On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 11:21 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM, jackson byers <byersjab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Please bear with me on this newbie question, > > my install experience is quite limited. > > > > Is it possible to install to usb external disk when bios does not see usb? > > > > > [snip] > > > > thanks for any help > > Jack > > > You have two problems to overcome: > > 1. You cannot directly boot from a USB device if the BIOS does not > support that feature. > Worth a try to see if there is a BIOS upgrade for your system that > allows booting from USB. (Highly unlikely.) > > 2. A device driver needs to be loaded in order to access the device. > The driver and boot manager need to be installed on an accessible > device such as a floppy disk, CD/DVD, or hard drive. > > Time to upgrade to new system or get a USB add-in card with BIOS extension. I do it on my old laptop but only to provide an emergency fall back 1. As my main disk is dual boot windows, f10 (/ and /boot) I can write vmlinuz and initrd to /boot on the hard drive and boot my USB stick using these 2. Also it is possible to create a bootable CD with the correct vmlinuz and initrd for the F10 USB stick Spending money is more fun though John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
