Re: boot from cd, point to thumb drive

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Author: Stephen Partington
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: boot from cd, point to thumb drive
I think at the time the biggest we had was a 2GB stick. And unless a board
supports EFI/UEFI I have never had success booting from MicroSD/SD.

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 11:38 PM Jim <> wrote:

> I tried a 4GB micro sd card and machine wouldn't boot from it. Like the
> other attempts, it gets to the screen showing all these devices and
> their IRQ settings and stops. I have some CDs around here somewhere.
> I'll try plop. Then in a day or two I'll go to walmart and get a 4GB
> usb stick if they still sell them. Thanks for all the replies.
>
> On 4/8/19 9:19 PM, Todd Cole wrote:
> > look at plop boot manager
> > https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/intro.html
> > it is a boot CD that will allow it to point to usb install media
> > Ideal for older MB that cannot boot to usb
> >
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