I have Window XP and an old PC Linux 2010 OS installed on it now. When I installed PC Linux 2010 it installed A Grub Boot Menu. I have tried to install PC Linux 2014 But it boots right to the Grub menu. How do I remove the Grub Menu? I have the machine to boot from USB device first but It keeps coming back to the Grub Menu with PC Linux and Windows XP. PC Linux 2010 has become useless because of an update that changed all the KDE Menus. Windows XP boots up fine. I'm sure I have to do something with the Master Boot Record but I'm not sure and I don't want to loose Win XP.

Thanks in advance!!!

How did you create the flash drive? If not recognized as bootable the BIOS will automatically select the next device which is the hard drive. So messing with the MBR/GRUB will not help.

I have tried a couple,PCLinux live USB Creator and UNetbootin. Also tried some Window based USB LIVE Creators. None have worked up till now. I did this years ago on this netbook but for some reason I'm having trouble now.

No guarantees I'm remembering correctly, but won't PCLinuxOS allow you to create a bootable flashdrive using dd?

On an Asus EEEPC, there is a special boot accelerator option the bios that will skip all checks and go straight to the hard drive. That will need to be disabled to boot usb.

You may also need to hit ESC while booting to access a boot menu. This is necessary on my 904ha eeepc.

Not sure what you mean by dd ?

Remember accessing the Bios and the Boot Accelerator. Will need to go back and check it out.

Thanks,
Will give it a try

As root from a terminal
will copy the file mini.iso in the current directory to the device my system recognizes as /dev/sdg with a block size of 4MB. if the iso file to be copied is properly prepared, the result is a bootable flash drive. Fedora live cd/dvd iso files are so-prepared.

I'll give that a try. Figured dd was a command, just didn't remember what it did. So many commands and so little memory, mine!

Should the USB be setup as a Fat32 or a linux partition?

It won't matter. dd will replace what is on there anyways. Just a note. Back when I owned 2 eeepcs.
There was a bios setting that would say something like finished.
It has has been awhile since I sold both of mine so I can't remember details.

I remember I had to take it off of finished to boot a usb and install a different linux system.
One of my old screenys

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtop...ee14f97ebe9870

That was on my 701SD.

I know on this EEE setting it to boot from USB does not set it to boot from USB. Instead I have to go into BIOS and change teh hard drive boot order to boot from the USB stick (which appears in the list as "DataTraveller" or whichever brand/model it is) first then it boots to the installer or live USB fine.

Thanks, got it working using the esc key and forcing it to a boot screen. This issue has been resolved!

I spoke to soon. I cannot boot into either Windows or PCLinux unless I use the USB Stick. With it I can get to both OS's What I'd like to do is keep Windows and its start up menu and install PCLinux later. I just need this notebook to work with windows because I have 2 programs I use with my Radio Controlled Off Road Racing Trucks. These programs aren't available on Linux. You know how it is? I just use windows for these 2 programs. Anyone know how to restore the Boot Record in Windows XP? The Grub menu comes up but its corrupted.

You probably need to reinstall grub to /dev/sda. Right now everything seems to point grub to the USB drive instead. There are several how-tos available for that. Google will find them for you.