Documentation on Installing Ubuntu has inconsistencies

[Phil Bull]

Hi Phill,

On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 08:41 +0100, Phill Whiteside wrote:
[...]
> Maybe the question should / could be "does your computer support
> booting from an external device?"; at which point we open the
> proverbial 'can of worms'
> 
> I'd suggest that there is a link put in
> to http://www.pendrivelinux.com/testing-your-system-for-usb-boot-compatibility/
[...]
> It seems little point in re-inventing the wheel for a good 'How-To',
> and that site does give easy to follow tutorials. 
> The only thing to add is that some computers can 'see' SD cards as
> bootable now, they can also be run in persistence mode

True, and I intend to link to that website as an external reference (I
agree that it's a good one). It's good practise to not force readers to
follow links to be able to follow the basic instructions in a guide,
though, so I'm planning to provide basic information on figuring out
whether a system supports boot from USB. This also helps
non-English-speakers, who will get a translation of the Ubuntu guide,
but not of the pendrivelinux.com website.

Thanks,

Phil

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