On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 22:15 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > This old laptop's BIOS only lets me boot off of a floppy/CD-ROM/hard > drive. > > Is there any way I could boot off of a USB flash drive - as in booting > off of a floppy or the hard drive and switching to /dev/sda when the > time comes to load the kernel? > > Thanks! > >
Depending on how old the laptop in question is, you might check to see if there is a newer bIOs that adds this functionality. Rob Smith Evolution - The Next Step in Email Posted via Ubuntu Linux (v.8.04) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]