[TriLUG] booting off usbstick

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2020, Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:

> I guess we're going to need more details or I'm being dense about what you're 
> actually trying to do.  Booting off a thumb drive "stick" is usually very 
> easy.

yes, for a particular definition of "usually", ie usually == only for a 
specially prepared linux distribution install device.

> What, exactly, do you mean by "target" below?

the target for the install of the boot files. In the e-mails, it's been a sata 
drive connected to the sata bus, or the same sata drive connected to the usb 
bus, or the same files on a usb stick connected to the usb bus. The target 
becomes the boot device on the machine of interest

> Which motherboard?

beats me.

> Does it's bios have explicit support for USB device being in the boot order?

yes. I can boot a live usb stick on this machine. (first e-mail)

> You implied earlier that you connected this internally? Do you mean a MB USB 
> header?

yes

Joe

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