krishna.murphy
04-01-2010, 07:02 AM
Hey-
I've been unable to boot directly from my USB-drive-Knoppix (I ran the flash-install utility) alone, falling back on a CD/DVD boot and then typing:
knoppix fromhd=/dev/sdb1 which worked okay, but now I've been able to try it on another system which has (apparently) a good BIOS, and I didn't need the CD. I've gotten some updated BIOS files, but am reluctant to flash the BIOS, as it seems like a failure might render the PC useless. I've been looking as I went along, and I've come across some alternatives, specifically SuperGRUB (http://www.supergrubdisk.org/) and THE Lin'N'WinNewB PROJECT (http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwin/contents.htm), and I'm a bit at sea. I'm also looking at Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) and wonder if it can help. Does anyone have a good grasp of all the issues and feel able to offer a useful perspective?
Krishna :?
I've been unable to boot directly from my USB-drive-Knoppix (I ran the flash-install utility) alone, falling back on a CD/DVD boot and then typing:
knoppix fromhd=/dev/sdb1 which worked okay, but now I've been able to try it on another system which has (apparently) a good BIOS, and I didn't need the CD. I've gotten some updated BIOS files, but am reluctant to flash the BIOS, as it seems like a failure might render the PC useless. I've been looking as I went along, and I've come across some alternatives, specifically SuperGRUB (http://www.supergrubdisk.org/) and THE Lin'N'WinNewB PROJECT (http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/linnwin/contents.htm), and I'm a bit at sea. I'm also looking at Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) and wonder if it can help. Does anyone have a good grasp of all the issues and feel able to offer a useful perspective?
Krishna :?