booting from usb

poiuytrewq · 12-26-2004, 10:15 PM

hi, i just downloaded and burned a DVD of Fedora core 3. now i need too boot it to install the os.

unfortunalty i am having trouble getting my computer to boot from my usb dvd drive. (no dvd drive on my computer)
bios does not directly support booting from usb.

i tried to manually boot from grub command line, but it would only let me choose betweed hd0 and fd0.

anyone have an idea on how i can do this?

Berhanie · 12-26-2004, 11:00 PM

Your BIOS might have a "boot from an external device" option, which should do the trick. My computer was unable to boot from my usb floppy drive until I upgraded the bios. Check your computer manufacturer's site to see if you have the latest BIOS for your model.

poiuytrewq · 12-28-2004, 07:48 PM

i just upgraded my bios to the latest one(for a dell inspiron 8000 laptop)

and there is still no option to boot from external device

my options are:

internal hdd
floppy
cdrom
cardbus-nic
mini-pci nic
apr-nic

poiuytrewq · 12-28-2004, 07:50 PM

i was hopping maybe there was such thing as a program i could put on a floppy disk that the bios could load before the os to enable usb support and then boot that device.

Berhanie · 12-28-2004, 08:30 PM

I found this on the Dell website. It's not exactly your hardware, but it gives one the idea that it is possible for you to boot from a USB floppy.

gnashley · 12-29-2004, 03:16 AM

You have to boot with a linux floppy that has support for USB.