Hi Brendan,
I guess it depends on the how bios wouldn't allow it, or if it 'is
allowed' but does not work for some reason.
It is easy to try, so do it and let us know the result :-)
Best regards/Nio
2014-01-01 19:57, brendanperr...@gmail.com skrev:
> I wonder if this would work to boot from an
I wonder if this would work to boot from an sd card chainloading if bios
doesn't allow it.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Iberê Fernandes
wrote:
> 2014/1/1 Nio Wiklund :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just finished a little tool that helps boot some computers from
> > [other] USB boot drives - the Chainload
Hi Aere,
I glad that I could help you in this unexpected way :-)
Best regards
Nio
2014-01-01 18:45, Aere Greenway skrev:
> Nio:
>
> Thank you very much for the information. I have encountered situations
> where some USB drives boot on some machines, but not on others.
>
> Also, as a side-note
Nio:
Thank you very much for the information. I have encountered situations
where some USB drives boot on some machines, but not on others.
Also, as a side-note, thank you for the information, because on reading
one of the links you provided (or was available from one of those
links), I fin
2014/1/1 Nio Wiklund :
> 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
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2014-01-01 17:19, Israel skrev:
>
> I was asking because I had received a laptop a while back where I had
> the problem of a broken Optical drive. I couldn't install a fresh
> operating system without first using an optical drive, as the BIOS
> didn't support USB booting. I did
I was asking because I had received a laptop a while back where I had
the problem of a broken Optical drive. I couldn't install a fresh
operating system without first using an optical drive, as the BIOS
didn't support USB booting. I did end up taking apart the laptop and
using a different l
Hi again,
Or do you mean the general question, how to install without CD/DVD/USB?
Yes I can. I would take advantage of the portability of the Ubuntu
family systems, connect the internal drive to another computer and
install the operating system. It will work after you reconnect the
internal drive
Hi Israel,
The USB bootloader is meant to work like your second alternative, to
help booting from a USB device, that will not boot from the computer's
own boot menu.
But of course, if it is installed into an internal or eSATA drive, it
will help booting, but that is better catered for with the '4
Can you boot computers that have no capability to boot from usb, and
have a broken optical drive?
Or is this mainly just to boot a USB stick that is not supported by the
computer to boot from?
On 01/01/2014 05:41 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
Good question Jörn,
The USB chainloader works from USB.
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
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