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Postby Diekan » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:36 pm

Putting DNAlinux on a sandisk stick. Was wondering how to get a Windows unit to dual boot when the stick is in the USB? Windows doesn't detect memory sticks as "drives" during booting, does it?
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Postby Ogru » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:45 pm

Depends on your system's bios.

Most newer systems should have an option to boot from USB.

Just do a google search for "boot to usb" and you'll find a lot of results
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Postby Diekan » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:57 pm

good idea, thx
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Postby Gidan » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:20 pm

I definatly works. I have a 256M thunbdrive with DSL (Damn Small Linux) Installed on it. Had to set up multiple kernel options on it because the thunb drive was a different device based on the comp it was plugged into (sda, sdb, sdc or sdd depending on the comp). I cant really think of a reason to setup dual booting to windows but it can certainly be done.
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