Comments on: Booting the webbook from USB or SD cards http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/ best viewed at 1024x600 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:03:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: admin http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 admin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:13:52 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-1397 sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially if the hard drive is not being recognised by the bios. I managed to cook a webbook by leaving it on in a case, the hard drive stopped working for a while but eventually it cooled down and started working again. sounds like a hardware issue to me, especially if the hard drive is not being recognised by the bios. I managed to cook a webbook by leaving it on in a case, the hard drive stopped working for a while but eventually it cooled down and started working again.

]]> By: Micael http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Micael Tue, 26 May 2009 13:26:42 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-1386 Hi, I have problems with my webbook. Sometimes it does not boot at all, a error message saying something like "Insert boot media in SD USB". Can I create a boot media for SD or USB? If yes how? Now the webbook is running. It started again after 2 days (I probably tried to start it 50 times). Now I will not shut it off. Please tell me what I can do. k Thank u a million in advance! /Micael Ps. I am no computer Geek... but have been into the Bios and seen that u can change priority of booting. However I have never seen hard drive there, only SD/USB and network Realte Hi,

I have problems with my webbook. Sometimes it does not boot at all, a error message saying something like “Insert boot media in SD USB”.

Can I create a boot media for SD or USB? If yes how?

Now the webbook is running. It started again after 2 days (I probably tried to start it 50 times). Now I will not shut it off. Please tell me what I can do.

k

Thank u a million in advance!

/Micael

Ps. I am no computer Geek… but have been into the Bios and seen that u can change priority of booting. However I have never seen hard drive there, only SD/USB and network Realte

]]> By: Alan Bell http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Alan Bell Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:43:52 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-853 wow, very interesting discovery! I will be trying that one out. wow, very interesting discovery! I will be trying that one out.

]]> By: Peter http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Peter Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:06:27 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-852 Well, after a bit more experimentation, I have discovered that you can persuade the BIOS to boot a larger card as a removable device - the trick is that it can't have a partition table on it, and the filesystem has to start at block zero. If you use mkdosfs -I on the whole disk device (say /dev/sdb) and then syslinux /dev/sdb the card will boot. Well, after a bit more experimentation, I have discovered that you can persuade the BIOS to boot a larger card as a removable device – the trick is that it can’t have a partition table on it, and the filesystem has to start at block zero. If you use mkdosfs -I on the whole disk device (say /dev/sdb) and then syslinux /dev/sdb the card will boot.

]]> By: Dan http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Dan Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:19:30 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-851 Couldnt get it to work one my 2gig SD or 1gb usb with deb or xp. Couldnt get it to work one my 2gig SD or 1gb usb with deb or xp.

]]> By: Alan Bell http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Alan Bell Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:56:05 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-850 @peter, wow, so size does matter then! I thought it was an age thing as I have a couple of really really old USB sticks that worked fine in the boot device priority order, I guess they just happened to be under the size limit. @peter, wow, so size does matter then! I thought it was an age thing as I have a couple of really really old USB sticks that worked fine in the boot device priority order, I guess they just happened to be under the size limit.

]]> By: Peter http://webbookblog.com/booting-the-webbook-from-usb-or-sd-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Peter Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:52:03 +0000 http://webbookblog.com/?p=164#comment-849 This is an AMI BIOS "feature" - if a memory card or USB stick is below a certain magic size (530MB, IIRC) it's emulated as a removable device with permanently installed meda - if it's larger, then it comes up as a HDD device. This is an AMI BIOS “feature” – if a memory card or USB stick is below a certain magic size (530MB, IIRC) it’s emulated as a removable device with permanently installed meda – if it’s larger, then it comes up as a HDD device.

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