[Gllug] GRUB on USB drive

[Juergen Schinker]

Peter Corlett wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 09:45:25AM +0000, Sean Burlington wrote:
> [...]
>> Any pointers as to why the files aren't showing up from GRUB?
> 
> I'd double-check that I was looking at the correct partition on the USB
> disk, as opposed to, say, the swap partition or the container for the
> extended partitions.
> 
> (I'd also like to meet the person who concocted the dog's dinner that is PC
> BIOS booting and shake him warmly by the throat.)
> 

your BIOS needs the "Boot from usb" feature

otherwise grub won't see your USB-drive

Grub is very low-level and has no usb-driver
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