on the web in how to load linux on a USB
>>> drive and make it bootable. I used HP's USB formatting tool to format
>>> the USB drive then I extracted dsl.zip (**** small linux) to the the USB
>>> drive and extracted syslinux to a directory on hard drive and ran the
>>> command: syslinux -f h: (H is my USB flash drive). This is supposed to
>>> make it bootable.
>>>
>>> I then set the first boot device to USB ZIP and USD HDD, but neither
>>> would cause the USB flash drive to boot. Is there something else I need
>>> to do or do I need to buy a newer USB flash drive?
>>>
>>> Z.K.
>>
>> I have a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P and have not been successful booting from USB
>> flash either.
>> I know I have the flash drive correctly formatted for booting as I have
>> successfully booted from it on another PC.
>>
>> On the GA-P35 I have selected the various USB device types from the F9 boot
>> menu. It hasn't worked. It doesn't appear to attempt to read the device at
>> all. So I feel it is a BIOS issue rather than set up of the pen drive.
>> Either me setting up BIOS incorrectly, failing to select correct device or
>> the BIOS doesn't can't in fact boot from a device connected to the USB.
>>
>> None of the BIOS updates mention addressing a possible USB boot problem so I
>> haven't tried updating it.
>>
>> If you do succeed I'd be interested to know what you did.
>>
>
>Okay, well I finally was able to get my USB drive to work. I have
>listed the steps below that worked for me.
>
>1) Downloaded the HP USB BOOT FORMAT Utility as well as the Win98 files
>needed to boot the USB device. These files are available here:
>http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197
>
>2) Now Format your USB Flash Drive, telling it to make it bootable and
>point it to the Windows 98 directory that you created.
>
>3) Now you need a version of Linux or some other OS that will fit on a
>USB drive. Some versions are available here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/.
>
>4) Unzip the Linux version to the USB drive.
>
>5) Now, Download syslinux and extract it to a folder on your hard drive.
> Version 3.36 is available here:
>http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01...n-one-usb-dsl/
>
>6) Now in a command box or DOS box go to the directory where you
>extracted syslinux and cd to the Win32 directory.
>
>7) Type the command syslinux -f h: (h: is the drive letter for you USB
>Flash drive).
>
>8) Reboot your PC and go into the BIOS making sure your USB Flash drive
>is still attached. For the first boot device choose USB ZIP though you
>may need to try USB HDD.
>
>9) Now go to the BIOS setting for HDD priority and make sure you choose
>your USB Flash Drive for the first device and which should now be listed
>in the menu.
>
>10) Save the BIOS settings and reboot. The USB drive should now boot
>into the Linux Operating System.
>
>
>Hopefully, this works for you Dean, it did for me.
>
> Z.K.
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