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Posted: April 08 2007,00:05 QUOTE
Here's the deal; I have a USB Key with a working Linux install, that's not the issue here.

Problem is, The BIOS on this computer isn't, and can't be made USB boot compatible.

I have successfully installed GRUB next to Windows with boot.ini, and that part works currently.

I don't have a floppy drive, and this computer doesn't read CD-R that well. And that would pretty much ruin the fun of using a USB key too boot with at that.

What I can't solve currently, is how to make GRUB fire up some sort of USB drivers, so as to reach the USB key.

I need grub to install USB drivers in pre-os mode, whatever that's called in technical terms.

Grub is installed in the C:\grub\ folder, wich seems to be default.

I've searched these forums, but none match my request exactly, or they can do with floppies, or assume you already have Linux running...
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Posted: April 08 2007,03:33 QUOTE
You could copy the original kernel and minirt to your hard drive, and have grub boot off those, and use the fromusb (or fromhd) boot/cheatcode (see wiki page for more info)
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Posted: April 08 2007,10:55 QUOTE
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You could copy the original kernel and minirt to your hard drive, and have grub boot off those, and use the fromusb (or fromhd) boot/cheatcode (see wiki page for more info)

If I copy that from the USB, how do I point to them with Grub?
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Posted: April 09 2007,04:33 QUOTE
Well they would be on your hard drive, so you can use any regular dsl grub entry that points to that partition - just add whichever bootcode you want to use.
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Posted: April 09 2007,07:45 QUOTE
here's an example where you put them in c:\grub:

title DSL from usb
root (hd0,0)
kernel /grub/linux24 fromusb
initrd /grub/minirt24.gz

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