[Gllug] GRUB on USB drive

[Sean Burlington]

Juergen Schinker wrote:
> 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 will double check - but I've tried each partition and GRUB can't see 
anything on them.

I do get a different error on the swap partition though. (Can't read 
disk format - I think)

I've formatted as /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb3 (all primary)

just using fdisk, mkfs.ext3, and mkswap

> 
> your BIOS needs the "Boot from usb" feature
> 

It does have this - and gets as far as GRUB stage 1.5

which doesn't get me to a menu

So I tried going to the command line from the GRUB menu launched from 
internal HDD

Do I have to boot from USB for GRUB to be able to use the BIOS' USB drivers?

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Sean Burlington

www.practicalweb.co.uk


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