Booting From USB
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:04 pm
Has anyone managed to boot a DT366 from USB using native Linux as the file system?
I can boot a USB stick with FAT partition (Eg ghost restore stick) no problems and can even boot from a USB cdrom but try as I might I can not seem to get a stick to boot if it contains just Linux partitions and Grub in the MBR. The DT366 just comes up and says no boot device found.
I have a couple of thoughts to work around the problem but don't really like any of them.
1) Put grub on internal flash (IDE) and boot to the external usb
2) Try having a fat partition and boot to that then use syslinux to boot Linux.
I am just wondering what everyone else is doing, I know most Live distributions are FAT based but has anyone managed to get an installed linux to boot from USB only?
Dave.
I can boot a USB stick with FAT partition (Eg ghost restore stick) no problems and can even boot from a USB cdrom but try as I might I can not seem to get a stick to boot if it contains just Linux partitions and Grub in the MBR. The DT366 just comes up and says no boot device found.
I have a couple of thoughts to work around the problem but don't really like any of them.
1) Put grub on internal flash (IDE) and boot to the external usb
2) Try having a fat partition and boot to that then use syslinux to boot Linux.
I am just wondering what everyone else is doing, I know most Live distributions are FAT based but has anyone managed to get an installed linux to boot from USB only?
Dave.