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

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Brendan,

I guess it depends on the how bios wouldn't allow it, or if it 'is
allowed' but does not work for some reason.

It is easy to try, so do it and let us know the result :-)

Best regards/Nio

2014-01-01 19:57, brendanperrine at gmail.com skrev:
> 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 <mailto:ibere.fernandes at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     2014/1/1 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
>     <mailto: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!
> 
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>     Best regards and Happy New Year!
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