USB memory stick question

[Drac Noc]

On 23/04/14 06:47, Phil wrote:
> On 04/23/2014 02:39 PM, Martin Cigorraga wrote:
> 
> I think it's time to leave this alone for now.
> 
> The Toshiba A100 will only boot from the 256 MB USB stick while the
> newer ASUS (5 year old) will not boot from any USB stick. I have
> reloaded all USB sticks just to be sure and the results are the same.
> 
> I hate to leave the unexplained lay but I'm getting nowhere with this one.
> 

Have you tried booting the laptop from a PLOP linux iso? That might
provide a different route to booting from USB.

Just a thought.