Good question Jörn, The USB chainloader works from USB.
I know Plop and have used it to boot USB via CD in old computers. I tried to use Plop from USB. I could make it boot and run its menu, but I was not able to boot another USB device from it, at least not with the fairly modern hardware that I tested (for example professional class HP laptops, the newest one with Intel i5). Under the hood the USB chainloader is a stripped system based on Ubuntu 13.04. The grub bootloader and the boot directory is what is kept, and the file grub.cfg is modified. So I would say that the USB chainloader is a complement to Plop. I'd be happy if you can help me boot from USB with Plop and chainload into other USB devices, because it would make it easier to have only one tool for these similar purposes. Best regards Nio 2014-01-01 11:33, Joern skrev: > What is the difference to Plop boot loader? > > Am 01.01.2014 um 05:36 schrieb Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi, >> >> I just finished a little tool that helps boot some computers from >> [other] USB boot drives - the Chainloader >> >> The chainloader is useful for middle-aged computers, for example >> computers without a CD/DVD drive, where it can be hard to boot from a >> USB drive, or when you want to run from a fast USB 3 drive that is >> unwilling to boot. >> >> -o- >> >> What is new, why a new tool? Isn't it enough to be able to use mkusb or >> the other tools? >> >> The answer is in this tutorial 'Howto help USB boot drives' >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2196858 >> >> -o- >> >> Phill, can the compressed image file be uploaded to your server? Maybe >> it is too small to have an own link or page. Maybe it can share a page >> with mkusb. What do you think? >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms >> Post to : lubuntu-co...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
