Re: booting with usb

From	William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: booting with usb
Date	2015-04-09 04:00 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2015-04-08, Bill Cunningham <mospam@nspam.invalid> wrote:
>
> "Johnny" <johnny@invalid.net> wrote in message 
> news:20150408161856.272d1931@jmspc...
>> On Wed, 8 Apr 2015 14:10:18 -0400
>> "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> My computer is old but BIOS seems to recognize a usb stick. Even the
>>> make of the USB stick. I have heard problems in linux with booting
>>> from usb is quite common.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
>> The problem is not common.
>>
>> Here is something you can try, if you want to.
>>
>> Download Rufus, it's for Windows.
>> http://rufus.akeo.ie/
>
>     I've tried this rufus before. I set it to fat16 not fat32 because if I 
> was running old ms-dos it would be fat16 for DOS 6.xx for example. There is 
> a 64k cluster limit and I can't format fat16 with rufus. So more for it 
> working to use old dos. Now it formats my USB  with fat32 but ms-dos isn't 
> going to work on that unless it's dos 7.1 or win98. What kinda windows tool 
> is this?
>
>     So the thing is.  Can just any ISO be copied onto a USB. I think someone 
> in the thread said no. But I will look for usb ISOs.

The iso has to be of the kind that will allow a boot from usb. I know
the mageia One distributions are. I do not know about anything else. 

>
> Bill
>
>> Format the USB to MS-DOS.
>>
>> Download Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.1 it should run on an old computer, and
>> burn it to the USB.
>> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2714
>>
>> If your computer recognizes the USB, it will boot.
>> 
>
>

Thread

booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-07 22:00 -0400
  Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-08 17:05 +0000
    Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 13:20 -0400
      Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-08 20:56 +0000
        Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 18:27 -0400
          Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-09 03:58 +0000
            Re: booting with usb Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-09 07:44 -0700
              Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-09 16:51 -0400
                Re: booting with usb Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2015-04-09 15:57 -0500
                Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-09 18:19 -0400
                Re: booting with usb Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2015-04-09 17:50 -0500
          Re: booting with usb TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2015-04-10 14:30 -0400
            Re: booting with usb Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-04-12 03:24 +0000
              Re: booting with usb TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2015-04-12 09:14 -0400
    Re: booting with usb Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-04-08 19:15 +0000
      Re: booting with usb Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-11 15:03 +0000
  Re: booting with usb Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2015-04-08 12:51 -0500
    Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 14:10 -0400
      Re: booting with usb Roland Latour <no-one@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-08 13:28 -0500
      Re: booting with usb Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-08 11:33 -0700
        Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 14:39 -0400
      Re: booting with usb Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2015-04-08 16:18 -0500
        Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 18:19 -0400
          Re: booting with usb Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2015-04-09 02:28 +0000
          Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-09 04:00 +0000
        Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-09 03:59 +0000
  Re: booting with usb Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-04-08 20:46 +0200
    Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 15:15 -0400
      Re: booting with usb Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-04-08 21:29 +0200
        Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-08 20:14 -0400
      Re: booting with usb Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-08 13:03 -0700
        Re: booting with usb TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2015-04-10 13:56 -0400
          Re: booting with usb Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-10 11:17 -0700
      Re: booting with usb William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-08 21:01 +0000
      Re: booting with usb Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-04-11 13:57 +0000
        Re: booting with usb "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 17:04 -0400
          Re: booting with usb TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2015-04-12 09:29 -0400
  Re: booting with usb Andreas Kohlbach <apr15.7.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-04-08 17:54 -0400
    Re: booting with usb J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-04-08 23:18 +0000

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