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Re: booting with usb

From TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: booting with usb
Date 2015-04-12 09:14 -0400
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On 04/11/2015 11:24 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
> On 2015-04-10, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
>> I have 3 older computers from around that time. One motherboard is the
>> same year as yours, one is a year older, and the newest is a year or so
>> newer. Different manufacturers. The oldest can't boot from usb at all.
>
> If you're interested in booting USB sticks on that oldest PC, TJ, look
> for the Plop boot manager.  If I recall correctly, after configuring it
> properly it shows up in your GRUB menu, rather than skipping the GRUB
> menu and booting directly from the USB stick.
>
I did look into it after reading an earlier post, and it did sound good. 
However the answer to FAQ#4, concerning USB keyboards, states that the 
author's USB drivers won't work with them. All of my keyboards/mice are 
cordless desksets, with one USB receiver for keyboard and mouse. If I'm 
reading it correctly, that means that most likely they won't work.

I suppose I could come up with an old corded PS/2 keyboard, but as the 
only time I ever might want to boot to USB with that computer is to 
install a new version of Mageia and the optical drive still works fine 
for that (if slower), I don't know if it's worth the trouble either way.

I've come to the conclusion that a better solution, for me, would be to 
keep watch on eBay for what I think would be a good deal on a 
salvaged/used motherboard/processor upgrade for my main computer, then 
transfer that computer's motherboard and processor to the older case. 
That way, even though everything I have would still be out-of-date it 
would be less out-of-date than it is now. I'd even be able to convert 
everything to 64-bit versions of Mageia if I wanted. A win-win.

TJ

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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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