[olug] Boot external USB drive?

[Daniel Linder]

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Guys,



My Compaq Presario R3000 is really nice, but it doesn't support booting
from USB devices (anyone know of unofficial BIOS patches to fix
this?)



I know I can install a copy of Linux to an external HDD (/dev/sda), but
how can I setup Syslinux/Grub to "chain load" to the boot sector
of the USB drive?



I tried using the Ubuntu cd and booting "linux root=/dev/sda1"
but it fails.



Other ideas?



Dan





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