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    M1330 boot from usb

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by pumauk, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. pumauk

    pumauk Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone know if it is actually possible to boot from a usb stick? I've got bios version a12 and it just doesn't work!
     
    pumauk, Aug 11, 2008
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    Chucklz_smiley Notebook Consultant

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    I tried booting from a usb hdd and it wouldnt work, what exactly are u trying to boot?
     
    Chucklz_smiley, Aug 11, 2008
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    akg7091 Notebook Consultant

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    I have successfully booted from a 2gb flash drive many times. I am using the A12 bios as well.
    Is the HDD formatted using fat32 ?
     
    akg7091, Aug 11, 2008
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  4. pumauk

    pumauk Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to boot several difficult variations of Linux- i.e. fedora, ubuntu.

    Don't you mean the usb pen not the HDD? The usb stick is formatted as FAT32 but the HD - which shouldn't affect this problem is NTFS.
     
    pumauk, Aug 11, 2008
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    I've tried in the past too; didn't work.
     
    PookiePrancer, Aug 11, 2008
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    I have never tried booting off a usb hard disk before. I have always used pen drives, and all of them were formatted using fat32.
     
    akg7091, Aug 11, 2008
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