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Also is the USB stick usb3 and does your computer support USB 3? I tend to keep some older USBs for this purpose. Trevor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trevor@xxxxxxxxxx > On 12 Feb 2017, at 17:46, Joseph Bennie via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > a)not all usb works the same way, not some modern ones need power and have logic > chips in front of the storage (should be transparent but iâve had issue with +4GB > travellers)â > > b) for some main boards youâll need to use a cheap < 2GB usb. (assume use > something really small like 128Gb) as it will only see a fat16 partition as a usb > boot. (this is the most likely issue) > > > > >> On 12 Feb 2017, at 17:34, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> h travellers >> On 12/02/17 17:29, Joseph Bennie wrote: >>> check the bios for a dont boot usb or legacy usb (swich to modern mode) ,or >>> treat usb as cdrom/floppy also some (rare) boards only boot usb1 ... it may be >>> that some options are concealed. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 12 Feb 2017, at 17:24, Tom via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've got a machine with pcdos on it and I can get it to boot from USB (no cd) I >>>> can see the USB from PCDOS so surely I should be able to run the boot process >>>> on the USB? >>>> >>>> Tom te tom te tom >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >>>> https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq >> >> They all seem to be set correctly - the machine is meant to boot from USB but >> I've tried 4 different USBs and different ISO's and none of them click. I have a >> virus so life is a bit fuzzy and I may be cocking things up but in theory I >> should be able to sidestep the boot process and from pcdos run linux from the USB >> - used to do this in the very old days ISTR.... >> >> Tom te tom te tom >> > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq