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can grub boot usb ?

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Posted 18 October 2009 - 02:35 AM

hey guys
i got one of does old motherboards and the bios can't boot usb
can grub boot a usb ????

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Posted 18 October 2009 - 03:52 AM

Grub can boot a USB device. I don't know whether it needs the motherboard to support booting from USB, but I would guess that it doesn't.
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Posted 18 October 2009 - 07:13 AM

do you know how i can do it ?

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Posted 19 October 2009 - 03:22 AM

don't worry about it
i can use plpbt to boot usbs :thumbsup:

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