On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 22:59 -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Okay, so I bought a brand-new Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H motherboard on the
> premise that I could do USB boot. And right there in the BIOS is a
> USB-HDD boot option... so I should be good to go.
>
> So, I get my USB stick (a.k.a. flash drive) that boots into Linux using
> syslinux, which I /know/ works fine on two of my other (older) PCs. But
> I stick it into the new PC with the Gigabyte board and it doesn't even
> get as far as loading the kernel.
>
> Did some googling, and discovered this, as freaky as it sounds:
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237445-30-boot-external
>
> Apparently, according to the last post in this thread, the USB-HDD boot
> option /doesn't/ work on Gigabyte boards unless (get this) the USB stick
> was formatted /under Windows/. Quote from the above-referenced thread:
>
> "Based on the testing I did tonight I'm fairly sure that the problem and
> the solution are one in the same. Award must be using a Microsoft
> provided MBR driver, or mounting system of some sort. So long as you
> work with in that system your fine (by formating your sticks using
> Windows). As soon as you step outside that box (with a new stick that
> was formated via a UNIX or Linux system) your screwed."
>
> (See the last post in the thread for more details on his testing.)
>
Have you checked for a bios update?
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