Ted, Ted wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Ted wrote: >> >>> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >>> >>>> Ted wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi >>>>> to get the stick to boot ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device >>>> I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong >>>> Eddie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks for the reply..I have the boot enabled in the bios and I can run >>> both dsl and puppy from the stick but no matter how I try I cannot get >>> any other Linux to boot from the stick... >>> >> I found that with a stick initially formatted to fat16, it would not >> work with ubuntu (facility in 8.10 that is) It went perfectly or >> seemed to, but in the event, it would not boot. >> >> However, If I pre formatted the stick fat32, then went through the >> process, it always worked. This was with two sticks, both failing and >> then success, and with two machines, to eliminate machine type. >> It may be that the smaller distros are more careful to work with fat16 >> maybe? >> > Thanks for the reply. > I have tried with the stick formatted ext2 ext3 fat32 etc but all fail.. > I am currently d/loading yet another Ubi and then will try the manual method > again moving all the files by hand....
Where is it failing? I've just tried on this on a 2GB USB stick formatted to fat32. I get the boot menu, but when I try to start the live system I end up in BusyBox! I've tried this on both my laptop and my home desktop, so I'm guessing it's a problem at the USB stick end. Any suggestions as where to go from here? Has anybody got this to work completely? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
