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| From | Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? |
| Date | 2019-07-23 05:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ymTOF-7SM-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ymTbX-7qj-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:53:12 -0500 "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> wrote: > The PC is old enough that it can not natively boot via a serial > port but it might if grub knew about the bootable drive sitting > in one of the ports. I had a computer from that era that couldn't. Not wouldn't. Couldn't. Only boot devices were the hard drive and floppy. Just because the USB drive is bootable, doesn't mean the computer can boot off it. So, check the user manual, if you can find one. B
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Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-23 05:00 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-07-23 05:10 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-23 05:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-07-23 07:20 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-23 17:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-07-23 18:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-07-23 20:30 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-07-23 20:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-23 23:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-25 19:40 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-25 20:20 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2019-07-25 21:30 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-26 04:30 +0200
Re: Can Grub Boot Through a USB Port on an Old PC? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2019-07-26 09:50 +0200
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