Ubuntu 8.04

[Bart Silverstrim]

Karl Larsen wrote:

>     I do the same thing using the grub system. It works fine and this 
> should make it boot IF you can get BIOS to look at the right place. As I 
> say my BIOS and I expect thousands of Ubuntu users do not have a 
> motherboard that will boot a USB port.

The device on your USB port does have a boot loader on it, right?

I mean, you can set your computer to boot from CD-ROM, and if you have a 
random CD like an ABBA audio disc in there the computer will look, see 
no boot sector, and move on to the next boot device...