[ubuntu-uk] USB STICK

[Ted]

alan c wrote:
> Ted wrote:
>   
>> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
>>     
>>> Ted wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi
>>>> to get the stick to boot ?
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
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>>> I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device
>>> I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong
>>> Eddie
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>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks for the reply..I have the boot enabled in the bios and I can run 
>> both dsl and puppy from the stick but no matter how I try I cannot get 
>> any other Linux to boot from the stick...
>>     
>
> I found that with a stick initially formatted to fat16, it would not 
> work with ubuntu (facility in 8.10 that is) It went perfectly or 
> seemed to, but  in the event, it would not boot.
>
> However, If I pre formatted the stick fat32, then went through the 
> process, it always worked. This was with two sticks, both failing and 
> then success, and with two machines, to eliminate machine type.
> It may be that the smaller distros are more careful to work with fat16 
> maybe?
>   
Thanks for the reply.
  I have tried with the stick formatted ext2 ext3 fat32 etc but all fail..
I am currently d/loading yet another Ubi and then will try the manual method
again moving all the files by hand....

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Regards
 Ted Wager
  High Peak UK
   Using Sidux Linux