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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:03:44 +0100
Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
> 
Tried a different machine.  It starts to work, the USB stick’s lights flash, but then the screen blanks and nothing else happens.  I will have another go another day and make a different stick to see what happens.


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