[SLL] Trying to boot off 2Gig flash stick on my Toshiba Satellite A215

[Xeno Campanoli]

Abha Harting wrote:
> OK...did  you  check in the Bios to make sure that boot option even
> exists?? Some of the Bioses on proprietary systems are very simple and
> ^never offer^ as many boot options as a "generic" motherboard would.

The boot option definitely appears to exist.  There is an option that
says "USB Memory" in the Boot Menu, and the general bios configuration
menu also has an option which I've assigned USB memory to boot before
CD, which is before harddrive.  However, one thing I just noticed is I
have two USB ports on each side, rather than just on the right, so
perhaps I need to try each of the four.  I say no particular other
confiugration that appeared to be pertinent, and it spent a respectable
amount of time looking.

> 
> That can make all the difference in the world.
> 
> Abha
> 
> On 11/7/07, Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Abha Harting wrote:
>>> How old  is the computer??
>> Brand new Toshiba Satellite A215 just bought from Office Depot at the
>> end of October.
>>
>> A lot of oldies will not  boot from the USB as
>>> the bios did not support it. If that is the case, I don't think it is
>>> fixable. Newer boxes will  go there, but not the ones before 2001 or so.
>>> BTW, I did not post this to the list.
>> Thanks for the feedback anyway.  Perhaps someone else will know the
>> answer.  Take care.
>>
>> xc
>>
>>> Abha
>>>
>>> On 11/6/07, Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I tried this several times, and only with the Xubuntu image, but I used
>>>> F12 to get up the boot menu, and I also tried the F2 setup.  No dice for
>>>> either case.  In both instances the machine never showed any hint of
>>>> recognizing the USB memory as a bootable source, other than making the
>>>> stick flash a little in recognition it was there.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any suggestions about this?  I'd like to be able to install
>>>> linux from my little stick if I can.
>>>>
>>>> xc
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>> The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
>> but on good design of the functional unit,
>> not on winning battles, but on preservation.
>>
> 


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The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
but on good design of the functional unit,
not on winning battles, but on preservation.