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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:06:12 +0200
Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> There is a trick to it. You must create a Live-CD and a Live USB Stick.
> >>>> Pop in the CD and try booting from the cd until you see the bootmenu.
> >>>> Stick in the USB Live Stick.
> >>>> Now you need to act fast. Press Enter to boot. Wait until the message
> >>>> Loading xyz ... displays on your screen. Now pop out the cd-rom and it
> >>>> will then boot from usb key.
> >>>> It's a nice trick to get any computer with cdrom drive boot from usb.
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Try as I might I cannot get that to work
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Doesn't it detect the usb stick or does it fail even to go into init ?
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> > Doesn’t see detect the USB stick.
> >
> >   
> Hmm... then it shouldn't even detect usb sticks after a complete boot
> from livecd. Is this correct ?
> 
They are detected by the live CD once it boots but it takes quite a while to detect them, USB 1.1.

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