On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Richard S. Smoot wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Richard S. Smoot wrote:
> >
> >>I got my kit in today's mail.
> >>Got a problem. the only way get to use DVD on this computer
> >>is an external USB BackPack drive.
> >>How do I boot it? My CMOS does not have USB boot as an option.
> >>Suse 8.2 is the only USB capable OS in my computer.
> >
> >Well, I was hoping to find a boot floppy image on the DVD. No dice.
> >Maybe you can run the installer from inside an OS? I was also considering
> >a lilo floppy, but no, the BIOS probably doesn't understand USB. Loadlin?
> Could GRUB be used to boot it? My CMOS definitly does not have aboot USB
> option.
Most likely not. Linux isn't running when the bootloader executes, so
all it has to use is the BIOS.
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Your pretended fear lest error might step in is like the man who
would keep all wine out of the country lest men should be drunk.
-- Oliver Cromwell
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