[ubuntu-in] Booting another OS off an usb ped drive using GRUB

[Sanjay Bhangar]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Priyadarsan Roy
<priyadarsanroy at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Fabian Enos <fabian.rap.more at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Parthan: Was worth a shot if you guys knew the answer.......Guess Ill
>> ask elsewhere....
>>
>> On 8/29/08, Aanjhan R <aanjhan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Parthan SR <
>> parth.technofreak at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Fabian Enos wrote:
>> >>> The subject says it all.....I want to boot puppy linux off a USB pen
>> >>> drive using grub as I cannot boot a usb drive using my BIOS as it is
>> >>> pretty old.......
>> >>>
>> >>> How?
>> >
>> >
>> > I think nothing can be done if your BIOS does not support. May be I am
>> > wrong.
>> >
>> > Aanjhan
>> >
>> > --
>> > ubuntu-in mailing list
>> > ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
>> >
>>
>> --
>> ubuntu-in mailing list
>> ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
>>
>
>
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
>
> This is a site which devotes in having Linux Os'es in pendrives. May help
> you.
>

I believe it works only if your BIOS supports it. I didn't come across
anything on the mentioned site about being able to do it if your BIOS did
not support it and imho, this is not possible. Please do post if you do find
a solution, though I think this is unlikely.

All the best,
Sanjay


>
> Regards,
> PD
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-in mailing list
> ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-in/attachments/20080830/81880b19/attachment.htm