boot from cd, point to thumb drive

[Todd Cole]

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


On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 8:34 PM Jim <azanorak at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know how to use multisystem, but the computer I have now won't boot from
> a usb stick.  I need to make a boot cd that will tell the system to look to
> the usb stick.  If grub could be put on a bootable cd, I'd need to be able
> to tell it to load whatever grub setup is on the usb stick.
> On 4/8/19 5:47 PM, Todd Cole wrote:
>
> I use Multisystem at the installfest the trick is if you create it on a
> uefi machine it will only boot a uefi machine and only run Uefi iso's. if
> you build it on a non uefi machine it will only be able to boot a non-uefi
> configured machine but them will only install as non uefi
> most uefi computers can be set to either but is a bit of a pain to switch
> a installed image between grub and grub-efi and adding a efi partition the
> redirecting efi bios to the efi-grub.
> most newer computers are not uniform on how they implement UEFI so a bit
> of trial and error is needed. turn off secure boot and all uefi/efi options
> for non uefi installs and secure boot may need to be turned off for uefi
> installs.
> to create images on usb I use dd for most iso's and ubuntu startup disk
> creator 18.04 up also works for most usb media creation.
> to update the bios again each is a bit different. some i can update with a
> fat usb drive that has the new image on it others I have to a usb dos boot
> disk.
> feel free to stop by the installfest on the 20th at UAT and I would be
> happy to assist and I have all the media ready to go to update bios and
> install most linux distro's
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 3:16 PM Jim <azanorak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a USB stick with multisystem installed on it.  I'm looking for
>> some way to boot from the CD then have the multisystem options available
>> as if I were able to boot from the USB stick.
>>
>> On 4/8/19 2:24 PM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
>> > If you boot from a CD/DVD and attach a properly configured USB device,
>> > it will just be another device.
>> > You just mount the partition and be done with it.
>> > High level, I know, let me know if you need more specifics.
>> > ET
>> >
>> > Jim writes:
>> >> I've got a computer with a Gigabyte P35-DS4L revision 1 motherboard
>> >> in it.  The boot options include USB hard drives, but it won't boot
>> >> from a USB thumb drive.  It will boot from an optical disc.  Can
>> >> someone tell  me how to make a boot CD that would  then point to a
>> >> USB thumb drive?  I don't want to have to go back to burning dozens
>> >> of boot discs.
>> >> I looked online and found many references to Gigabyte boards not
>> >> booting from USB.  I found many people who had the same problem, and
>> >> some solutions for revision 2 of this board, but none for revision 1.
>> >> thanks
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