My ghetto boot menu doesn't know what USB is. Help?

hummerwar921 · **Posted:** April 21st, 2009, 8:02 pm

I have an old computer.

I have a Linux distribution on it.

I want to boot it up. It works on every other computer I use it with.

My boot menu doesn't give me the option to boot USB. Is there any other way to boot, and without changing the boot order of the BIOS?

Adbot · **Posted:** April 21st, 2009, 8:02 pm

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

You should be able to hit F12 and do a one-time boot from whatever (Cd, hdd, network, usb, floppy, etc), but if you don't get the option to boot from USB then you can't and won't be able to boot from USB.

You can try to update your bios, but check to see if it unlocks that functionality before even bothering. If it doesn't unlock that feature, then you're out of luck with that computer.