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10-30-2009, 07:18 PM
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PC won't boot from USB
I created a bootable USB drive from UNetBootIn for Ubuntu and then set my motherboard, the Biostar in the first system in my signature, to boot first from a removable device. When I reboot the computer with the USB drive plugged in, it will not boot from the drive. Even when I select to manually choose where to boot from, when I choose removable device, I get a message that says that there is no device found, and then the computer boots into Windows. Can anyone help me figure out what the problem may be? Thanks.
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11-01-2009, 03:40 AM
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are you sure the USB drive is bootable?
have u try to boot with the USB drive in another computer? if the drive is bootable in a different computer, then your BIOSTAR MB cant do USB booting.
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11-01-2009, 10:16 AM
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Try the hard drive option. That's what works on my Biostar MB which has the Phoenix BIOS.
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11-01-2009, 10:54 AM
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This is so weird. I used UNetBootIn to create a bootable USB drive from my iso of Ubuntu 9.10. That didn't work when I booted up; the device couldn't be found. I have an old Ubuntu 8.10 CD, so I popped that in and created a bootable USB drive from the live version of that. For some reason, that worked. I guess I'll just have to install 8.10 and then upgrade after the installation.
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