[ubuntu-uk] usb boot ?

[Ted]

alan c wrote:
> Ted wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error
>> when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and 
>> that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should
>> other distros boot from it ?
>>     
>
> I guess you are using the 8.10 version with make bootable usb facility?
>
> I have also been using this, at first with many failures. I discovered 
> that the process will happily accept a fat16 formatted stick but this 
> will not boot!
>
> My solution was to format the stick fat32 before I started, then even 
> if it was formatted again in the process,  (or not) it always worked
> :-)
>   
Thanks for the reply..
  I have tried fat32, ext2, and ext3 but none will boot...Grub is 
pointing to the correct drive and on the last attempt I did not even get 
a grub error...it just booted to my Sidux boot screen...