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    XPS M1530 External USB hard drive boot problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by venkythegeek, May 19, 2008.

  1. venkythegeek

    venkythegeek Newbie

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    Could anyone tell me how I can boot from external USB hard disk?
    I do not see the boot option when I press F12
    I have USB storage before internal HDD in my boot order and I just see a flash of the grub in my external HDD but it goes to my internal hard disk for booting.
    Also is there a way to boot off the SD card?
    Please advice
     
    venkythegeek, May 19, 2008
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  2. richierich

    richierich Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe hit F12 @ dell boot logo to bring up boot from USB option?
     
    richierich, May 19, 2008
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  3. venkythegeek

    venkythegeek Newbie

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    Well As I said I tried it, there is no option to boot from USB HDD when I do it.
     
    venkythegeek, May 19, 2008
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  4. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    Hmm I have my OpenSUSE 10.3 in my External HDD bro and it just boots fine :D

    Here is what i did

    1. As Vista is already installed , i made sure that Suse is installing its Boot Loader in the Boot Partition not in the MBR
    2. Then i went into Vista and used to EasyBCD to create a entry for SUSE linux .. Voila it boots ;)

    I Hope this is somewhat useful to you mate ;)
     
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  5. venkythegeek

    venkythegeek Newbie

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    so you do not have GRUB installed in ur external USB HDD?
    what do you mean boot partition? and on which HDD? Internal or external usb HDD?
     
    venkythegeek, May 19, 2008
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