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#1 2010-06-15 05:11:04
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can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
it seems my old pc cannot boot from usb, only boot from hd or cd.
can i use usb? or i have to burn a cd?
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#2 2010-06-15 05:42:26
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
umm.... seriously?
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#3 2010-06-15 05:43:04
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
The way I see it, its like trying to boot from a floppy drive if you have no floppy 
, but If you can burn a cd it will work for sure.
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#4 2010-06-15 07:49:03
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
OK. i'll burn a CD and start try arch-LINUX.
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#5 2010-06-15 10:23:55
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
If you have a floppy disk you can put the PLoP bootmanager on it:
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html
This bootmanager has USB support and can boot from an usb stick even though your bios does not support it.
You can also burn PLoP on a CD. This is good if you want to burn only one generic CD and then be able to boot any usb stick instead of burning one cd for each OS you want to boot.
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#6 2010-06-15 18:02:54
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
PLoP is an new option. but it seems complicated and hard to understand.
i'll try plop, it seems it can run from hd, no need to burn a cd.
thanks for your help.
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#7 2010-06-15 23:08:58
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Re: can i try archlinux on usb if my pc cannot boot from usb?
Would it be possible to add a GRUB entry to boot from the USB?
(I wish I could find the link now). Basically along the same lines of the installation CD is copied (dumped) to another partition, then you add a GRUB entry to boot from the installer drive.
If somebody has the link to this article (for installing HDD -> HDD) I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
Last edited by Axanon (2010-06-15 23:10:34)
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