[Lubuntu-comms] the USB chainloader that helps other USB drives boot

[brendanperrine@gmail.com]

I wonder if this would work to boot from an sd card chainloading if bios
doesn't allow it.


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Iberê Fernandes
<ibere.fernandes at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2014/1/1 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just finished a little tool that helps boot some computers from
> > [other] USB boot drives - the Chainloader
> >
> > The chainloader is useful for middle-aged computers, for example
> > computers without a CD/DVD drive, where it can be hard to boot from a
> > USB drive, or when you want to run from a fast USB 3 drive that is
> > unwilling to boot.
> >
> > -o-
> >
> > What is new, why a new tool? Isn't it enough to be able to use mkusb or
> > the other tools?
> >
> > The answer is in this tutorial 'Howto help USB boot drives'
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2196858
> >
> > -o-
> >
> > Phill, can the compressed image file be uploaded to your server? Maybe
> > it is too small to have an own link or page. Maybe it can share a page
> > with mkusb. What do you think?
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
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> Wow... excellent tool Nio! Thank you for sharing!
>
> Sharing on our social media channels...
>
> Best regards and Happy New Year!
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