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MattinTucson
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May 29th, 2007 23:00
Booting with Flash USB drive on 1505n
I am interested in using an external USB flash drive to boot a 1505n (which I plan to purchase shortly). Are there any problems with booting from USB on the 1505n? I anticipate the flash drive will speed up booting and lower power consumption. While USB drives differ, would the average USB drive be better in regards to speed and power consumption, or would the interface slow things down? Thanks
WilliamButler
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Posted June 3rd, 2007 19:00
One other item regarding USB Flash drive booting: Many systems will not recognize the NTFS or FAT32 file systems when booting from an external device. As such, format the Flash drive with FAT16 prior to loading your boot files. So long as BIOS supports the boot device you should have no problems. Booting into Linux that's all there is to it. Windows XP and up is another story. It can be done but you'll jump through a few hoops in the process.
cmspaz
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Posted May 30th, 2007 03:00
If that doesn't work, there's always the GRUB command line.